Innovation, Manufacturing, Shipping and Taiwan

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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Seen optimistically, this challenging trade environment is a catalyst for a slew of innovative measures and creative tactics to mitigate tariff costs – although one could argue that supply chain optimization from a cost and performance perspective is something that firms should already be doing on an ongoing basis. This practice is illegal.

Cost Reduction Strategies

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Building Value Networks. Stopping the Backward Slide.

Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 24, 2020

I struggle to understand why innovation in supply chain networks stalled. Like a rocket ship traveling to Mars, a new press release popped into my email each day. Innovation for supply chain leaders in building value networks stalled. The Venture Capitalists skimmed profit but have not driven innovation. Get Involved.

Supply Chain Network Software

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Top 3 Challenges Facing High-Tech and Semiconductor Supply Chains

Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

PFAS are also used in the photo-resistance process in semiconductor manufacturing. They are asking questions like ‘Do our facilities teams know what piping it’s included in?’ The second is tensions around export controls with China and Taiwan , which leave many companies reevaluating their global sourcing strategies.

Supply Chain Strategy

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

JULY 15, 2022

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Pivot Toward Internal Manufacturing Presence.

Sourcing Strategies

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An Air Charter Solution for Teradyne in a Time of Disruption

CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 9, 2020

Robinson is proud to act as an extension of their team—identifying new and innovative ways to improve their supply chain and helping implement changes that have made a real impact on their business. The order required moving oversized equipment from Shanghai (PVG) to Taiwan (TPE) within a limited time window. An air charter solution.

Negotiating Skills

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Apple Product Event Provides Added Supply Chain News

Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The higher end 15 Pro line-up will be populated with a faster A17 processor produced in a 3 nanometer fab production process by Taiwan based contract fab producer TSMC. The 15 Pro and Pro Max models have their case edges moving to a titanium composition vs. that of stainless steel. In the most July ending quarter, Apple reported an overall 2.4

Price Reduction

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Supply Chain Solutions: What You Can Learn From the Semiconductor Industry

CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 13, 2018

The manufacturers, key suppliers, and customer industries of semiconductor device makers are global, with a strong Asia presence. Like many industries, however, this one has experienced a shakeup in where various components are manufactured, with important and game-changing implications. Historically, U.S. for examination.

Supply Chain Software

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

These 36 innovative companies have figured out how to hack their operations, gaining some financial or media recognition for their methods. Kick back, be inspired and happy innovating. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

Supply Chain Design Software

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Lenovo’s innovative sustainability work with Maersk. Supply challenges arising from the war will hit many industries, with electronics being a prime example, since Russia and Ukraine are both sources of materials such as palladium and neon , vital for the manufacture of semiconductors. The grain blockaded in Ukraine.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain

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Supply Chain Woes with Inflation Rising … What’s Next?

Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 24, 2021

Taiwan, which is said to be the hub of the chip industry, has been the worst affected with almost 2000 workers in quarantine at King Yuan Electronics, which has cut the revenue of the company by a third, reported the WSJ. The latest outbreaks of Covid-19, especially in Asia, have only exacerbated the global chip shortage further.

Supply Chain Planning Software

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Outsourcing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Lessons from Nortel Networks

NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The ODM’s in Taiwan have a single tech park where they all started. You didn’t have to add designers, and they leveraged the fact that they designed phones for other people, could do it quicker, and would leverage that, and would get their money back through manufacturing in a low cost environment. What good would that do us?

Supply Chain Network Software

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Total Cost of Ownership Procurement Model Failure – What’s Missing?

Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 30, 2022

The outsourcing of manufacturing to low cost geographies is an example of the extreme manifestation of ignoring most other TCO factors other than price. Even if you could move the business to other suppliers you are still captive to having all of your manufacturing eggs in one country’s basket. And what happened?

Optimal Sourcing

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Do Americans Really Want Splendid Isolation?

Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In his first week in office, President Biden signed Executive Order 14005, Ensuring the Future is Made in America by All of America’s Workers, launching a whole-of-government initiative to strengthen the use of federal procurement to support American manufacturing.”[1] Reality says something quite different. It’s nothing to worry about.'”

Manufacturing Procurement

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

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. Taiwan, Province of China. Fourth release of 3PL Subway Map Europe. South Africa. Switzerland.

Europe

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Strategic moves among logistics providers