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‘Covidpreneurs’ Hawk Body Bags Amid Mexico Shortages

With millions of Mexicans out of work due to COVID-19, some are seizing on the pandemic to trade in medical and other equipment, solving shortages while also causing price spikes and supply chaos.

Source: Bloomberg

New Country Resilience Index Showcases the Usual Suspects, Best and Worst

Much attention has been paid to the ability of individual companies and their supply chains to withstand disruptive events. But what makes an entire country resilient?

A U.S. flag is displayed on a factory floor in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.

Why Service Has a Big Role to Play in Shaping the New Economy

COVID-19 has been the ultimate digital accelerant, giving advanced industrial services a big role to play in shaping the new economy.

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Survey Shows Asian Businesses Facing Huge Liquidity Pressures

COVID-19 has thrown the global economy into turmoil, interrupting normal operations everywhere, wreaking havoc on supply chains, and causing a severe drop in global trade. Asia, of course, is not immune.

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How Will Pandemic Reshoring Affect Transportation Providers?

Here's what we might see if the U.S government decides to take a more active role in driving supply chains away from China.

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U.S. Adds to Chinese Trade Blacklist, Rattling Supply Chains

Major supply chains including Apple Inc., Ralph Lauren Corp. and Tommy Hilfiger are getting caught up in the U.S. effort to punish human-rights abuses in China.

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How to Deal With Longer Component Lead Times

Quick and efficient arrival of electronic components is essential for any equipment manufacturer to run successfully, but long lead times are increasingly causing halts in production. Here's a breakdown of today's blockages — and how to deal with the disruption.

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How Suppliers Are Tapping Receivables to Boost Liquidity

These are perilous times for all supply-chain partners, but especially for smaller suppliers who lack ready access to working capital, and are existing on extremely thin margins in a severe economic downturn.

Photo: Bloomberg

Tesla, Toyota Motors Help Obscure Japanese Supplier Thrive

Deep in the electric-vehicle industry’s supply chain is a little-known Japanese manufacturer that makes a seemingly mundane, but essential, device: coil-winding machines.

Photo: Bloomberg

How the Pandemic Taught a Lesson to Food Supply Chains

Among the many “gifts” of the coronavirus pandemic is a hard lesson about the fragility of food supply chains.

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Why the U.S. Can’t Break China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals — Part 2

It's unrealistic to believe the U.S. can break China’s monopoly over the rare earth element market through private investment and the opening of new domestic mines.

Lithium ore falls from a chute onto a stockpile at Bald Hill Lithium and Tantalum Mine outside of Widgiemooltha, Australia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Apple iPhone Assembler Joins Wave of Tech Investment in India

Apple assembly partner Pegatron Corp. is making preparations for its first plant in India, adding to a large influx of foreign tech investments in the country this year.

Source: Bloomberg

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