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TSMC Delays Opening of U.S. Fab Complex

Supply Chain Matters

advanced chip fabrication complex in Arizona until 2025, a year later than previously planned. In a separate published report, Bloomberg opined that: “ The hiccups in Arizona, however, call into question whether TSMC can make chips abroad as efficiently as back home. When semiconductor manufacturing first exited the U.S.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

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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. But in his 2021 book “ Sense and Sustainability ,” Chaturvedi shows he’s an idealist as well as a realist.

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Supply chain reshoring: where things stand now

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By contrast, 29% chose digital customer access to services; 17% thought sustainability and climate change would dominate; and 14% reckoned automation of manual process would accelerate fastest. manufacturing facilities. In Europe, FDI in manufacturing declined by 20% in 2020, according to EY. After declining 12.8%

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases. Dale Rogers, a business professor at Arizona State, gave a presentation with his son Zachary Rogers, a business professor at Colorado State, during which they said that winter-holiday returns in the United States are now worth more than $300 billion a year.

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Global Supply Chain Volatility Continues to Moderate But Not Inventory and Warehousing Costs

Supply Chain Matters

The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0 Indicated in the report summary was: “ The sustained growth in the logistics industry continues to be fueled by high levels of inventory and the associated levels of cost and utilization associated with holding them.

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Beer Marketing Strategies in a Global Pandemic and the Best 5 Tactics Heading into 2021

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Your marketing strategy should focus on building brand equity because it plays a significant role in your brewery’s long-term sustainability. It ensures consistent repeat purchases over time, regardless of price, convenience or even a global pandemic. Data-driven decision making in beer manufacturing [expert Q&A].

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2019 Logistics & Supply Chain Events to Attend in the US

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ProMat is where manufacturing and supply chain professionals come to find their supply chain WOW. At this event, you will get the opportunity to be part of a huge network of more than 2,500 global supply chain and procurement professionals. Phoenix, Arizona. www.iwla.com. PROMAT 2019. April 8-11, 2019. McCormick Place, Chicago.