Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

Single sourcing presents a huge risk for companies in all industries. Nearshoring, reshoring, ally-shoring, and China+1 Many companies have started to shift away from single sourcing, using strategies like nearshoring, reshoring, ally-shoring, and China+1 to build more resilient supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2023

You name the provider, and they are present. This year I am especially looking forward to ProMat. If you haven’t attended recently, it is an unmatched display of warehouse automation, robotics, and software systems.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 24, 2023

In the latest WEF Global Risks Report , the authors note, “Present and future risks can interact with each other to form a ‘polycrisis’ — a cluster of related global risks with compounding effects, such that the overall impact exceeds the sum of each part.” and China and Russia’s continuing invasion of Ukraine.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Comparing the pre-pandemic 2018 Production Statistics to the 2021 Production Statistics published by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), although car production has reduced over recent years, China remained the highest car producing country, followed by the United States, Japan and India. million cars.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2024

To cite just a few, turning to key suppliers for added cost reductions in components presents complexities when the company has already indicated that overall vehicle output is not expected to increase in 2024. Tesla has further just announced another set of vehicle price reductions associated with China, Europe and the U.S.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 11, 2022

You must live in the present.”[1] ”[2] Since we can’t go back and must live in the present, we also must prepare for the future. The pandemic shined a spotlight on the dependence of many companies on a limited number of suppliers, primarily in China. She explains, “China is going in another direction.

Global 130

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Elementum

MAY 22, 2015

Today, China’s rail infrastructure bears a striking resemblance to a pre-Staggers United States, and the nation is looking to turn it around in the same fashion. To complicate matters, factories in China are moving further and further west, expanding the distance between factories and ports and making transport by truck less reliable.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

”[3] The China Problem. China’s zero tolerance policy for dealing with the pandemic repeatedly created unanticipated and undesirable disruptions. Even though China has now relaxed those policies, the country is dealing with a severe Covid outbreak that continues to cause disruptions. It became too long.”[4]

Supply Chain Software 130

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

But for businesses of just about every type, the disruptive impact of the epidemic was something more ominous: It presented an existential threat to their survival. A renewed outbreak somewhere else in China, then we are back to square one.… For most consumers, it was a disorienting and anxious time. But recovery may be fragile.

Supply Chain Design Software 130

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Especially, I would say when we were talking about the Amazon effect I would say now it’s present more than ever maybe even changing the word into the COVID effect. And digitalization is more than present. And I think companies will be happy to be present on that market with production. There was a big peak.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In early November, the Northeast Cargo Symposium had a series of presentations and panels focused on how trade disputes are affecting companies that source from abroad. One session was called “Alternatives to Trading with China.”

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Enterra Insights

MAY 20, 2022

China has been called the world’s factory floor and for good reason. When China’s factories shut down, the effects are felt globally. ”[1] Chinese lockdowns are particularly being felt in one of China’s largest cities and busiest ports — Shanghai. Close to 30% of that backlog alone is in China.”[3]

Supply Chain Planning Software 130

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 17, 2018

By developing projects alone before presenting them to Chinese business partners, many European companies are missing out on a lot of time-saving and money-saving potential. The post Building strong relations through innovation & co-creation in China appeared first on Supply Chain Movement. Heidi Larsen reveals all in this blog.

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SupplyOn

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

End of October, numerous experts discussed innovations in the supply chain and financial transformation in the automotive industry in China Outside, a constant stream of vehicles and cold temperatures prevailed; inside, innovations in the automotive industry were debated in a warm atmosphere.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Supported by partners Heriot-Watt University, Pedersen & Partners and RV Consultancy, the full-day agenda featured a stellar line-up of speakers presenting and discussing key issues facing logistics and supply chain management practitioners. Global Assets in a Constantly Shifting Supply Chain. & & Changing Landscape”.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2022

That means a company wanting to do business in China would likely maintain manufacturing facilities in China, even if they reshore some manufacturing to the U.S. strategy needs reglobalization to snatch critical power away from China.”[5]. There is also the fact that many of the consumers U.S. for domestic consumption.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And the lack of demand visibility is a big contributor to China-US ocean freight rates doubling to the West Coast since June, and passing USD4,000/FEU to the East Coast – which was surprising as most analysts thought that rates and profits would freefall. Just take a look at pricing fluctuations for Suntory’s Yamazaki 12 Year Old.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

And the lack of demand visibility is a big contributor to China-US ocean freight rates doubling to the West Coast since June, and passing $4,000/FEU to the East Coast – which was surprising as most analysts thought that rates and profits would freefall. Just take a look at pricing fluctuations for Suntory’s Yamazaki 12 Year Old.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2023

Crowds of people, more than 1,000 rides (I mean, exhibitors) spread out across two enormous halls, some vendor booths as big as skyscrapers, and the loud, nonstop sounds of conversations, robots, presentations, Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 24, 2023) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2023

” 2) Adjust supply chain design more frequently than ever : Tensions between the West and China have many companies and countries pursuing a “de-risk” strategy that involves supply chain diversification. This, of course, presents tremendous opportunity but also risk.”

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

I had the opportunity to sit in on a very thorough presentation by a member of the Economist Intelligence Unit at the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies meeting today. Next year will see some positive growth but only 1.7%, reflecting slowing growth in the US in China and recession in Europe. The US will likely see only 0.5%

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 25, 2014

On top of that, my colleague, Clint Reiser, and I are wrapping up our omni-channel fulfillment survey, with an upcoming presentation at the annual CSCMP show in September. China Global Trade High Tech & Electronics Industry Just for Fun Logistics Technologies Petroleum Industry Regulations This Week in News'

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Our oceans are at present simply overfished – but our growing population is only demanding more and more fish protein. Scaling up is the main obstacle at present, but with governments as large as China getting involved, that obstacle may soon be overcome. This problem is especially acute in Southeast Asia.

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ivalua

MARCH 27, 2023

It’s already hit most Latin American countries, India, China and Italy, but the next big wave hits France in 2024. Europe will join Latin America, India, China, and other countries already on the path to real-time tax collection. What are the implications?

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o9 Solutions

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The challenge is a three-week competition, which presents learners with real company data and an underlying supply chain problem for participants to solve. A jury of renowned business and supply chain leaders and researchers evaluated the teams’ solutions and presentations. A dedicated MIT postdoctoral researcher mentored each team.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Enterprise Risk Management is important because risks are ever-present and require the strong governance of an executive leadership team to make significant, strategic changes that build a culture of resilience. For example, a company could have trouble importing raw materials from China due to export controls.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

”[4] He adds, “At the heart of his work is a thesis as dispiriting as it is radical: that the present dysfunctional state of the world is where we were always going to end up.” China is at the center of global value chains in manufacturing, particularly in labor-intensive sectors.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight a series of fast-moving events that have involved Foxconn , a prime contract manufacturing service provider producing iPhones in China. . Citing informed sources, the report indicated that a plan to shift some production to other Foxconn sites in China was underway.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 6, 2023

As multi-industry supply chain management teams enter 2023, they will be presented with expected global economic themes, financial outlooks and overriding business sentiment that are likely to influence decision-making. The three largest global economies ( Europe , United States , China ) expected to stall. Prediction Background.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Indications thus far would indicate that indeed, consumers are being more watchful and concerted in their holiday spending activity, waiting to ascertain where the best bargains will present themselves. Implications of Covid Lockdown Challenges Across China. Much will depend on what occurs over the next couple of weeks. averaged $2.37

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 30, 2023

I was reminded of his comments about a change of era as I listened to an interesting presentation by Anton van Beek, a board member of the multinational Dow Chemical Company, at a recent sustainability conference. I am currently halfway through his most recent book called ‘Embrace the Chaos’ about this inevitable transition.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 2, 2023

That stated, February’s activity appears to have regional specific connotations with upturns in production volumes across areas of Asia , specifically the ongoing re-opening of China ’s manufacturing sector, and upturns in India , the Philippines and Thailand manufacturing and supply chain activity levels. for February, reflecting a 2.4

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The rapid escalation of the Corona virus has now devastated China and other regions, resulting in more than 800 deaths and more than 37,000 cases worldwide. China is the epicenter of global manufacturing, and as a result of quarantines and shutdowns, major portions of their supply chain will be cut off from the rest of the world.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2023

From the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that nurtured Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian kingdoms, the Nile that fostered the kingdom of Egypt, to the Indus, Blue and Yellow rivers in India and China. Water connects us; it is our shared history, present, and future.” Everyone has a role to play. Leave no one behind.

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DocShipper Sourcing

JUNE 23, 2022

When sourcing from China, there are many things that new importers need to know and that's why in this article we present everything you need to know, acronyms used in the business, how to find a good supplier, transportation methods and many more. Things to be a good importer and improve your business.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 22, 2023

With untapped oil and gas reserves and melting polar ice, the Arctic presents an opportunity for Russia to access these resources. The Northern Sea Route is the shortest option and starts from China, passes through both Koreas, crosses Russia’s vast landmass, the Arctic Ocean, Norway, Sweden, and Finland before reaching England.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

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. Chaturvedi: A major question is: What will happen when China is firing on all cylinders, shipping cost come down and COVID is receding in our rear-view mirror.

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