QAD

JULY 6, 2021

and South America, the company is a thriving global manufacturer. ANCA needed a process for a single source of information that the company and their suppliers could rely on. With offices in Europe, Asia, the U.S.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 28, 2017

Ford has been around for 100 years and the five main regions of the company (North and South America, Asia, Europe and Middle/Eastern Africa) grew up individually. Components sourced in one region are being consumed by demands in other regions. One of which is its extensive legacy. An approximate model is not enough.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 10, 2014

Consumption, especially of ‘luxury’ products such as coffee, tea and chocolate, is expected to increase substantially, in particular in the emerging economies in the Far East, South America and parts of Africa. If nothing changes, food manufacturers who process these natural, renewable raw materials will soon face major problems.

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Proxima

JULY 26, 2023

We have also seen key players in the market, such as TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), seek to diversify production locations moving closer to (incentivizing) key markets and customers in the US and Europe. The key reasons cited for the moves were; Improved visibility of supply chain for decision-making – 45.9%

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Elementum

DECEMBER 2, 2015

China’s Tianjin port suffered a devastating explosion in August which left many manufacturers, insurers and shipping supply chains crippled. To mitigate the investment and production loss in Tianjin, JLR has planned new production centers in continental Europe and South America. We take a look at the lasting consequences.

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EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

DECEMBER 13, 2018

And it is these extra layers of supply chain that create more complexity for those at the end of the chain, such as manufacturers and retailers. As such, the Chinese soy industry, under the Sustainable Soy Trade Platform , is developing China Responsible Soy Sourcing Guidelines. What happens next? Soy will continue to expand.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

The lithium boom signals a shift in manufacturing and energy in the United States—but the popular mineral is facing some obstacles when it comes to heavy air and rail regulation. Its growth—use increases by 11% per year—has ignited a battle among companies to produce the cheapest alternative source: batteries. manufacturing.

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Unleashed

MAY 31, 2021

As a manufacturer, you will likely see two acronyms used a lot when referring to potential business models. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer, and ODM stands for Original Design Manufacturer. Not the manufacturing acronyms you were looking for? OEM and ODM are two manufacturing business models.

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Unleashed

APRIL 18, 2021

Whether it’s deforestation from farming grains or livestock; carbon emissions from transport and production plants; or chemical waste produced manufacturing household products, it’s important for a business to understand all the ways in which it impacts the environment – and to take action to minimize its footprint.

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Unleashed

MAY 31, 2021

As a manufacturer, you will likely see two acronyms used a lot when referring to potential business models. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer, and ODM stands for Original Design Manufacturer. Not the manufacturing acronyms you were looking for? OEM and ODM are two manufacturing business models.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Mordor Intelligence pegs the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) at 4.22% for 2020-2025, with Europe the largest market for consumers and South America the fastest-growing market. At time of writing, our data sources are unable to provide an accurate picture of the size of the NZ coffee market in a post-Covid-19 world.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 27, 2013

Later in the week, I traveled to Monterrey, Mexico to speak to a group of executives at Xignux, a large private manufacturing company of cable, food products, engineering services, and power generation equipment.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2016

Let’s look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as an example, where 12 countries around the Pacific Rim have signed an all-inclusive deal that excludes China, Korea and India, and promotes trade between critical nations in South East Asia, North and South America, South Pacific and Japan.

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Supply Chain Network

JUNE 15, 2011

Manufacturing and business spending were the bright spots during much of 2010, while consumer goods production was almost flat. With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske Logistics provides supply chain management and logistics services to major industrial and consumer companies throughout the world.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 3, 2019

They predict, “Culinary inspiration from Asia, Oceania and the western coasts of North and South America may be seen on more menus and retail shelves next year. ”[6] Also on the rise, according to many sources, is the consumption of insect proteins, veggie meats, and lab-grown proteins.

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Resilinc

JANUARY 8, 2024

Extreme weather like this would damage manufacturing and transportation infrastructure in the U.S. Deep Impact (1998) In Deep Impact , a comet strikes the earth, creating a mega-tsunami that devastates the Atlantic coasts of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. and key regions worldwide.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Given that some Asian and South American countries have no compunction about continuing to do business with Russia, and that many companies in the West have trade relationships in Asia and South America, the sanctions have caught many Western companies’ supply chains in a stranglehold. But the problems don’t stop there.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2023

But shipping industry sources now indicate that negotiations deteriorated last week over the scope of expected dockworker wage increases. Business media reports had indicated in early May that progress was made on issues related to health benefits and other items including areas of automation, with a labor agreement in view for this month.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

This merger will reportedly include lithium mines and deposits located in Australia Canada , and South America and result in the third largest global lithium producer. America-centric is a big differentiator for us with customers, with investors.” to Combine with Allkem Ltd. to Combine with Allkem Ltd. based Livent Corp.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Canada, the Middle East, South America and Asia are now using Ivalua’s platform to power their digital transformations, improving efficiency, reducing costs, managing risk and growing revenue. “We Many other innovations spanning the Source-to-Pay process. Hundreds of the most admired companies from Europe, the U.S.,

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Shipchain

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

With that being said, we are in ongoing discussions and have active pilots and customers in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America outside of the US. Fairly early on, we determined that traditional API data integration services would meet our needs by providing a scalable, cost-effective, and predictable means of data sourcing. .

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

2018 new customers include industry leaders such as Ericsson, Strabag, the State of Ohio , Saab, Dole, Baylor Scott & White Health, Bpifrance, America Movil , Danieli, Michigan State University , Orange and over 40 other of the most admired brands. 2019 revenue is expected to continue to grow rapidly and exceed $100M.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 26, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary we address the dichotomy of revisiting supply chain strategic sourcing strategies in the wake of a rapidly changing l landscape of challenges. Strategic Sourcing Shifts Away from China. Basis of Materials Strategic Sourcing. Background.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

By having many service providers involved, which among each other are often not connected, the friction in moving goods from source to destination are very high. As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility.

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Resilinc

APRIL 19, 2022

Not only are these minerals necessary for a wide range of products and industrial processes, they are also essential for a transition to low-carbon energy sources (along with rare earth elements). manufacturers decided to source REEs from foreign countries. On March 31, President Biden ordered the U.S. Warning that the U.S.

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Resilinc

MAY 16, 2023

Some sources predict future lithium shortages due to the large quantities of water required for lithium production, which is taxing for areas like South America and Australia that are prone to drought. Over 90% of solar panels include “solar wafers” which are made of polysilicon—97% of which are manufactured in China.

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Freightera

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

. “In a highly fragmented brokerage market such as North America, several brokerage solution providers are expected to share market opportunity rather than domination by a few such as in China, India, and South America where the number of brokerage houses are small and owner-operator population is the main carrier type.”

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

While supply chains are starting to stabilize, Resilinc hopes the pandemic’s lessons will lead procurement and supply chain managers to shift to more regionalized sourcing models. and global OEMs have optimized and globalized sourcing and procurement to reduce labor and other input costs. Over the past 40 years, U.S.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 2, 2022

Wilensky: Okay, but for OEMs with lower annual spend, what kinds of contract terms can induce a supplier to stand up a new manufacturing facility in a country that’s closer to the domestic markets or their major contract manufacturers? That would be a much better way to de-risk North American and South American supply chains.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Central and South America have the young workforce that can staff the ecosystem of cost-effective suppliers U.S. And developing a Pan American Manufacturing Ecosystem would also create jobs, build wealth, reduce the pressure to migrate, and promote political stability in countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

At the same time, we’ve made ourselves vulnerable to these tactics by outsourcing so much of what we used to produce domestically or source from reliable allies. Guinto: To sustain production of certain military equipment, DOD must monitor what we call “diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages,” or DMSMS.

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