Supply Chain Matters
JULY 19, 2023
Unemployment levels among the country’s youth within ages ranging from 16 to 24 reportedly exceed 20 percent while at the same time, manufacturers reportedly indicate that they cannot find adequate workers. Generally muted global product demand levels and inventory overhang have not helped to spur growth of the country’s manufacturing sector.
MIT Supply Chain
MARCH 20, 2014
Dr. David Gligor , Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), is engaged in research to answer these questions. There has been a lot of research over the last 20 years on agility in business but there is much confusion over what it means and little consistency between the various definitions,” says Gligor.
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Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
” They note an MIT survey of apparel companies found vastly differing definitions of supply chain transparency across organizations. Transparency, on the other hand, involves moral and ethical dimensions of activities associated with sourcing and manufacturing. Achieving transparency, however, is neither easy nor cheap.
Supply Chain Matters
JULY 25, 2022
We further predicted a revisiting of vertical integration materials sourcing strategies in industries where such moves would enhance supply network risk mitigation, especially in industries such as automotive and high-tech manufacturing, supply chain logistics or order fulfillment services. For those businesses located in the U.S.,
Elementum
OCTOBER 29, 2015
Consider manufacturing companies: “It used to be—go to China for products, parts, and material. 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?
Enterra Insights
MAY 16, 2022
Andrew Kinder ( @Kinder_ai ), a Senior Vice President of industry and solution strategy with Infor, insists, “COVID-19 has taught manufacturers a bitter lesson. sources while others are reshoring their manufacturing operations. ”[8] Isn’t that the definition of insanity? Footnotes. [1]
Supply Chain Matters
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Global Production Activity Rise Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® began 2024 with output levels rising for the first time in eight months. Global manufacturing employment levels fell for the fifth straight month. Manufacturing , there were mixed consensus.
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