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Mexico Back in the Supply Chain Spotlight

Talking Logistics

It seems like we’ve come full circle with Mexico. A lot of companies set up operations and sourced from Mexico back in the 90s, then the focus shifted to China and other Asian countries, and now Mexico is back in the spotlight. What is it about Mexico that makes it an attractive trading partner again?

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Shorter Supply Chains are Upending Globalization Patterns

Enterra Insights

She explains, “Since there’s not much supply chain managers can do about these circumstances, there is another way to address the uncertainty besides more inventory: Shorten our supply chains.” He reports, “Over the past 18 months, Chinese companies have leased up to 80% of industrial parks space in Mexico.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

Companies who have experienced these delays often add inventory across their network to buffer the risk. For example, it can look like imports from China are cheaper than the same goods imported from Mexico if a company is not relying on analysis produced by an advanced global trade system. This adversely affects a company’s cash flow.

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Logistics and Supply Chain – 1940 to 2040 with Jason Miller

The Logistics of Logistics

Today, MSU is one of the largest universities in the United States and has approximately 634,300 living alumni worldwide. The department educates students to succeed in careers such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and customer service.

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American Software Reports Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 Results

Logility

“This past quarter also brought renewed attention to the responsibility of supply chains to help ensure the ethical treatment of workers around the world following actions taken by the United States Customs and Border Protection to seize imports suspected of containing materials produced with forced labor,” continued Dow.

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Can You Predict Supply Chain Disruptions in an Unpredictable World?

Logility

Rethink just-in-time inventory policies: There could be another pandemic or another war. In 1980, manufacturing in China began surpassing the world’s industrial powers one at a time, and in 2010, became number one when it overtook the United States.

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American Software Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

During the quarter, SaaS subscription and/or software license agreements were signed with customers located in the following 9 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Mexico, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Logility, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software, Inc., Logility, Inc.,