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6 Supply Chain Trends That Could Truly Shake You Up (2018 Update)

Logistics Bureau

Their ability to perform with excellence exists only while supply and demand conditions remain stable—which is a rarity in today’s environment of globalisation and on-demand consumerism. While the lean concept was born from the world of manufacturing, agility came largely from software development. How long will offshoring last?

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What does the global trade chess board look like lately ?

NC State SCRC

Several executives I spoke with were fairly adamant that the products they were buying, whether it was manufactured products or apparel, would never move back to the United States, and nor should it, given the low wages associated with these production settings.