CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 11, 2017

Here’s an easy way to think about the regular and potential future disruptors that could impact your ocean shipping strategy, and what you can do to prepare for what comes next. At these times of the year, you should see less risk to your standard ocean shipping strategy. BRICS summit. It follows the stoplight key: Green.

Scenario Planning 34

Scenario Planning Freight Supply Chain Planning BRIC 34

Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

BRIC Supply Chain Global Distribution Global Supply Chain Inventory Management Retail Logistics Strategic Cost Management Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Strategy Supply Chain Systems' .” Next time you think about total cost of ownership – just think about the number of parameters in this channel!

Negotiating Skills 60

Negotiating Skills Electronics Cost Reduction Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 60

Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 13, 2015

While it seemed like many companies would be moving more towards the BRIC countries, global events have proven this uptake to be relatively slow. No question the global supply chain is still going strong. However, the global economy has certainly gone soft…with the exception of the US!

Negotiating Skills 60

Negotiating Skills Predictive Analytics Predictive Analytics Software Supply Chain Planning Software 60

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

As part of the BRIC countries Russia is important in driving the growth aspirations of many of the world’s largest FMCG companies. Most of the large companies have developed pan-European sourcing strategies and gone are the days when each individual region or even country had its own small “local for local” factory operations.

Manufacturing Procurement 138

Manufacturing Procurement Russia Sourcing Strategies Ukraine 138

GlobalTranz

APRIL 29, 2016

Among the BRIC nations, manufacturing executives expressed optimism for only China and India by 2020. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

America 120

America Manufacturing Procurement Purchasing Skills BRIC 120

NC State SCRC

JUNE 17, 2016

As Nike moved into an e-commerce strategy, they decided to offer three levels of customization. In fact, Nike hired a manager to go over and begin production of shoes in a Nike-owned Chinese factory, run by one of their employees. The first was their Core Customized shoe, which had 15-20 choices.

Inventory Reduction 40

Inventory Reduction Mexico Supply Chain Design Price Reduction 40

NC State SCRC

JUNE 6, 2016

In the new book “Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization, author Parag Khanna discusses the concept of the “new supply chain wars”. In this book the author discusses how multinationals have become deeply connected and exposed to the emerging markets that have become their main competitors.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

Even if your company has rejigged it supply chain in the years since this article was published, the chances are that it’s still not optimised for best results, unless yours is one of the few enterprises at the leading edge of digital transformation and has also implemented a totally demand-driven supply chain strategy.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 84

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Trends 84

NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Strategic global trade decisions take on a variety of postures, including defensive, offensive, informing sourcing strategy when it comes to trade agreements, duty positioning, country pairings, and and sourcing shifts to reach some sort of global optimization, which must also consider supplier capability, capacity, and duty.

Negotiating Skills 45

Negotiating Skills Global Optimal Sourcing Modeling 45

NC State SCRC

JUNE 22, 2023

Patrick Fox, Senior Director for Customs and Trade Strategy for VF, presented at the SCRC and made a number of excellent observations about the current trade environment. We work at the intersection of sourcing, logistics, legal, finance, and government affairs, and I spend 25% of my time helping our GA team form trade affairs strategies.

Global 40

Global Price Reduction Inventory Reduction Cambodia 40

NC State SCRC

JULY 8, 2016

A primary concern is job losses in specific geographic areas as companies align their supply chains and business models to the most globally economical strategy. As long as there has been globalization, there has been an element of anti-globalization.

Global 72

Global Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 72