- 1. Nearshoring Has a Long Upside
- (Logistics)
- To offshore or nearshore, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous global supply chain problems, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and, by nearshoring, ...
- 2. Impact of Increasing Global Trade on Supply Chain Management in 2023
- (Management)
- ... been forced to reconsider the risks associated with offshore manufacturing and sourcing. Therefore, we should expect global production networks to remain a dominant feature of supply chains in the future. ...
- 3. Build More Resilience into Your Supply Chain
- (Supply)
- ... Redundancies- Include aspects like emergency stockpiles, safety stocks and diversification of sourcing through offshored, re-shored or nearshored. The suppliers picked should be able to meet the rise ...
- 4. US White House Prioritizes Supply Chain Challenges
- (Supply)
- ... In recent years, most API production facilitators (over 70 percent) that supply the US have moved offshore. This has left the country vulnerable. Similarly, minerals needed for the country’s defense and ...
- 5. Shell's Visibility Effort
- (News)
- ... visibility into what's happening across its offshore drilling operations.His article on the Logistics Viewpoints site describes how this centralized view delivers functionality and ROI. Check it out HE ...
- 6. West Coast Port Strike Could Damage U.S. Economy
- (Management)
- ... with goods have been languishing offshore of the 29 ports while products waiting to be loaded on those ships clogged warehouses and docks up and down the West Coast. The deal awaits approval of the labor ...
- 7. 2014 Elections & Supply Chains
- (News)
- As you probably are aware, there was an election last week and many changes are expected once the new Congressional members are sworn in. Many bills that could reach the President's desk for signature ...
- 8. Robots Are Running The Shipments
- (Logistics)
- ... used to free up people to focus on creation, while saving companies money and reducing the need for offshore labor. In fact, Aratan says they have increased staff about 25 percent in the past four years. ...
- 9. How's It Look for Manufacturing
- (News)
- Supply Chain Digest comes through again with a short piece analyzing where manufacturing stands 5 years after the Great Recession.Although the overall rebound has been slow and steady, some sectors are ...
- 10. Looking at Re-shoring?
- (News)
- A really neat little graphic on the Visual.ly site provides some ammunition for the offshore vs. re-shoring battle.Although offshoring initially may look like an attractive proposition, there's enough data ...
- 11. It's Risky Out Ther
- (Supply)
- ... such as those faced by companies that drill offshore for oil. In a CIO magazine article entitled “Risk Busters” (Aug. 1, 2012), Jim Noble, IT SVP at Talisman Energy, stated “In our business, we want people ...
- 12. It's Risky Out Ther
- (Logistics)
- ... such as those faced by companies that drill offshore for oil. In a CIO magazine article entitled “Risk Busters” (Aug. 1, 2012), Jim Noble, IT SVP at Talisman Energy, stated “In our business, we want people ...
- 13. Hosting a 'Burn the EDI Manuals' Party
- (EDI)
- ... offshore consultants, using a 3rd party do supplier testing or even hiring a company to act as your level 1 help desk. Those are all valid and relatively common ways to ‘outsource EDI’ we’ve seen. Companies ...
- 14. To Outsource, or Not…..
- (Management)
- ... and was generally transparent to us. Heck, outsourcing our cafeteria support was one of the best ideas ever- great service and menu improvements! Some offshore programming services we utilized a few years ...
- 15. Cecil's Changing Scener
- (Management)
- ... their job. But the economics are pretty obvious. Can you blame Kroger for moving it's EDI function offshore? Can you make a good case for the service provider to keep his programming staff producing ...
- 16. Cecil in Cinci
- (Management)
- ... with regard to sending their EDI offshore? I'm off on my way to Chicago, but I'm flying the rest of the way. The seats may be cramped but at least I'll be in a hotel room tonight rather than on the train. ...
- 17. From the Top - RedTail Solutions, Inc.
- (EDI)
- ... printed in any location, a need that is increasing as manufacturing moves offshore. We are applying these capabilities to enhance support of the order life cycle in the apparel and footwear area. Suppliers ...
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