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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

The current market trends indicate that the manufacturing industries are poised to reshore back to the United States in a big way. Changing Face of Manufacturing: How and Why US Manufacturing Companies are Looking at Reshoring. Drop in the price of crude oil. Rising costs of labor in China and other places.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

While the push in the back office was for efficiency–larger batch sizes, transactional processing, lower costs of transportation, and labor arbitrage strategies (Many companies outsourced the back office to India.)–the My first thank-you note is to the United States military.

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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

As firms outsource a greater proportion of products and services to China, India, and other low-cost countries, the hidden perils of these approaches are often not considered, especially within the context of enterprise risk management (ERM). United States Steel Corp. NXP Semiconductor NV. Supplier Relationship Management.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Because it allows for quicker connections between the East and West coasts, cutting the distance traveled by ship by nearly 13,000 km (from 21,000 km to 8,000 km), the Panama Canal is of particular strategic importance to the United States. But in 1903, the United States-backed Panamanian revolution led to the country's independence.

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White paper: Are the weakest link in your supply chain?

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Turkmenistan.

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White paper: What if you are the weakest link in your supply chain?

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Turkmenistan.

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Most desirable logistics location of Europe in 2018

Supply Chain Movement

Holy See (Vatican City State). United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Guinea-bissau. Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands. Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of. Korea, Republic of. Turkmenistan.