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It’s Time to Connect Manufacturers and Suppliers within the Value Network

DELMIA Quintiq

Upheavals in one country can heavily impact manufacturers worldwide, too. hoku earthquake and tsunami significantly affected many industries, even those with production plants outside Japan. Manufacturers realized that they had no backup plans for the production of components critical to their operations.

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Japan and Ecuador Earthquakes: Supply Chain Lessons from Past Disasters

Talking Logistics

The recent earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador are a sad reminder of how deadly natural disasters can be. As of this morning, 41 people are confirmed dead in Kumamoto prefecture, the epicenter of Japan’s earthquakes, and 272 people have died in Ecuador , with thousands more injured and displaced from their homes. and Nissan Motor Co.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 4 – May 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has a variety of robots that serve different functions within the warehouse. Robotic arms Robin and Sparrow were designed and manufactured at its Robotics Innovation Hub near Boston and help sort customer orders. The company also started testing Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot called Digit in warehouses last year.

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Supply chain shockwaves from the Taiwan earthquake

Resilinc

Following the earthquake, tsunami warnings were sent out in Taiwan, Japan, and The Philippines, but have since been lifted. Taiwan is the global leader in semiconductor manufacturing, producing over 60% of the world’s semiconductors and over 90% of the most advanced chips. magnitude struck off the East Coast of Japan.

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Apple’s China Problem

Logistics Viewpoints

Afterall, port congestion has cleared, transportation costs have gone down, we are seeing far fewer product shortages, and the looming recession will likely take some of the pressure off hiring and retention woes. It is not just US tool manufacturers that are affected. Apple is the world’s most valuable company.

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The Reshoring Initiative: 3 Reasons Why American Retailers Are Reshoring U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

GlobalTranz

Together reshoring and related foreign direct investment by companies returning to the U.S. added 77,000 jobs in 2016, with an additional 13,000 reported for the previous six years, for a total of 338,000 manufacturing jobs reshored since 2010. Why are so many companies making the decision to bring jobs back to American shores?

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.