Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. In addition, the warehouses are full and containers are being used for overflow storage. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor. My reasoning?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the company that makes the majority of latest-generation chips for Apple products, has committed to increasing capacity by spending $100 billion across the next three years, and building new factories in Arizona and Japan. IDC via IEEE Spectrum). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ).

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2025

Interestingly, while rates from China have declined, prices from Taiwan and Vietnam have remained elevatedlikely reflecting importers’ rapid pivot to alternative sourcing markets. Cash Flow Crunch Cash flow is always top of mind for small business, especially importers who have to front payments for their cost of goods. .”

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RFgen

APRIL 18, 2025

Imagine a mid-market fitness equipment company sourcing metal frames from Taiwan. This approach avoids the need for reactive measures such as suddenly leasing a warehouse in New Jersey to store six months of inventory. This would lock up cash and drive-up warehousing costs. A sudden 20% tariff hits, raising costs overnight.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

I can find only two good examples of value networks creating value: Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) in the semiconductor industry and Performance Based Logistics in Aerospace and Defense. We have let buy- and sell-side transactional relationships erode value. Today, we are not aligned on value-based outcomes. It is coming.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 19, 2015

In 2007, the Dutch producer of pushchairs relocated its factory from Taiwan to the free trade zone close to Xiamen in China. Anyone with a factory and adjacent warehouse in a free trade zone is more or less forced to open an extra warehouse outside of the free trade zone in order to distribute within China.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 1, 2025

Corie Barry - Chief Executive Officer Finally, consumer electronics products coming from countries such as Vietnam, India, South Korea, and Taiwan are currently subject to 10% tariff. A notable example in the quarter was our Kirkland Signature Ultra Clean Laundry products. Gary Millerchip - Chief Financial Officer In the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The bottom three were listed as Poland , Taiwan and Myanmar. From our lens, Taiwan remains the continued shocker, experiencing a third consecutive monthly decline and noted as equivalent to levels seen in May 2020 during the initial Covid-19 outbreak.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan. In addition, the warehouses are full and containers are being used for overflow storage. Building a fab (manufacturing site) takes two-to-four years and requires the availability of water and trained labor.” My reasoning?

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

A growing global warehouse capacity crunch. Warehouse Capacity Under Pressure. Increased warehouse demand was an inevitable result of the rapid rise in ecommerce over the last couple of decades, but the COVID pandemic accelerated its progression exponentially. Hoarding Warehouse Space? The grain blockaded in Ukraine.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

They are asking questions like ‘Do our facilities teams know what piping it’s included in?’ The second is tensions around export controls with China and Taiwan , which leave many companies reevaluating their global sourcing strategies. They’re trying to figure out how to find alternate suppliers out of that area.

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3PL Insights

MAY 15, 2017

While aftermarket auto parts are manufactured in many locations, the vast majority are fabricated in Taiwan and China. And more surprisingly, roughly 15 out of 25 factories in Taiwan produce parts that can be considered OEM equivalent by US standards.”. In another huge paradigm shift, the auto parts market will sell over $7.4B

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 18, 2017

For supply chain, it could be payment, warehousing, transport or delivery. Neither can records of inventory, warehousing conditions, delivery times and dates, and so on. Currently, three partners in Israel and Taiwan accept this. All the entities in the chain agree that each transaction is valid. Provenance.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For example, it can help find the location of warehouses, alternative suppliers, and more. For example, a customer could ask the model, “Can you give me all the locations that I have in Taiwan that are not in plastics?” These knowledge graphs help find connections between data from multiple sources.

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3PL Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

About half of the 132 containers filled with tires, were en route from Taiwan, headed to the East and West coast ports. “We We needed to find a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) warehouse, quickly.”. Upon arrival at the warehouse, the containers were unloaded, inspected for damage, and inventoried by SKU and documentation.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

Taiwan, Province of China. directly from their suppliers, from their own warehouse or even from a retail store). South Africa. South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland. Syrian Arab Republic. Tajikistan. Tanzania, United Republic of. Timor-leste. Trinidad and Tobago. Turkmenistan.

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EMERGE App

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Taiwan is a prime candidate to replace Chinese exports due to its proximity. A study suggested that drop in Chinese exports will affect Taiwan and Malaysia the most. These include the Philippines, Cambodia, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Less affected are Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Taiwan, Province of China. Globally, warehousing is outsourced by 67%. In comparison, according to Fraunhofer Institute, warehousing is outsourced by 54% in Germany, which is the largest logistics market in Europe. South Africa. South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland. Tajikistan.

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Resilinc

MAY 17, 2022

This of course starts with mapping the sites across the world that supply your business, including manufacturers, warehouses, and logistics providers several tiers below direct suppliers. The results were sobering: 93% of the sites in China and Taiwan were experiencing increases in climate variability consistent with IPCC forecasts.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 24, 2021

Driverless forklifts, robots in warehouses, and automated planning will be the rule by the year 2025. Taiwan, which is said to be the hub of the chip industry, has been the worst affected with almost 2000 workers in quarantine at King Yuan Electronics, which has cut the revenue of the company by a third, reported the WSJ.

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Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 24, 2016

Managing factories and warehouses with a lot of employees demands leadership skills focused on routine, whereas connecting departments and supply chain partners actually requires creativity. Taiwan, Province of China. It’s difficult to find leaders with skills in both those areas. South Africa. Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Switzerland.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 30, 2015

In 2007, the Dutch producer of pushchairs relocated its factory from Taiwan to the free trade zone close to Xiamen in China. Anyone with a factory and adjacent warehouse in a free trade zone is more or less forced to open an extra warehouse outside of the free trade zone in order to distribute within China.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 20, 2022

The effect has been cash and working capital headwinds and growing demands for warehouse space. . We noted in our published commentary that upon reviewing a grouping of developed regions, namely the United States, Eurozone, Japan and Taiwan , production and supply chain activity levels declined 2.9 percent of GDP to 6.2 CFO Sentiment.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Taiwan, Province of China. The supply chain solutions for the 24-hour economy lie primarily in a flexible IT platform which enables the various internal software applications, such as for manufacturing execution, warehouse management and transport planning, to be connected to external systems such as for customs handling. South Africa.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 2, 2024

As a contrast, Bloomberg recently reported that many warehouses and industrial parks in China are grappling with a surprising slowdown in business activity. During Q2-2024, the average Taiwan PMI value rose to 51.4 The recent 52.3 reading was up from the 50.9 from the average 48.0 in Q1-2024, reinforcing increased momentum.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 9, 2020

The order required moving oversized equipment from Shanghai (PVG) to Taiwan (TPE) within a limited time window. Day 2-3: Engineers were onsite at the terminal warehouse to streamline the customs process and prepare for potential inspection.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 15, 2022

The saga of fitness hardware and services provider Peloton Interactive took yet another turn last week with an announcement of the pending closing of the company’s owned North American warehouses and the shedding of field customer support teams, along with other moves.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

As noted in one of my blogs, however, producing a fab plant is a good step – but the supply chain for chips is still largely in Taiwan. Despite having a lot more PPE in warehouses, hospitals are still struggling with a lot of shortages. This will stabilize production – and lead to improved availability and assurance of supply.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 11, 2022

warehousing space) to several years (e.g., For instance, current tensions between China and the US over America’s support for Taiwan represent a long-term threat. Military exercises carried out by China have demonstrated that the country could easily blockade Taiwan’s ports. when buying new trucks), to relatively short (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2023

Further concerning was that the volume of warehouse finished goods inventories rose to the greatest extent in four months. Taiwan Taiwan’s activity as reflected in the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® March report indicated a milder deterioration in production operating conditions. New export orders also fell.

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Adexa

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We may not have the same luxury of prior notice in case of (say) an earthquake in Taiwan. A warehouse in Florida may be exposed to more risk of a tornado delivering goods in Fall than any other time. What makes the response challenging is that when it happens, the system ought to be able to respond immediately, in real-time.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Boot Barn @bootbarn In 2016, Boot Barn improved operations at its distribution center in Fontana, California by implementing HighJump’s Warehouse Advantage WMS.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Conflict erupts between China and Taiwan (Andrew said this is not likely, and I agree – see my previous blog ). War in Ukraine turns into global conflict. China’s zero COVID policy leads to severe recession. Cyberware erupts and shuts down supply chains. Extreme weather and war in the Ukraine prompts famine. When will things return to normal?

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Finally a six months after our initial meeting, I got a call from Marty asking us to help him with a shipment from Taiwan. We wouldn’t be responsible for the sea freight or clearing customs, but we would pick up two pallets from a warehouse in California and deliver them to Chicago. I was really pumped!

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It is them who actually transfer your cargo from point A to point B using their drivers and assets (trucks, warehouses, etc.). They have a large coverage and offer services in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Flexport According to Wikipedia: “Flexport Inc.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It is them who actually transfer your cargo from point A to point B using their drivers and assets (trucks, warehouses, etc.). They have a large coverage and offer services in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia. Flexport According to Wikipedia: “Flexport Inc.

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