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Industry Supply Chain Implications to Slower Economic Growth Across China

Supply Chain Matters

The lack of momentum in China based manufacturing has had a discernable contractionary impact on other regions, especially Taiwan and Malaysia. The latter Taiwan PMI index has been in negative territory for over a year and overall business confidence levels across Malaysia ’s manufacturing sector sunk to levels not recorded since July 2021.

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Anatomy of Agility

MIT Supply Chain

Dr. David Gligor , Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), is engaged in research to answer these questions. Photo credit: Matt Boulton Filed under: Strategy Tagged: company response , malaysia institute for supply chain innovation , MIT research , SCALE Network , supply chain agility.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

” They note an MIT survey of apparel companies found vastly differing definitions of supply chain transparency across organizations. Notable examples include the Rana Plaza factory collapse in the fast fashion industry, slave labor in the Thai seafood industry, and deforestation in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Sourcing Predictions- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China Plus sourcing actions. Of these three strategies, higher level of inventories was the most clearly underway, with companies aiming for an inventory-to-sales ratio of nearly 5 percent higher than before the pandemic. Additional Thoughts.

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Professor Yossi Sheffi on Resilience, Visibility, and Biggest Risks this Holiday Season

Elementum

Now, though, we might go to China for some things, but for assembly we might go to Vietnam, Malaysia, or more recently, an African country. So, how can companies prepare for something they, by definition, can’t prepare for? Consider manufacturing companies: “It used to be—go to China for products, parts, and material.

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Is More Innovation in Education Required?

Enterra Insights

Robert Philkill, a senior sales engineer at Teradici, had a similar experience when he introduced his company’s products to remote schools in Malaysia. Children from remote village schools are accessing the same digital resources as kids in urban areas.

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Transforming Global Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

[7] She quotes Eric Wetlaufer, director of TMX Group, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario, and Enterra Solutions ® board member, who “provided a fantastic definition of stewardship: ‘Stewardship is the accountability one has for leaving the company — with all its stakeholders — stronger than when you arrived.