Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 30, 2023

The report observes that for Apple ’s supply network, Vietnam and India are the new benefactors in a China Plus sourcing shift along with other supplier hot spots in Asia that are currently playing out. and Japan based companies such as Dell, HP and Sony are leading the charge toward alternative sourcing options.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI®, compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , provided a banner headline of a sharp downturn occurring across the Eurozone and added signs of weakness across Asia. Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Other significant report highlights in this developed economies grouping was the index for Japan indicating that in September, new orders fell at the sharpest rate in two years, while a weakening Japanese yen drove manufacturing inflationary pressures higher. Japan, Taiwan ) the average PMI value for Q3 was 49.0,

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

In a recently completed tour of East Asia that included visits to Japan and South Korea , Yellen has advocated the concept of “ friend shoring ,” defined as the deepening of relationships and diversifying industry supply chains with “ trusted partners.” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the company that makes the majority of latest-generation chips for Apple products, has committed to increasing capacity by spending $100 billion across the next three years, and building new factories in Arizona and Japan. Nikkei Asia ). increase on the Intra-Asia Corridor.

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ThroughPut

MAY 31, 2022

In many cases, this has resulted in a switch to alternative manufacturing besides China, or requesting existing manufacturing partners to consider setting up bases elsewhere in Asia or countries such as Mexico. They must be able to classify suppliers not only by spend, but also by revenue impact in case of disruptions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The alternative supply chain or “ Altasian” is defined as countries consisting of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, the Philippines , Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As noted in our prior Supply Chain Matters postings three years ago, a published report had indicated Apple had requested major suppliers and contract manufacturers to evaluate the cost implications for shifting fifteen, to as much as thirty percent of production capacity from China to other Southeast Asia regions.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2024

Supplier Challenges Ongoing This week, a published report from Nikkei Asia ( Paid subscription ) indicated that at least five suppliers to TSMC and Intel have delayed construction of their production facilities in Arizona due to unanticipated surging construction costs and labor shortages. sourced capability.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2022

Yet, this legislation is not unique from a global perspective in that many other countries and regions including China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan the Eurozone , are already spending billions on such incentives. The Micron announcement is a rather significant development since so much of memory chip production is sourced across East Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 19, 2022

ANA is the first 737 MAX customer in Japan and first carrier in Asia to choose the 777-8 Freighter. The order was previously unidentified on Boeing’s Orders and Deliveries website. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In line with these pandemic times, while the ASEAN meeting was nominally held in Hanoi, Vietnam, it was a virtual signing ceremony that saw 15 countries in Asia Pacific become part of what is now the world’s largest free trade agreement, representing 30 percent of global gross domestic product and encompassing almost 2.3 billion people.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Suez Canal is the shortest route for container traffic from Asia to the Mediterranean and Europe, and is also used for some volumes from the Far East or Southern Asia to North America. With the other major carriers also rerouting now, it is likely freight rates will rise for Asia – N. Asia – N.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Similarly, China and the rest of Asia have felt the repercussions of the European market slowdown, and their economies are not as robust as they were in 2011. Procurement Blog. Business Process Outsourcing.

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Resilinc

JULY 25, 2023

Sidney has over three decades of global direct and indirect procurement and supplier management experience. As Head of Procurement at Harman International to VP of Global Supply Chain Management at Aptiv, we learned about this supply chain thought leader’s extensive experience in the world of supply chain and procurement.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2020

Those planning to leave said they were looking at other countries in Asia, particularly Vietnam and India, as well as at Mexico, where labour is as cheap as China’s and where auto-makers, textile firms, and lighting manufacturers have already set up shop. As Does Japan ….

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2017

Australia and Japan are pushing to continue, however Malaysia and others are moving on, as they are not going to join now that the US is gone. After the US dropped out of the TPP, the other 11 countries met in March 2017 to look for a 12-1 scenario. China will form Free Trade Agreements with every country along this entire network.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 16, 2016

ship directly from Mexico to Japan for those Japanese customers). Mexico has 45 free trade agreements throughout the world, including most of Central and Latin America, the EU and Japan. Assuming the other 11 countries find a way to keep the TPP alive without US support, then Mexico will have must easier access into most of Asia.

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Resilinc

APRIL 5, 2022

Europe calls its approach “technological sovereignty”; Japan is pursuing “strategic autonomy and indispensability,” and partnering with Australia and India on a “supply chain resilience initiative.”. would have to “relocate chip packaging, materials supplies, tool sources and much more from across Asia and Europe,” Shih wrote. “I

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