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Shifting to Nearshoring for SupplyChain Success Transforming global supplychains, nearshoring is emerging as a pivotal strategy for overcoming disruptions caused by geopolitical conflicts, raw material shortages, and trade route vulnerabilities. Call to Action: Transforming your supplychain strategy?
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in 2021 compared with the previous year to reach its lowest level since records began, according to new research from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). This achievement was matched by the supplychain, with the report’s signatories also sending zero waste to landfill and recording a -25.3% days per employee.
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.” It observed that “the market has seemingly stabilized supporting the divisional order growth after what has been an unusually volatile market situation, which has included the normalization of order patterns after the period of pre-buys when the supplychain was strained.”
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