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

GlobalTranz

The current market trends indicate that the manufacturing industries are poised to reshore back to the United States in a big way. Rising costs of labor in China and other places. China saw an increase of 10% last year. Changing Face of Manufacturing: How and Why US Manufacturing Companies are Looking at Reshoring.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

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). United States Steel Corp. NXP Semiconductor NV. Supplier Relationship Management.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Because it allows for quicker connections between the East and West coasts, cutting the distance traveled by ship by nearly 13,000 km (from 21,000 km to 8,000 km), the Panama Canal is of particular strategic importance to the United States. But in 1903, the United States-backed Panamanian revolution led to the country's independence.

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White paper: Are the weakest link in your supply chain?

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). Taiwan, Province of China. Tanzania, United Republic of. United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Cook Islands.

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White paper: What if you are the weakest link in your supply chain?

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). Taiwan, Province of China. Tanzania, United Republic of. United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Cook Islands.

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Most desirable logistics location of Europe in 2018

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). Taiwan, Province of China. Tanzania, United Republic of. United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Cook Islands.

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Rethinking your optimum

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). Taiwan, Province of China. Tanzania, United Republic of. United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. British Indian Ocean Territory. Brunei Darussalam. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Cook Islands.