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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

Already, the US is looking as attractive as Mexico to manufacturers and is likely to match China in attractiveness in the near future, according to the MAPI Foundation , which produces in-depth economic reports widely read by the press, government official and the business community. Rising costs of labor in China and other places.

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SCRC Supply Chain Index contributes again to the 2021 Wall Street Journal Top 250 Best Managed Companies

NC State SCRC

As firms outsource a greater proportion of products and services to China, India, and other low-cost countries, the hidden perils of these approaches are often not considered, especially within the context of enterprise risk management (ERM). A second critical capability for managing shortages is known as Supplier Relationship Management.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Secondary data sources are published available databases, reports, websites, and so on. Supply Market Intelligence: A Managerial Handbook for Building Sourcing Strategies , New York, NY, Auerbach Publications. chemicals, resins, IT providers).

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Interoceanic Passages

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billion of its total revenue in the fiscal year 2014, placing it as the third-largest source of income in the nation. The Panamanian government decided to enlarge the Panama Canal in 2006. After tourism and remittances from expatriate workers, Egypt's canal fees accounted for USD 5.3 billion US dollar expansion project.

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