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Regionalize for resilience

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became more dependent on foreign manufacturers for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association have blamed this on a “race to the bottom” mentality that drove manufacturing to low-cost countries such as India and China, which are now the largest global suppliers of APIs.

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The Key Coffee Industry Trends For 2021 & Beyond

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For instance, 50% of respondents felt that logistics, container availability and port operations would all feel a negative impact of Covid-19. The world’s top coffee exporters. Source: Statista. Trends for coffee exporters. This is more likely to impact countries such as Ethiopia where cultivation and harvesting is largely done by hand.

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Webinar Recap: The Case for a Pan-American Manufacturing Ecosystem

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In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. based manufacturers will still need a strong supply base from friendly countries.

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Investing in regional supply chains

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And developing a Pan American Manufacturing Ecosystem would also create jobs, build wealth, reduce the pressure to migrate, and promote political stability in countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. manufacturer Parkdale Mills. and Canadian firms in Mexican supply chains and logistics.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

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In those roles, we closely aligned with 3,000 total suppliers globally, constituting about 6,500 individual manufacturing locations. We operated in the Americas, so we spent significant time in places like Canada, the US, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Honduras, but we also operated all around the globe.

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Strategic moves among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry.

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Most desirable logistics location of Europe in 2018

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The Netherlands is the best region for a logistics base according to the ‘VerkehrsRundschau Markenstudie ImageRanking’. The market study by VerkehrsRundschau (a leading German magazine with a website about transport and logistics) assessed the attractiveness of the countries close to Germany as a base for logistics activities.