11 Dec, 2023 As nearshoring strategies take shape, North American manufacturers sharpen their focus on supply chain efficiency By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven DuBuc Steven Hilgendorf Marc Iampieri Sudeep Suman Ashwin Sathyanarayan Sudeep Saxena Dan Sax +5 more... Show less Supply chain executives at large companies have been playing a high-stakes game of Whac-A-Mole in recent years, rushing to keep up as...
05 Dec, 2023 EMEA Nearshoring survey: 94% say reduction of China sourcing dependence under way By Thilo Wallenstein Sven Vögele Nicolas Franzwa Marcus Kleinfeld Michael Wagner Riyas Vengasseri +3 more... Show less Supply chain executives at large companies have been consistently confronted with supply chain disruption, rushing to keep up as problem...
06 Jul, 2023 Shifts in the global supply chain and the impact on nearshoring By Sudeep Suman Venky Ramesh Nearshoring is a complex problem that requires an understanding of changing policies and regulations, cost drivers, supply chain, product...
15 Mar, 2023 Geopolitics, uncertainty, and a fracturing world order are our reality By Simon Freakley Geopolitical tensions occupy the CEO and Board agendas to a degree I have not witnessed in my career, and the prospect of them...
03 Mar, 2023 Power dynamic shifts amid shipping’s pivot to new normal By Marc Iampieri Erik Mattson Andrew Kerr James Roe Luiz Gosling +2 more... Show less 8 Takeaways from TPM 2023 We recently returned from an eye-opening 2023 TPM conference in Long Beach, Calif. The annual event brings...
26 Feb, 2023 2023 Container Shipping Outlook: This time is different By Esben Christensen Stelios Fragkos Marc Iampieri Lian Hoon Lim Erik Mattson Luiz Gosling Jesse Bermensolo John Katsigeorgis Andrew Kerr James Roe +7 more... Show less The period from mid-2020 to the fourth quarter of 2022 was a high-water mark for the container shipping industry, and with it came...
24 Feb, 2023 Rethinking China? A resilient EMEA footprint could run through North Africa By Thilo Wallenstein Nicolas Franzwa Marcus Kleinfeld Many businesses are rethinking Chinese production strategies, weighing everything from a decoupling to an outright departure. However,...
19 Jan, 2023 Smart factories: Easy-to-implement technology can have a rapid impact on your P&L By Abhinav Agrawal As world leaders gather in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to discuss a business environment that is so...
08 Sep, 2022 Revisiting Mexico, again By Parmesh Bhaskaran Dan Hearsch Foster Finley Sudeep Saxena Bhavik Mistry +2 more... Show less As supply chain disruption persists, the case for nearshoring grows Recently, AlixPartners published a comprehensive report on the trend...
04 Aug, 2021 Is nearshoring to Mexico right for your company? (Part three) By Foster Finley In the first two installments of this series, we examined the benefits and risks of nearshoring to Mexico for US manufacturers, related...
15 Jul, 2021 Is nearshoring to Mexico right for your company? (Part two) By Foster Finley As supply chains are increasingly affected by near-constant disruption, it’s more critical than ever to minimize risk in your supply...
02 Jul, 2021 Is nearshoring to Mexico right for your company? (Part One) By Foster Finley Over the past three decades, Mexico has emerged as a critical enabler and a key hub of supply chains on the North American continent....