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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

Logistics Viewpoints

Automotive Supply Chain: Production Shifts and Border Congestion The North American auto industry is among the largest impacted, as Mexico occupies a significant role in parts manufacturing and vehicle assembly. are expected to rise by $3,000 to $12,000 per car, forcing manufacturers to either pass costs to consumers or cut production.

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E2open Ocean Shipping Index Shows Geopolitical Tensions, Labor Shortages and Port Congestion Driving Significant Increases in Global Transit Times

E2open

The most significant contributor to the year-over-year (YoY) increase is actual transit time, alongside extraordinary volatility that has created a complex landscape for businesses dependent on ocean freight. South America to North America showed significant YoY duration increases, exhibiting the highest YoY increase (+19 days) YoY.

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Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Examples of this include expediting with LTL and air freight and costly in-network transfers from warehouse to warehouse–all of which erode profit margins. Being able to understand if supply expected from Europe needs to be re-routed and sourced from Asia or South America is important when entire channels become unavailable.

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world. Brazil is located in Eastern South America and borders the Atlantic Ocean as well as the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. Manufacturing in Brazil.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Major Trends: Volatile Production, Capacity Crisis & The Need for EV Automotive manufacturing is experiencing a huge global transformation compared to the past. 2023 Outlook for Vehicle Exports and Global Ocean Freight With COVID-19 regulations relaxing worldwide, both car production and the consumer demand for new vehicles is surging.

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State of Logistics Outsourcing: Plenty of Room for Growth as Shipper Dissatisfaction & Technology Expectations Increase

GlobalTranz

After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. Other emerging markets include South America (not including Mexico), India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico.

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What Retailers are Saying About Tariffs - Part 5

Cathy Roberson

That was because we do manufacture in China, but mostly for goods sold within China. Outside of that, our top sourcing regions of Southeast Asia and Central and South America in aggregate account for about 85% of what comes into the U.S. China is less than 2% of total cost into the U.S. I wear a number of hats these days.