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Global Supply Chains in Flux as U.S. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Take Effect

Logistics Viewpoints

The 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 20% tariffs on Chinese goods are expected to increase production costs, disrupt logistics networks, and force companies to rethink supply chains. This includes: Increasing domestic supply chain investments, reducing dependence on cross-border components.

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The World Today Part 1: The Best Manufacturing Ecosystems Win

Enterra Insights

Even prior to early April, a casual observer of todays ever-changing geopolitical landscape might have concluded that global supply chains are shrinking and that business collaboration is waning. Enlightened business leaders know, however, that global supply chains remain important. Memory chips and DRAM come from Japan.

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Doing Business in South Korea

QAD

South Korea is in eastern Asia in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is bordered by North Korea, the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea. Although it has been an independent kingdom for much of its history, the 20 th and 21 st centuries were tumultuous for South Korea. Manufacturing in South Korea.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #10 Failure to adequately train your supply chain planning staff

Kinaxis

by John Westerveld Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Reason #3 Not having end-to-end supply chain visibility. Reason #4 Making key decisions by modelling the supply chain in Excel.

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A great leap forward: Quintiq joins Dassault Systèmes

DELMIA Quintiq

Headquartered in Paris, France, Dassault Systèmes is a world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Less than two decades old, today Quintiq is the largest dedicated supply chain planning and optimization company in the world. Be good for our partners?

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Chip Challenges: Semiconductors and Supply Chain Risks

Exiger Perspectives

These complex chips, made with valuable minerals, are key to so many supply chains that any disruption can have devastating ripple effects, including on personal livelihoods and national security. Major geopolitical tensions as well as environmental and forced-labor issues are putting strains on global production and supply of chips.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart announced that it will pilot agriculture technology with crop supply intelligence company Agritaskto get real-time information on crops and improve sourcing decisions around produce. The company said that it used 85,916 metric tons of single-use plastic that year, an 11.6 percent decrease from 2021.