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Mexico sees solid manufacturing growth, courtesy of nearshoring

Resilinc

Mexico is seeing strong growth in manufacturing. market and secure redundant sources of supply. As Resilinc blog readers know, the imperative to develop multiple supply sources arose from the unprecedented disruptions and delays of the last two and a half years. Due to strong U.S.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Traditional risk management policy assumes a contraction in growth: the conventional focus is the shutdown and reallocation of supply. A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Source E2open Shipping Index). We started the conversation with sourcing. His response?

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Traditional risk management policy assumes a contraction in growth: the conventional focus is the shutdown and reallocation of supply. A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. Source E2open Shipping Index). We started the conversation with sourcing. His response?

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Another China Based Lockdown and Supply Network Disruption- Implications and Call to Action

Supply Chain Matters

By now our Supply Chain Matters readers have already viewed headlines of yet another COVID-19 variant induced lockdown of certain manufacturing and port facilities in China. China’s zero tolerance coronavirus outbreak policies were likely cause additional disruptions this year and that has come to pass. Call to Action.

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What Should Supply Chain Management Teams Anticipate in 2023 and Beyond- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with the average wait time for ships to be unloaded reaching 20.8 By Q4, major European manufacturers were exploring alternative sources to produce energy-intensive products such as chemicals and fertilizers, with the U.S. Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17-21, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). Long Beach ports emits only water from tailpipe (OCR). Cyber Insurance Becomes a Must for More Manufacturers (WSJ – sub. Source: Amazon patent.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months. The adjacent Port of Long Beach also saw a significant decline in container volume in March. percent by 2030.