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Supply chain shockwaves from the Taiwan earthquake

Resilinc

Following the earthquake, tsunami warnings were sent out in Taiwan, Japan, and The Philippines, but have since been lifted. magnitude struck off the East Coast of Japan. As of today, 13 are dead, more than a thousand are being treated for injuries, and six are still missing, according to CNN. On April 4, a 6.0

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Added Signs of Global Manufacturing Upturn in May

Supply Chain Matters

Rates of manufacturing contraction eased across Europe and in Japan. Other Asian Nations The S&P Global ASEAN Manufacturing PMI ® is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand , and Vietnam. Although the May reading of 57.5 percentage points from the 58.8

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Manufacturing Spotlight: Philippines

Elementum

20 Japanese electronics firms were considering to transfer their hubs from China to the Philippines in 2016, due to China’s declining economic growth and rising wages. The Philippines is now ranked next to China, overtaking Thailand and Vietnam. The Philippines is now ranked next to China, overtaking Thailand and Vietnam.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Continues Downward Trajectory at the Close of 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The overall theme depicted in the December 2022 reporting was an intensification of a global manufacturing downturn, with continuing output reductions across the Eurozone , Japan , China and the United States. Sources; S&P Global and ISM, 2022. Reports spanning the major developed economies were somewhat contrasting.

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“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

A shorter monsoon season in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia will help miners procure more materials, used heavily in the electronics industry. But the typhoons will threaten Taiwan, China, and Japan, leaving countries like Indonesia in need of precipitation. Food prices will likely skyrocket.

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Trends 2021: Megatrends, Part Two

Enterra Insights

They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ” On the transportation and supply chain front, one trend in the U.S. ”[4]. In many ways, the economy is now driven by data. The World Economic Forum has declared data a resource like gold or oil.

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September and Q3 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Enter Contraction Trending

Supply Chain Matters

Other significant report highlights in this developed economies grouping was the index for Japan indicating that in September, new orders fell at the sharpest rate in two years, while a weakening Japanese yen drove manufacturing inflationary pressures higher. Japan, Taiwan ) the average PMI value for Q3 was 49.0,