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Transforming Global Supply Chains with Nearshoring for Agility and Resilience

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Shifting to Nearshoring for Supply Chain Success Transforming global supply chains, 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 supply chain strategy?

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Multiple Supply Chain Risks Accelerate Reshoring

Gary Mintchell

Supply chain problems even before the pandemic were causing a rethinking of that latter strategy. In 2021, the private and federal push for domestic supply of essential goods propelled reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) job announcements to a record high.

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Research Reveals Defending Digital Supply Chains Remains a Business Challenge

Gary Mintchell

Research conduced world-wide initiated by BlueVoyant , a cyber defense company, revealed that 98% of firms surveyed have been negatively impacted by a cybersecurity breach that occurred in their supply chain. Digital supply chains are made of the external vendors and suppliers who have network access that could be compromised.

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How 3D printing is reshaping the future of supply chains

Manufacturer's Monthly

Supply chain disruptions continue to plague global economies, especially within the manufacturing industry. In Australia, manufacturers with offshore operations are experiencing significant supply chain issues that threaten productivity and financial stability. production delays. digital transformation. labour shortages.

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Through the looking glass: six predictions for retailers and supply chains in 2021

Manufacturing & Logistics IT

With a vaccine expected imminently, 2021 brings fresh hope for the embattled retail industry, but the continued rise of ecommerce means that many of the challenges faced this year will likely be here to stay in the longer-term. 2020 has been a tough year for all businesses, but the retail sector has taken an especially hard hit.

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Federal government presents bill to address supply chain and inflation troubles

Canadian Manufacturing

As supply chain disruptions continue to add to the rising cost of living, Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra hopes to help fix the problem with new legislation, but said improvements will take time. 17 to improve Canada’s supply chain and to make the transportation system safer, more efficient and more reliable.

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Protecting the supply chain: Safeguarding against cyber vulnerabilities

Automation Mag

Supply chain stability has become a major global issue in recent years. A global pandemic, disruption to distribution due to accidents such as the Ever Given container ship running aground in the Suez Canal in 2021, and conflicts in Europe and elsewhere. The loss of sensitive data (e.g.,