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The Natural Rubber Supply Chain! Will it Bounce Back?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Over 90% of natural rubber comes from Asia, with Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia making up 70% of the world’s supply of natural rubber. The largest use of rubber is for tires and tubes, making the Automotive industry the dominant consumer of rubber.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Sourcing Predictions- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

Previous global materials sourcing and just-in-time driven inventory management policies were laid bear with the realization that supply risk was a more problematic and business critical dimension. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China Plus sourcing actions.

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Spindex is Building their Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprise

QAD

Since 1981 Spindex has supplied precision engineered components to customers in industries like automotive, office equipment, power tools and consumer appliances. This began by deploying the core model to facilities in Malaysia and Singapore, followed by Vietnam and finally, two sites in China. That was the case at Spindex Industries.

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Evidence That Manufacturers are Seeking Added Resiliency and Control of Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

Further, some industries are defining more direct control under the notions of supply chain vertical integration, or complete transformations of strategic supply networks in the case of global automotive industry manufacturers. We pointed out that in 2022, more U.S. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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Why a Product-Centric Approach to Quality Matters

Arena Solutions

She spent most of those years in the healthcare industry and recently spent time in the automotive industry. I can’t even imagine trying to do some of this stuff from a paper-based system, especially when you have a team in Malaysia and a team in Mexico and a team in the United States. Angenette was a captain in the U.S. Inga Hansen.

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