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The Pros and Cons: International and Domestic Sourcing

Unleashed

This strategy involves a country from a high-cost country area — typically US, UK, Canada, Australia, and West European nations — purchasing materials from resource-rich low-cost countries; think China, India, Indonesia, Bolivia, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, and East European nations. Local restrictions.

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Updated IT Subway Map: Major acquisitions in SC software

Supply Chain Movement

Terra Technology’s customers include large multinationals in the fastmoving consumer goods sector such as Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Because companies are increasingly outsourcing their manufacturing and logistics activities around the world, they are also more exposed to disruptions in the supply chain. Antarctica.