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Driving Sustainable Supply Chain Change

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Source: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2022 Predictions — APEJ Implications. IDC’s March 2022 Future Enterprise Resiliency & Spending Survey showed that almost 50% of finance organizations are prioritizing consistent ESG practices and/or policies when considering industry ecosystem design and partners. About the Author.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Sourcing Predictions- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group shares a Part Two commentary addressing our mid-year assessment of previously published 2022 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains published at the beginning of 2022. Restoring More Direct Control in Materials Sourcing.

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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

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are reporting that they are being inundated with requests from importers seeking to use provisions such as the “321 de minimis” rule, which allows goods worth less than $800 to be shipped to the U.S. Southeast Asian countries, Taiwan and India have become alternative manufacturing locales or sources of supply. This practice is illegal.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

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The responsibility of sustainability is no longer limited to the individual, but it extends to corporations, industries and even governments. The global supply chain industry has by default, a large environmental impact, through its carbon footprint. Photo Credit: L’Oréal. Acting for Planet. Photo Credit: United Airlines.

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Global Wide Manufacturing Output Strengthens in March 2024

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Business sentiment has reportedly remained close to a nine-month high with noted added optimism in the intermediate and investment goods industry sectors. The March report was headlined with Mexico’s manufacturing industry broadly stable in March with stronger expansions in new orders and production levels. order demand. order demand.

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How COVID – 19 Might Shape the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture

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COVID-19 and the Future of China Sourcing and Manufacture. And the strategy has paid off: Where China saw industrial production plunge 13.5 Then there is the cost of packing up and shipping machinery, moulds, and equipment to a new location, as well as the need to deal with staff reductions and a tangle of bureaucratic procedures.

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Top 6 Wholesale Distribution Trends for 2019

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But I’m sure many of you in the wholesale and distribution business are thinking: “ What does 2019 hold for the wholesale and distribution industry? Our customers run small and medium-sized businesses in all industries. Shipping costs are also expected to spike upwards. The Rise and Rise of China.