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Webinar Recap: The Case for a Pan-American Manufacturing Ecosystem

Resilinc

In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. based manufacturers will still need a strong supply base from friendly countries.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. One of those voices is Hitendra Chaturvedi, professor of practice in supply chain management at Arizona State University’s W. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing? are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

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Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. Introduction. Products are the lifeline of your business.

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What Effects Could Trump Policies Have on International Shipping

3PL Insights

Trump also suggested he wants to discard the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada if they don’t renegotiate terms that are more beneficial towards the US. More manufacturing in the U.S. Will There be Heavier Tariffs? exports could significantly increase. economy and GDP.

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ISM Report Says Tariffs Push Manufacturers to Consider Production Outside US

Material Handling & Logistics

“Uncertainty is the biggest enemy of business,” and escalating tariffs on more and more products are causing “concern about where to invest and how much,” said Timothy Fiore, chairman of the ISM manufacturing survey. We’re seeing a lot of comments from the respondents about evaluating whether to manufacture something in the U.S.