global supply chain management

Redwood Logistics Facilitates Nearshoring

Redwood Logistics is expanding its transportation operations to Mexico.

This move follows the nearshoring trend of manufacturers who are bringing production closer to home in order to be less reliant on overseas suppliers.

Redwood Logistics’ Mexico expansion allows it to become a logistic service gateway connecting the electronic, automotive, appliances, aerospace, and pharmaceutical industries in Mexico with the U.S.

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What is Friendshoring, Nearshoring, Reshoring and Offshoring (Annual Meeting, Davos 2023) (Jan 5, 2023, World Economic Forum)

By Anita Lee-Post, Ph.D.|2023-05-28T17:40:57+00:00May 28, 2023|Tags: competitive advantage, global supply chain management, location planning, nearshoring, operations strategy, outsourcing|

Managing Supply Chain Risk: Plane Seizure in Russia

Russia has refused to give back the approximately 400 planes worth $10 billion dollars which were due to be returned to EU leasing companies on March 28.

Instead, the Russian president signed a law allowing the country to keep the planes and continue to fly them, constituting the largest theft ever of airplanes. The companies which own them may spend years trying to recover some part of this loss from insurance companies.

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Russia refuses to […]

By Lisa M. Spencer|2022-05-02T17:40:23+00:00May 2, 2022|Tags: ethics, global supply chain management, location planning, risk management, supply chain risk|

McDonald’s and Other Western Businesses Exit Russia

McDonald’s and other Western businesses such as Starbucks and Ikea have pulled out of Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Russia struck back by ignoring international agreements regarding branding and intellectual property rights. The country is taking over the brands, products, and images of global favorites, and the companies are left with little recourse.

Video Spotlight:

Putin may re-open McDonald’s as Russia lifts trademark laws (Mar 10, 2022, news.com.au)

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By Lisa M. Spencer|2022-04-01T01:59:10+00:00March 31, 2022|Tags: ethics, global supply chain management, location planning, risk|

Global Supply Chain Trends

The pandemic has raised a variety of issues for our supply chains. In recent years, many supply chains have expanded globally. Until the pandemic, most of the disruptions in supply chains were due to natural disasters, such as hurricanes.

However, the pandemic has brought a whole new set of disruptions, including factories and ports closing due to COVID, a backlog of container ships off the coast of California waiting for space at the docks to unload, and trucking systems being overloaded.

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By Ross L. Fink, Ph.D.|2022-02-14T05:37:55+00:00February 13, 2022|Tags: global supply chain management, nearshoring, regionalization, reshoring, supply chain management|