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The Age of Agility: Building Resilience in the Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

As part of the launch of its hotly anticipated iPhone 14, it has ramped up its production output in India and Vietnam as an alternative to China, with Foxconn, the manufacturer of Appleā€™s iPhones, announcing plans for creating 10 to 12 facilities in India. The New and Game-Changing Technology Solutions Redefining Last-Mile Logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 9-13, 2013)

Talking Logistics

XPO Logistics Agrees to Acquire NLM. Iā€™m guessing, however, that many supply chain and logistics software vendors (and probably many 3PLs too) rushed to their phones yesterday to call Home Depotā€™s SVP of Supply Chain Management in hopes of getting a piece of that $300 million pie. Freight Shipments Fell 0.7% in October from September.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Executives in a new survey, 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, are divided about whether a new pact would help Mexico (24.3%); hurt Mexico (21.8%); or leave trade unchanged (25.7%). Logistics executives are unconcerned, for now, that emerging markets economies will be harmed by Brexit, the UKā€™s departure from the European Union.

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Five-Year Study Showcases the Benefits of US Foreign-Trade Zones

QAD

However, the effectiveness of FTZs just got a lot clearer as the US released a five-year study on the operations and impact of the US FTZ program and similar FTZ-type programs in Canada and Mexico. Importing a vacuum motor from Vietnam would incur a 5.3% Key Findings From the US FTZ Program Study 1. Take vacuums, for instance.

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Ho Ho No! Port Congestion and Supply Chain Delays Threaten to Disrupt Christmas

Resilinc

Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia are among the countries experiencing surges of infection. Low vaccination rates throughout Asia are leading authorities to keep social distancing rules and travel bans in place, and these are expected to continue to disrupt manufacturing and logistics, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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What do I need to do to get a drink around here?

DELMIA Quintiq

Its identically tasting twin is brewed and shipped all over Canada. For those that donā€™t, logistics in Asia pose another problem. A product travelling hundreds of kilometers across Vietnam or India in an unrefrigerated truck would result in high rates of spoilage. Chinese consumers behave differently.

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Webinar Recap: The Case for a Pan-American Manufacturing Ecosystem

Resilinc

To create more secure, resilient, and cost-efficient supply chains for the future, firms and government agencies should invest to expand manufacturing and logistics infrastructure in Latin America. ā€œWe Shifts in consumer buying habits are changing distribution and logistics make the business case for shorter supply chains even stronger.