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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

It said that if it takes two months for the ports to become fully operational, the window for shipping this season’s crop will have closed. ports lags those in Asia and Europe. In 2013, the average moves per-vessel, per-hour for ports in Asia was about 90, while European ports averaged 67 and ports in the Americas averaged 62.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- August 17 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Foxconn and Asia Market Forecasters Provide Muted Outlook on High Tech Product Demand. The aircraft manufacturer also made a prior decision to centralize final assembly of 787 at its South Carolina facility. Foxconn and Asia Market Forecasters Provide Muted Outlook on High Tech Product Demand.

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Unlocking the Value of Global Supply Chain: the Case Studies

Supply Chain Opz

They don''t invest in production facility at all because they utilize a network of nearly 700 suppliers located in Asia and Europe. In order to control its supply chain, they use a central warehouse to Germany to receive and ship products to local distribution centers in different countries.

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Climate Change: Companies Must Step-up as Governments Fail to Act

Enterra Insights

” A more moderate candidate, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, stated, “Is climate change real? The McKinsey analysts report, “Globally, Gen Z is growing fast: Gen Zers will make up a quarter of the population of the Asia–Pacific region by 2025.” Yes, it is. Cities will bear the brunt.

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Guest Post from Tim Barnes: Navigating Trump’s 35% import tax, and how US companies can utilize “Parallel Manufacturing” to grow globally

NC State SCRC

Most US companies that manufacture products overseas have two distinct set of customers, domestic customers in which they import and sell their product back in the US, and foreign customers, in which typically they ship directly from their manufacturing plant to the country of consumption (eg., Asia Pacific Consulting LLC.