QAD

APRIL 16, 2024

A key trend Mr. Seward highlighted is the shift towards near-shoring and the emergence of Mexico as a key trade partner for the USA, and other countries such as Vietnam. With challenges ranging from trade tensions to supply chain talent shortages, the imperative to build resilient supply chains has never been more apparent.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Case in point: a consumer electronics company made a critical off-shore/near-shore decision and determined that the long-term risk and operational impact of near-shoring in Mexico outweighed the cost advantage of production in China and Vietnam.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 1, 2023

Prediction Three of the report indicates : More Direct Control in Strategic or Tactical Material Sourcing Will Continue to be a Prominent Element of Business Strategy for Businesses and their Chief Supply Chain or Chief Procurement Officer Efforts. Our sense was that Apple’ s experience, along with others involving U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Prediction Three of our research advisory indicated that more direct control of strategic and tactical direct materials sourcing would continue to be a prominent element of business strategy in 2023 and beyond. In 2022, more U.S. Better resiliency reportedly enabled a competitive advantage that helped to achieve an additional 1.2

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico. Our approach to freight procurement would also require a revisit as part of a risk management strategy. A classic case of related diversification versus focused strategy that is taught in business schools.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Amazon’s outsize growth combined with strategy shifts at FedEx and UPS have changed the balance. companies to import more from countries including India, Thailand and Vietnam. Postal Service is still the biggest parcel service by volume; it handles hundreds of millions of packages for all three companies. billion packages in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If that is correct, then the likely alternatives would be India and Vietnam. This latest episode of Foxconn and iPhone production related events reinforces the need for businesses large and smaller to evaluate and initiate at a minimum, a China Plus production and materials sourcing strategy. Bob Ferrari.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As China’s economy slows, its leaders worry that emerging foreign government and transnational corporate strategies focused on trade with China will make matters worse. ”[2] The bottom line is this: Companies are likely to continue to pursue their de-risking strategies. In many respects, they only have themselves to blame.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 14, 2021

Already, 35% of companies believe that digital technology will be a key enabler for their circular economy strategies. LogiSYM—Vietnam Digital 2020 – LogiSYM December/January 2021. A 2020 Gartner survey finds that 70% of supply chain leaders plan to invest into the circular economy. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 25, 2020

With trade wars and tariffs pinching operational profitability, manufacturers are looking at alternative locales like VietNam, India and, Mexico. This strategy is not without its risks though. For American manufacturers of high tech, industrial and food and beverage products, the Mexico option poses a unique opportunity.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2022

and China trade war had resulted in added tariffs being applied to footwear causing designers to consider sourcing within other countries, especially Vietnam. While this footwear producer still maintains a supply network that stretches to Asia , these local facilities have supported a strategy for leveraging and promoting a U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2024

along with Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. New order growth reportedly accelerated at the fastest in nearly three plus year, which is a likely indication that this region has become the new go-to for China Plus product sourcing strategies. Growth expansion has returned across China and the U.S. reflecting a 1.3

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Vinculum

MARCH 3, 2020

Vietnam, a nation ravaged by wars and epidemics through its recent history, has shown tremendous grit while establishing itself as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. But the genuine signs of moving forward were evident after Vietnam and the USA signed a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) in 2000. Improvement in Economy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. Achieving agility with a strategy to sell goods in the same region they are produced in, “has never been more important,” Mr. Achieving agility with a strategy to sell goods in the same region they are produced in, “has never been more important,” Mr. Bailey exclaimed.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This report ties the announcement of the government probes to both the manufacturing contractor services provider’s efforts to help Apple shift the sourcing of components and manufacturing to areas in India and Vietnam.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

But a strike at a port in Germany or a typhoon off the coast of Vietnam, while temporary, can have major implications for supply chains. In other words, data usage follows a cycle in which it becomes an edge…and then quickly becomes table stakes. And they are.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 25, 2022

As the calendar now moves to the second half of 2022, it is important to focus on rapidly changing developments including a marked escalation in geopolitical tensions that impact global supply chain strategies. Investment firm Pimco indicated that countries such as India, Vietnam and Malaysia would benefit from China Plus sourcing actions.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

A report also found that a fifth of the 2,000 largest publicly-listed companies in the world have pledged to pursue a net-zero strategy. To ensure that these commitments are met, companies from different industries around the world are pursuing strategies that promote sustainability.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

In a previous posting, we published Part One of this multi-part series which highlighted our first prediction , that supply chain management teams should anticipate a considerable amount on uncertainty and that a significant challenge will be to avoid complacency in strategies and actions. For those businesses located in the U.S.,

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 28, 2021

Instead of relying only on China, consider manufacturing hubs such as Vietnam, Mexico and India which are likely to gain greater prominence.” This strategy only works if your suppliers are local and their materials are sourced locally too, otherwise global risks will remain in your supply chain.” ” 2. .”

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Pricing Strategy Relative to overall pricing business and industry media reports note that this year, Apple has avoided across the board price hikes in the U.S. The inference is that pricing strategy is compensating for declines in iPhone demand. The Lightening port was first introduced with iPhone 5 in 2012.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2021

And did we mention that many retailers are scrambling since factories in Vietnam are shut down or operating at very limited capacity due to COVID outbreaks. Many retailers who rely on merchandise produced in Vietnam are re-evaluating what they can get to showrooms in time for fall and winter.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Reportedly, the vast majority of detained goods were produced in either Malaysia, Vietnam or Thailand. That is because that the country of origin of goods is irrelevant since reportedly only 13 percent of shipments detained by customs officials were of China origin.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Understanding the benefits of cloud technology has helped businesses realise the importance of flexibility and agility, especially in emerging countries like Indonesia and Vietnam, where there is a growing interest in cloud adoption among manufacturers. The third major workforce trend is prospective employees’ changing expectations and needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 6, 2022

The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® declined to a value of 51.7 Commenting on the March data, Andrew Harker, Economics Director at S&P Global noted in part: “ The surge in COVID-19 cases in Vietnam during March took its toll on the manufacturing sector, pushing output back into contraction territory.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2022

The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® posted a value of 54 in June, compared to a value of 51.7 Whereas, among a grouping of developing regions consisting of China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Vietnam and Thailand , production and supply chain activity levels declined 2.4 reported for March. percentage points from Q1 to Q2.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2014

In researching the ideas, like moving a business to the point of sale, we discovered that the base numbers of the business revealed new strategies. For example, we produce in Vietnam and China. Vietnam is a low-cost market to produce products. It wasn’t that easy.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 6, 2022

In 2021, Nike experienced discernable production and transportation disruptions for products sourced in Vietnam as suppliers struggled with Covid-19 lockdowns, labor and transport shortages. Strategies included scaling back consumer promotional sales programs along with shedding branded goods in favor of private labeled merchandise.

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RFgen

JULY 12, 2013

Recognizing a need to improve the efficiency of its global supply chain, Nestle recently announced that it is building a new storage and shipment facility in Vietnam. Bloomberg reported that Vietnam is one of the top coffee growing countries in the world , and more robusta coffee beans come from there than from anywhere else.

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RFgen

JULY 12, 2013

Recognizing a need to improve the efficiency of its global supply chain, Nestle recently announced that it is building a new storage and shipment facility in Vietnam. Bloomberg reported that Vietnam is one of the top coffee growing countries in the world , and more robusta coffee beans come from there than from anywhere else.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 5, 2023

Vietnam Again in the Doldrums The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing PMI® is here highlighted because the May value dropped deeper into contraction and “ signaling a third successive monthly deterioration in operating conditions. ” The reported May PMI value of 45.3 percentage points from the April value of 46.7,

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Our commentary reiterated that over the last three years there were reports indicating that Apple was instructing its contract manufacturers to begin evaluating and seeking out new hardware sourcing outside of China , specifically India and Vietnam , with the former garnering the most attention.

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American Global Logistics

AUGUST 27, 2019

The Loadstar – Air cargo capacity serving Vietnam is on the rise. Last week, Ethiopian Airlines started a weekly B777F service to Bangkok and Hanoi, and in line with the carrier’s triangular strategy, the flight is routed from its home base via Europe to Asia.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

But reality might seem to indicate that German manufacturers need to continue to pivot from the high dependence on China and perhaps take advantage of the new manufacturing investment underway in regions such as India, Vietnam, Mexico , the United States and other regional areas.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 8, 2024

This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. A prior downturn in Vietnam moderated during December. These nations reportedly account for 98 percent of ASEAN manufacturing value added. by the end of the year.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 20, 2020

Many large companies have now begun implementing a China + 1 strategy , under which they maintain high-tech, precision manufacturing in China but rope in manufacturers in other countries to handle other parts of their supply chains. Many Japanese companies are already manufacturing in Vietnam. Very regulated economy.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 24, 2022

In addition to India, Vietnam has been another area under consideration for component or final assembly production of Apple’ s consumer electronics hardware products. It is estimated that China accounts for upwards of 95 percent of Apple ’s final assembly production capabilities in 2021.

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