Thursday, July 11, 2024 · Ivan Hernandez, managing director, Mexico, QIMA
By diversifying sourcing destinations, businesses can enhance supply chain resilience and efficacy, navigate geopolitical unease and maintain seamless trade relationships amidst an increasingly complex and uncertain landscape.
Friday, June 7, 2024 · Bridget McCrea
Bringing production and sourcing back to the United States or to a country in close proximity have always been goals for companies that want to gain better control over their supply chains. But for procurement leaders, it adds complexity.
Friday, May 10, 2024 · Brian Straight
The reshoring trend is rapidly accelerating, but it is not new. Reshoring Institute Executive Director Rosemary Coates provided a history lesson on reshoring at the recent ISM World conference.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 · Brian Straight
Building resilient supply chains requires trust, and the World Trade Centers is helping foster that with locations around the globe, connecting companies with local resources.
Thursday, February 1, 2024 · Rosemary Coates
Reshoring Institute Executive Director Rosemary Coates got a first-hand look at Foxconn’s Tijuana manufacturing site and saw what is possible when companies invest in nearshoring.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 · Amy Wunderlin
While nearshoring can be a risk mitigation tool, it’s important for businesses to consider the differences between countries, including cultural, trade and even weather patterns, which can lead to road closures or weight reductions.
Thursday, November 9, 2023 · Brian Straight
A new report from Accenture finds that the number of companies nearshoring product manufacturing will double in three years time.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 · Jayanth Jayaram, Vidyaranya B. Gargeya, Eric Henry and Vashkar Ghosh
Taking the 3T approach—transportation, transparency, and trust—allows TS Designs to create global products locally.
Friday, October 27, 2023 · Rosemary Coates
The expected continued growth in cross-border commerce with Mexico is likely to attract new investment all along the border. The nearshoring activity to Mexico and reshoring to the U.S. will continue for years to come.
Monday, September 11, 2023 · Brian Straight
C.H. Robinson is seeing increased trade with Mexico as nearshoring gains steam, so it is adding a new cross-dock logistics facility in Laredo to improve through-put times.
Thursday, August 31, 2023 · Dr. Richard Kilgore
With political and economic uncertainty, businesses may want to slow their push to move supply chains entirely out of China.
Monday, August 14, 2023 · Brian Straight
To make better informed decisions, companies must expand the equation to understand the cost of risks associated with quality, warranty, inventory, write-offs, and lead time, including ESG factors and service levels says AlixPartners, in a new report detailing the supply…
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 · Jonathan Civita
With no sign of slowing, the trend to reshore or nearshore sourcing and production is shifting investment decisions in warehousing, logistics and manufacturing.
Friday, March 10, 2023 · Jaime Mora
A prevailing conclusion from the learnings of the past years is that we should move away from a “manufacturing center of the world” to be better prepared to mitigate the shortages and transport challenges. But it’s not that simple.
Saturday, December 17, 2022 · Bob Trebilcock
On this episode, we catch up with Rosemary Coates, host of the Frictionless podcast, and an expert on global supply chain management. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.
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