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Cliff Morris | The State of Manufacturing

4WL Consulting

Based in Silicon Valley, they’re fully scaled in California but have operations in China and South Korea, giving Cliff an up-close perspective on offshore manufacturing, supply chain, and more. So they don’t want to ship a lot of liquid by airplane because it’s expensive. It’s a liquid form. Mike: Right.

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Cliff Morris | The State of Manufacturing

4WL Consulting

Based in Silicon Valley, they’re fully scaled in California but have operations in China and South Korea, giving Cliff an up-close perspective on offshore manufacturing, supply chain, and more. So they don’t want to ship a lot of liquid by airplane because it’s expensive. It’s a liquid form. Mike: Right.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton.

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Why Singles Day Will Become A US Sales Festival

Freightos

One popular metric – a country’s logistics costs as a percentage of GDP – has China at 18% and the US at only 8.5%. It’s Mind-Bogglingly Cheap to Ship To China. The retail behemoth recently launched Amazon Prime in China , offering shipping from US distribution centers to 82 Chinese cities in 5-9 days.

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Takeaways from the 2018 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

Kinaxis

Direct to consumer online shop launched with fully functioning billing, payment, shipping capabilities. Manufacturers that are used to shipping pallets and cartons to retailers will need to be prepared for the world of shipping eaches to consumers and do so economically. The site was launched in eight weeks.

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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Wholesalers in 2019: Drop Those Bad Habits from 2018

EMERGE App

South-East Asian nations such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines are ready with substitutes or alternative suppliers. Highly developed nations such as South Korea and Taiwan may fill in the technology gap. Historically low shipping rates are slowing creeping back up. Go Forth with International Trade.

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How Microsoft & ThroughPut are helping Global Manufacturers increase Output during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and how every Operations Professional can help

ThroughPut

South Korea has reported the lowest number of new cases in 4 weeks , leading the way on the containment execution roadmap. Walmart and FedEx can keep shipping, as long as we can keep producing. Every additional ventilator that can be manufactured and shipped to someone sick in the world.