Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

Samsung already has a presence in the area in what is described as the largest fab facility outside of the company’s South Korea corporate headquarters. Increased tensions among China and the U.S., the implications of the ongoing Ukraine conflict for national defense considerations, have prompted the U.S. has to do so as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Financial Performance South Korea based key supplier of high tech and smartphone semiconductor and memory devices, Samsung Electronics, reported disappointing Q4 and 2023 full year financial performance results.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

A follow-on report by Bloomberg indicated that deals were potentially in progress involving China based BYD , and South Korea based Hyundai Motors , in addition to Tesla. That report cautioned that a deal had not been signed and could not come to pass.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

Previously acquiring these components from global semiconductor suppliers, Samsung now has more domestic options because “more suppliers in South Korea have now emerged with the rising demand for memory chips,” according to SamMobile’s Mihai Matei. While reporting 76% YOY growth in profit and 43.5%

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2023

South Korea recently announced plans to foster the globe’s largest concentration of semiconductor supply network capabilities over the coming two decades. based fabrication capabilities. Likewise, Japan has been addressing added domestic investments in advanced semiconductor materials and components.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 4, 2022

South Korea. We continue to make mention of the S&P Global South Korea Manufacturing PMI® which continues to reflect a theme of a quickened downturn in the country’s manufacturing sector. The September PMI value fell deeper into contraction at a reported value of 47.3, slipping 0.3 percentage points from July’s value.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Secretary of Commerce , Gina Raimondo, indicated that South Korea , Japan and members of the European Union are each considering hefty subsidies to ensure stable supplies of semiconductor devices and that the U.S. In June, U.S. has to do so as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

Bloomberg pointed to exports to markets including Australia , Brazil , Japan , Taiwan and South Korea declining by double-digit percentages as well. The Wall Street Journal indicated that China ’s exports to the EU and to the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) each dropped by 21 percent.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 28, 2022

This week the South Korea headquartered company reported quarterly financial results for the March 31 ending first quarter. Performance reportedly topped equity analyst expectations while posting a record consolidated revenue for the third consecutive quarter.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

Examples are: Samsung Electronics , which is shifting part of its domestic phone production to Vietnam due to the rapid advance of COVID-19 in South Korea. In the future, businesses will diversify their supply chains and source locally so they are not as dependent on one procurement source as they are now.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

The impact on supply chains is particularly apparent in the following two broad areas— shipping and procurement of products/components/raw materials. COVID-19 Impact on Procurement. In South Korea , Hyundai announced the suspension of its production lines due to supply chain disruptions in China. Other Industries.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

Further indicated were signs of weakness occurring in China , Japan , Malaysia, South Korea , Taiwan and Vietnam. Report authors noted that sector data of new orders indicated that contraction occurred across consumer, intermediate and investment goods industries.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

Samsung Electronics reported an over 21 percent rise in quarterly revenues for the South Korea based company, but the numbers reportedly ended a streak of three consecutive quarters of record revenue growth. Two noted bellwethers of consumer electronics and high-tech supply networks are Samsung Electronics and Apple.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2023

A follow-on report by Bloomberg indicated that deals were potentially in progress involving China based BYD , and South Korea based Hyundai Motors , in addition to Tesla. Reports cautioned that a deal had not been signed and could not come to pass.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2022

This index complies a data set of 2 chosen variables for each of the economies of the Eurozone , China , Japan, South Korea , Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. A relatively new index is The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) , developed by a group of researchers at the U.S. Federal Bank of New York.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For instance, the bankruptcy of South Korea’s 7th largest shipping company (Hanjin Shipping) led to a dramatic reduction in global supply chain shipping capacity. Procurement departments must take the full burden of ensuring supplier consistency. riskmanagement #supplychainmanagement #procurement #distributionlogistics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

In a recently completed tour of East Asia that included visits to Japan and South Korea , Yellen has advocated the concept of “ friend shoring ,” defined as the deepening of relationships and diversifying industry supply chains with “ trusted partners.” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 8, 2024

Investment Regarding Nvidia , South Korea based SK Hynix announced last week plans to invest upwards of $3.9 In July of 2022, Samsung announced significant plans to invest in U.S. based semiconductor production that included upwards of 11 fabrication facilities. SK Hynix U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2023

Latest Iteration Last week the Government of South Korea announced plans to foster the globe’s largest concentration of semiconductor supply network capabilities over the coming two decades. Added Thoughts Both South Korea and Japan are being positioned by evolving U.S, based capabilities.

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My Office Apps

MARCH 17, 2020

While China, Italy, Japan and South Korea are on lock-down, the same thing is happening at large and small companies in the states. Laundry Between Emails: Making the Most of the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Coronavirus is putting remote work to a gigantic test, and at a totally unprecedented scale.

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My Office Apps

MARCH 17, 2020

While China, Italy, Japan and South Korea are on lock-down, the same thing is happening at large and small companies in the states. Laundry Between Emails: Making the Most of the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Coronavirus is putting remote work to a gigantic test, and at a totally unprecedented scale.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

and France investing heavily in developing and procuring advanced UAM systems for commercial operations. On a faster track, the Europe UAM market is projected to grow at the highest rate during the forecast period of 3 to 7 years with Germany, the U.K.,

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

However, the published index indicated expansion level was rather mild, and was missing PMI data from South Korea which experienced a slight PMI contraction. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® was headlined with back-to-back expansion levels in February.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

81% of semiconductor contract manufacturing was based in Taiwan or South Korea in 2020 ( Deloitte Global ), but The United States passed a $52 billion dollar Chips for America Act in an effort to bring the manufacturing of microchips back to the United States. Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global). Wall Street Journal ).

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The alternative supply chain or “ Altasian” is defined as countries consisting of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, the Philippines , Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 23, 2024

Accomplished procurement veteran and author Tom Linton provides valuable insights into the supply chain risk management landscape in 2024 in this exclusive Q&A. In this Q&A, Tom shares insightful stories from his over 20 years in procurement and tells us what should be top of mind for supply chain managers in 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Ford was faced with this sourcing decision after South Korea based LG Chem brought a trade secret dispute with rival SK Innovation before the International Trade Commission last year. The trade group subsequently ruled in LG Chem’s favor, which led to a 10-year ban for SK Innovation from the United States.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2023

In a previously published Supply Chain Matters commentary in February, we highlighted Ford’s plans to operate and manage a battery production plant in Michigan , with technology collaboration from South Korea based battery producer CATL who will license its intellectual properties for battery technologies to Ford. powered EV’s.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2024

As our industry supply chain readers are becoming increasingly aware, domestic semiconductor production presence is and remains a fundamental part of domestic policy among certain Asian nations such as Taiwan , South Korea or Japan. So much so that the level of government subsidies is significant, in the hundreds of billions.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2022

Yet, this legislation is not unique from a global perspective in that many other countries and regions including China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan the Eurozone , are already spending billions on such incentives.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The news of this policy change caused Asian stocks of semiconductor providers to fall, initially wiping out a reported $240 billion in global market value, especially as industry participants perceived that the measures could also impact chip providers beyond China including Japan , South Korea and Taiwan based companies.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In 2018, iHerb opened its first international 3PL distribution center in South Korea, the first in the country since its laws changed to allow foreign ecommerce companies. The organizations’ fulfillment networks in the U.S. PST will ship the same day.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 14, 2019

In fact, JOC.com sites many Southeast Asia countries—including India, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia—have significantly grown their imports into the United States, anywhere from 13-37% compared to last year. Procure enough capacity. And, total imports on trade were up 1.4% during this period.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Renewed Expansion in South Korea The S&P Global South Korea Manufacturing PMI® was headlined with a reported renewed expansion in the country’s manufacturing sector at the start of 2024. The South Korea Customs Office indicated that export increases in memory chips and semiconductors have driven the rise in exports.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. Now, Linton believes those supply chains must change.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2017

The One Belt One Road project covers 65% of global population and 34% of global GDP – and this will connect the future of low cost locations with value added locations, and will exclude South Korea, Japan, the Americas, but the RCEP will link this countries in. This is a development that we all need to be more aware of.

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EazyStock

APRIL 21, 2018

The US then granted exemptions to EU countries, South Korea – basically every country except China – on the steel and aluminum tariffs; this made it clear that the US was targeting China. Then China pushed back, with tariffs on 128 American products (including wine, pork, and pipes) in retaliation.

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