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The World’s Most Vulnerable Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

These are embedded in industrial machinery, home goods (like refrigerators), toys, and advanced military devices. “We While Apple designs the most advanced chips for their smartphones, only TSMC can manufacture them. While Apple designs the most advanced chips for their smartphones, only TSMC can manufacture them.

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Apple’s China Problem

Logistics Viewpoints

The US is greatly expanding its attempt to slow Beijing’s technological and military advances. It is not just US tool manufacturers that are affected. The goal is to set China’s chip manufacturing industry back by at least a decade. Foxconn is Apple’s key contract manufacturing partner. This is disingenuous at best.

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Doing Business in Thailand

QAD

Its bordering countries include Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia. Manufacturing in Thailand. In addition, manufactured products in Thailand include textiles, beverages, tobacco products, cement, jewelry, appliances, computers automotive parts and agricultural equipment. . Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing.

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Anatomy of Agility

MIT Supply Chain

Dr. David Gligor , Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), is engaged in research to answer these questions. Adding to the confusion from a supply chain perspective is that most of the work relates to other disciplines such as manufacturing. But what exactly is supply chain agility and how can it be evaluated?

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Top eCommerce marketplaces in Philippines

Vinculum

The Philippines, an archipelagic nation doused by national debt, military coups and national disasters through the 80s and 90s, has bounced back stoically as one of Asia’s evolving markets. The popularity of the website has seen it expand its wings to Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.