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The need to know

EFT

China agree to boost trade ties as Trump tariffs hit Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and China's Premier Li Qiang have agreed to boost trade and investment ties between the two countries during a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brazil, Vietnam's government said on Tuesday. South African car exports to U.S.

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On-going Confusion in Global Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

Trade is a force for peace, but when the US is setting new terms without considering the capacity and size of its partners, the result is that trade stops, it breeds mistrust, and pushes our trading partners to seek others than the US. The transshipment tariff rate out of Vietnam is one that no one really understands.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

In particular, the focal BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) represent major targets for expansion, but with them come a host of new problem that enterprises have little to no experience in dealing with in terms of logistics capabilities. Here is what I expect to see next year: Global supply chain footprints will continue to expand.

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Bangladesh Working Conditions: A Human Rights Issue? Or a Supplier Capacity Issue?

Supply Chain View from the Field

Supplier capacity management is all about knowing how much volume a supplier can handle within a fixed amount of time. So if I ask you for 2,000 piece goods for delivery by next week, and your stated capacity is 3,000 units per week, no problem. Do YOU know who is in YOUR supply chain?

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Behind the world’s shimmering cars: The supply chain struggle

DELMIA Quintiq

Demand from BRIC markets continues to fuel growth for luxury brands while at the other end of the market, OEMs fight continuous battles for volume, market share and margin. This choice creates capacity challenges. And this differs in each country. Bigger challenges ahead.

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

Inventories are high, and we have excessive ocean capacity. Truck load capacity is starting to surge for the holidays, but companies worry that market growth is stalled. The growth expectations of the BRIC countries is worrisome. Today, we live in volatile times. What is the market potential of these emerging economies?

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Trends 2021: Megatrends, Part Two

Enterra Insights

” Other energy trends include improvements in storage capacity to provide around-the-clock energy from renewable sources and advances in smart grid technology. ” The other two so-called BRIC countries (Brazil and Russia) are faltering. The absence of a network eliminates the loss and cost of energy transmission.”