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Innovative Approaches to Supply Chain Risk

Kinaxis

A major earthquake in Taiwan. This key supplier had been identified and sure enough, you have a second source primed and ready to go. A few hours later, your procurement head walks in the office. “We We have a problem.” The alternate source uses the same supplier in Taiwan. Then you get the e-mail.

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The Single Point of Failure in Supply Chain – Semiconductor Fabrication!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I am a proponent of dual sourcing. The vulnerabilities with sole sourcing are very real. The concept of only bringing in inventory on demand is very compelling when inventories are considered costly, wasteful and cash drains. Within Taiwan TSMC and UMC are the largest companies. I believe in all of the above.

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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Ensuring that any approach is fully compliant in order to avoid having to relocate production or supply sources often takes up a lot of internal resources. Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This practice is illegal. Operational strategies. Buying forward. Relocating production from China.

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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

The three specific regions of concern are the Eurozone, United Kingdom along with Taiwan. From our lens, the August data further reflects ongoing shifts in production sourcing within specific industry sectors. The inventories index decreased 2.1 manufacturers are continuing to draw down inventory levels.

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Industry Supply Chain Implications to Slower Economic Growth Across China

Supply Chain Matters

The lack of momentum in China based manufacturing has had a discernable contractionary impact on other regions, especially Taiwan and Malaysia. The latter Taiwan PMI index has been in negative territory for over a year and overall business confidence levels across Malaysia ’s manufacturing sector sunk to levels not recorded since July 2021.

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Global PMI Levels in July Remain of Concern

Supply Chain Matters

The two special regions of concern are the Eurozone and Taiwan. Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. Source: S&P Global and Other Sources. The data reinforces the warning signs of June and Q2, suggesting added contraction levels. declined 0.7

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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

Supply Chain Matters

Also highlighted was that purchasing activity, stocks of purchases and finished goods inventories collectively rose in July. The bottom three were listed as Poland , Taiwan and Myanmar. . The top three regions exhibiting PMI growth were that of India, Australia and the Netherlands. Select Regional Highlights. United States.