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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

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auto parts are sourced from Mexico, making the tariff impact immediate and severe. Exploring alternative shipping routes via Gulf Coast ports to bypass land border congestion. Fast-tracking partnerships with alternative logistics providers to bypass Chinese ports and avoid tariffed shipping routes. Approximately 40% of U.S.

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Sourcing & Procurement USA 2025

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Entire Month Duration: No Region: North America Architect Resilience. Enhance Impact.

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Container rates surging as shippers rush ahead of deadlines – June 10, 2025 Update

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America weekly prices fell 1% to $5.27/kg. America weekly prices increased 2% to $1.86/kg. China’s ports are likely still working through some of the backlog of ready to ship goods created during the April-May lull in China-US demand. Asia-Mediterranean prices (FBX13 Weekly) increased 32% to $4,285/FEU. China – N.

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When it Comes to Ocean Shipping, We Have to See Beyond Today’s Squalls and Plan for the Long Term

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When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course – or worse, sink you – it’s understandable that long-term thinking can get chucked overboard like so much extra ballast. It’s an apt metaphor for ocean shipping these past many months. And the list goes on.

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Decentralizing Supply Chains: How Regional Models Drive Resilience and Flexibility

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Companies that previously prioritized cost-cutting and centralized sourcing quickly found themselves exposed to serious production and distribution risks. In response, many organizations have shifted toward decentralized and regionalized supply chain models, distributing production and sourcing across multiple regions.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

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Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. VFC’s supply chain sourced over 410 million units of apparel, footwear, and accessories in their last fiscal year.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 22 – 28)

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The company said that it has already replaced 95 percent of the plastic air pillows with paper filler in North America and is working toward complete removal by year’s end. It is the company’s largest plastic packaging reduction effort in North America to date and will remove almost 15 billion plastic air pillows from use annually.