Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2023

Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged that the company’s 60 percent sourcing of supplier manufacturing in the country was too much and industry reports pointed to stepped-up efforts to seek alternative sourcing options across Asia including India and Vietnam. Our sense was that Apple’ s experience, along with others involving U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Reportedly, the vast majority of detained goods were produced in either Malaysia, Vietnam or Thailand. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. The authors observe they are not a substitute for supply chain due diligence actions. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its Supply Chain Matters outreach blog highlights a recently published survey sponsored by Accenture that provides findings indicating that companies are indeed investing in supply chain resiliency capabilities to mitigate business disruption. supply chain activity. Stay tuned.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s announcement from athletic footwear designer and manufacturer New Balance of the grand opening of this company’s fifth production facility in North America. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Background. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights March and Q1-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating added headwinds and challenges in the months to come. The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® declined to a value of 51.7 in March, compared to value of 54.3 for February, and 53.7 Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If that is correct, then the likely alternatives would be India and Vietnam. Other hardware products such the Apple watch are produced in China and Vietnam. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

along with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. This index is a compilation of seven termed ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. reflecting a 1.3

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights select June and Q2-2022 global manufacturing and supply chain indices, with the data indicating increased headwinds and challenges in the months to come. The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® posted a value of 54 in June, compared to a value of 51.7 Global Wide Production Activity.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

But reality might seem to indicate that German manufacturers need to continue to pivot from the high dependence on China and perhaps take advantage of the new manufacturing investment underway in regions such as India, Vietnam, Mexico , the United States and other regional areas. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This report ties the announcement of the government probes to both the manufacturing contractor services provider’s efforts to help Apple shift the sourcing of components and manufacturing to areas in India and Vietnam. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

For example, we produce in Vietnam and China. Vietnam is a low-cost market to produce products. Our factory is efficient; yet, it costs us more to manufacture the product in Vietnam because of a lack of local raw materials – compared to manufacturing it in the US, shipping it, and paying duties on a landed basis.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

With trade wars and tariffs pinching operational profitability, manufacturers are looking at alternative locales like VietNam, India and, Mexico. The survey shows that a full third of companies with global supply chains intend to move their sourcing and manufacturing activities out of China in the next few years.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Vietnam Again in the Doldrums The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® is here highlighted because the May value dropped deeper into contraction and “ signaling a third successive monthly deterioration in operating conditions. ” The reported May PMI value of 45.3 percentage points from the April value of 46.7,

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. A prior downturn in Vietnam moderated during December. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. by the end of the year.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2013

MobiVi: Establishing Credit Lending In Vietnam Using Telecom Technologies By Hau Lee (Stanford), Jawad Masood (UCLA), and Christopher Tang (UCLA). Like many developing countries, access to credit for middle and lower classes through formal banking channels is limited in Vietnam. Only time will tell!

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QAD

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Importing a vacuum motor from Vietnam would incur a 5.3% The post Five-Year Study Showcases the Benefits of US Foreign-Trade Zones appeared first on QAD Blog. For many products, this can result in significant savings. Take vacuums, for instance. duty charge, and plastic wheels from China would incur the same duty rate of 5.3%

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam. A downturn within Vietnam ’s manufacturing sector reportedly weakened to a five-month low of 47.3 These nations reportedly account for 98 percent of ASEAN manufacturing value added. in November.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

Vietnam The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® returned to expansion level with a reported value of 51.2 Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Report authors however, qualified that the domestic market demand was the prime source of activity growth.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group via its affiliated Supply Chain Matters blog shares a mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 predictions for industry supply chains published at the beginning of 2022. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Summary Thoughts.

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Resilinc

JULY 6, 2021

Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia are among the countries experiencing surges of infection. It was an outbreak in the vast Shenzhen manufacturing and export hub that led to infections among dock workers and the sharp cutback in shipping out of Yantian, Nansha, and Shekou.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

Our Ferrari Consulting and Research Group clients and Supply Chain Matters blog readers are likely well aware that each year we publish at the start of that year, a Research Advisory outlining our ten predictions for the coming year. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides commentary and perspectives on FedEx’s sudden and unexpected warning of revenue and profitability shortfall prompting decisive actions. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Development. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Our commentary reiterated that over the last three years there were reports indicating that Apple was instructing its contract manufacturers to begin evaluating and seeking out new hardware sourcing outside of China , specifically India and Vietnam , with the former garnering the most attention. All rights reserved.

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Elementum

MAY 26, 2022

This is Part One of a multi-part blog, and we ’ ll be focusing here on the impacts from the evolving macro trends we’ve noted above, with some added perspective on the way the global supply network has become exponentially more complicated in the last 20 years. Supply Chain Disruption: A Closer Look at Macro Factors.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 18, 2023

Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China de-risking sourcing actions. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. For those businesses located in the U.S., All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. The IHS Markit Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® rose again to a level of 54.3 Inflationary pressures reportedly remain a concern.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

In addition to India, Vietnam has been another area under consideration for component or final assembly production of Apple’ s consumer electronics hardware products. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. India reportedly accounts for 3 percent of production capability.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

TPP is a unprecedented trade deal in history because it involves 12 countries (United States, Japan, Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Canada, Mexico, and Brunei Darussalam), which accounts for 40% of global trade. (The The global trade amounts to US$ 38 trillion in 2014, where China took the lead with US$ 4.2

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

During this unprecedented period of non-stop global supply chain disruption, the Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers with additional industry specific examples, along with their implications. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. General Motors. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

That has been the case in Vietnam, and the looking glass will be in India in 2023. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. However, the reality may be that the dependence of China cannot be easily duplicated in other regions in a matter of a few quarters.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® declined to 50.6 © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. That is a reflection that this is one of two regions being viewed as an option for China Plus supply network resiliency strategies. . for October, compared to 52.5 Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 3, 2022

One apparent bright spot stemmed from the S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® which reported production growth achieving a 13-month high in May, amid recovery from the latest wave of Covid-19 infections earlier this year. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Bob Ferrari.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Arun Gupta recently went to a conference of the TPP in Washington, and was invited to share some insights on his visit and what he learned in a guest blog. Be on the lookout for more information on TPP on this blog. The United States currently has FTA’s with six (6) of the 11 TPP countries. Gupta, Ph.D.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

An unstated but perhaps other consideration might be the effects of Apple’s ongoing China Plus supply resiliency strategy in sourcing production to other Asian areas such as India and Vietnam , amid increased economic uncertainty and growing manufacturing related employment involving younger Chinese workers. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Commenting on the July data implications, a compelling observation by Bennett Parrish, Global Economist at J.P.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In a prior blog posting authored by our research arm, Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks , highlighted two recently published research studies proving data of both a reallocation of component and production sourcing away from China and favoring areas such as India , Vietnam and Mexico.

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