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Apple’s China Problem

Logistics Viewpoints

These controls included a measure to cut China off from certain buying semiconductor chips made anywhere in the world with US tools. 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. This is disingenuous at best.

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Figure 1: Identifying gaps in supply chain competency Overall Findings from three segments of industry were identified namely logistics, manufacturing and trading. Manufacturing Industry: The manufacturing industry faces challenges stemming from material and labour shortages due to pandemic-related lockdowns.

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Two

Supply Chain Matters

2023 Prediction Three: More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Multi-tiered Direct Materials Sourcing will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. . based manufacturing facilities had soared by over 116 percent. Prediction Background. Canada or Mexico.

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Global Sourcing and Human Rights Go Hand in Hand

NC State SCRC

Low-cost country (LCC) sourcing is now a commonplace strategy for shrinking bottom line labor and material costs in most consumer products industries, including apparel, footwear, toys, and other manufactured products. Dow Chemical, for example, considers environmental concerns a critical feature of its policies and procedures.3

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Trends 2024: Risk Management

Enterra Insights

2] Included in her overview are: the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict; the Israeli-Gaza conflict; Houthi attacks in the Red Sea; tensions between China and Taiwan; China’s hegemonic ambitions, leading to territorial conflicts with Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, and India; and rising concerns about North Korean aggression.

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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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A Chat with Katie Kinraid

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Reducing reliance on different modes of transport or a single source location, while diversifying collaborative relationships within the market is key defensive strategy. TMS solutions are moving beyond being just a freight management tool. Learning from the past is important & often we quickly forget the lessons learnt.