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Innovative Approaches to Supply Chain Risk

Kinaxis

A major earthquake in Taiwan. 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. Efficiency programs like lean drove us to reduce suppliers and cut inventory. As you flip through the articles on your iPad, you see it.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. Focus on right-sizing inventories. What can be done?

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Case Study: Ewellix

Procurement Academy

With 65 learners based in countries including Sweden, Bulgaria, France, Switzerland, Germany, the US, Taiwan and China, they have some challenges to overcome. After implementing several new procurement processes, Group Director Purchasing, Nicolas Robardet, identified a number of competencies which required development within the team.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. In the sector, the bullwhip impact is high, the inflationary pressures of crude oil prices immense, the variability from energy outages painful, and inventories relatively low. Focus on right-sizing inventories. What can be done?

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

Supply Chain Game Changer

The concept of only bringing in inventory on demand is very compelling when inventories are considered costly, wasteful and cash drains. Most of the semiconductor fabrication is now conducted in Taiwan and China, not the United States. Within Taiwan TSMC and UMC are the largest companies. Those statistics say it all.

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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.

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

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Many companies buy forward inventory ahead of tariffs being implemented. This strategy, however, may incur additional warehousing and storage costs, and firms may experience accounting challenges where an inventory is considered an asset, which could affect cash flow. Operational strategies. Buying forward.