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Industry Mitigation Strategies To counteract the rising costs and supply chain delays, technology firms are focusing on: Expanding manufacturing capabilities in non-tariffed countries like Vietnam, Thailand, and India. Relying on inventory stockpiling to prevent shortages of high-demand items like smartphones and laptops.
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Joe has successfully launched cars in China and Thailand. During his 25 years in the automotive industry, Joe led a variety of consulting engagements including: value stream mapping, lean product development, supplier development, module strategy, and quality improvement.
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Whilst I am Australian born, I was fortunate to have had an educational background spanning 3 continents, Australia, Thailand/Singapore and Denmark. I took up a role to develop and facilitate the regional S&OP program for BlueScope steel, spanning, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia.
For example, while not unique to any one country, issues such as heat and high humidity must be allowed for in many aspects supply chain operation in a hot country (like Thailand, for example) warehouse design included. While it is possible to install air conditioning, the necessary systems are complex and very expensive to run.
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During his career he lived through the floods in Thailand and the Tsunami in Japan that disrupted global high-tech supply chains. The company also moved to more dual sourcing; no node in the supply chain would be allowed to be a single point of failure if a disruption occurred. 70% of Pure Storage’s business is in North America.
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Joe began his career as an automotive design engineer and eventually rose to program launch manager for Jeeps built in Thailand and China. Engagements included: value stream mapping, supply chain optimization, lean product development, module strategy, and quality improvement.
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