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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today’s headline news includes AllBirds, Boeing, Canada Goose, Chemours, EMC, Hanes Brands, Fisker, Ford, Krispy Kreme, LKQ, Ryder, Tesla, Timken, Tyson Foods, Weight Watchers International, and WestRock. When he speaks of the supply chain, he means procurement. The market is punishing those missing the mark. This is his world.

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From Exports to Delivery: Simplifying PPE Shipping

CH Robinson Transportfolio

For a closer look at how China’s regulations impact PPE shipping, check out our recent PPE exporting video featuring our director of product development, Vincent Wong. and Canada customs best practices. The next key subject to address is importing PPE into the United States and/or Canada. Importing PPE into Canada.

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The Benefits of Onshore Supply Chains

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While companies have capitalized on globalization over the last few decades, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed a number of weaknesses within supply chain and procurement industries. Overall, while relocating may be an investment at first, many procurement leaders agree that the benefits of having a supply chain closer to home are worth it.

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

HarbisonWalker is the largest supplier of refractory products and services within the US and Canada. The company has 18 plants and operating locations in the US, Canada, and Mexico as well as plants and labs in the UK, China, and Indonesia. The sourcing centers shipped over 130,000,000 pounds of product last year.

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Supply Chain Matters Labor Day Salute

Supply Chain Matters

On this Labor Day holiday, the Supply Chain Matters blog extends our salute and recognition to the many supply chain workers who plan, procure, coordinate, and directly support the movement of multi-industry components and finished products to respective markets and to businesses and consumers.

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The Pros and Cons: International and Domestic Sourcing

Unleashed

Low-cost country sourcing is a procurement strategy that falls under a broad category of procurement efforts called global sourcing. Shipping costs. While shipping is a fairly economical method, the overall cost analysis of low-cost country sourcing and domestic sourcing is critical to the overall cost equation.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. China ranks number one as the country from which companies are reshoring, followed by Mexico, Canada, India, and Japan. are: Germany, China, Japan, Canada, and Korea. The top countries that are investing in manufacturing sites in the U.S.