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New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Matters

Athletic and leisure footwear manufacturer New Balance has advanced plans to build the company’s sixth footwear manufacturing facility within the United States. Commenting on the Skowhegan facility expansion, Joe Preston, New Balance President indicated: “ Manufacturing has always been at the core of our company culture.

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REPOST: Supply Chains in VUCA Environments with Jim Tompkins

The Logistics of Logistics

Tompkins Ventures is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with partners spanning Africa, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Central America, China, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Panama, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States. Covid-19 is VUCA, a “black swan” event. VUCA Environments.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. “Even with all new Glasgow pledges for 2030, we will emit roughly twice as much in 2030 as required for 1.5 degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Recent cumulative events have increased the emphasis on the supply chain, emphasizing its importance and bringing it to the fore. These events have highlighted a need for agility and have led to significant changes and approaches to managing supply chains across the Asia Pacific region. .

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Food is Not Food if It’s Unsafe

Enterra Insights

The staff at Food Safety News reports that a study from the Mars Global Food Safety Center (GFSC), which, at the height of the pandemic, surveyed people in the United States, United Kingdom and China, “found 77 percent of people [believed] food safety is a top 10 worldwide problem.”[4] ” What Can Be Done? .

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Geopolitical Risks and Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

A survey conducted in the United Kingdom by the Institute of Directors (IoD), a 120-year-old British political organization, found that the larger a company is the more likely it is to be adversely affected by geopolitical tensions. .” ” Resiliency and Geopolitical Risk What constitutes a geopolitical risk?

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2024 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Prediction One

Supply Chain Matters

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Activity Levels- Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® ended 2023 on a noted lackluster footing. Manufacturing production reportedly contracted at a slightly quicker pace in December, dashing hopes for a point of stabilization.