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Foxconn’s Prime Facility Producing Apple iPhones Impacted by Covid

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters commentary, we highlight a series of fast-moving events that have involved Foxconn , a prime contract manufacturing service provider producing iPhones in China. . Foxconn acknowledged that it was providing local transportation for workers to return to their various residences. Ongoing Chronology.

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FedEx’s Sudden Financial Miss- What Are the Implications?

Supply Chain Matters

Last evening, global parcel, logistics and transportation services provider Fedex Corp. Equity analysts quickly revised their analysis and outlooks for FedEx and other associated transport and logistics focused businesses. There were many news videos featuring FedEx aircraft and delivery vans delivering essential medical supplies.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

Across our many blog posts, videos, webinars, eBooks, and other shared content, you’ll find a wealth of information about various aspects of outsourcing in the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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How Would You Explain Supply Chain to Your Grandmother?

BlueYonder

This includes planning, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, and delivery of products or services from the point of origin to destinations. It involves growing the beans in one country (like Brazil or Vietnam) and then the beans are blended and roasted in another country. Me : I work in supply chain. Granny : What, chain? ??:

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs. manufacturing facility in 2014.