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[INFOGRAPHIC] The End of Made In China Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

The erosion in the cost advantage has been driven by a confluence of sharp wage increases, lagging productivity growth, unfavorable currency swings, and a dramatic rise in energy costs, states the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based on a study of 25 nations that account for nearly 90 percent of global exports of manufactured goods.

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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience. The military organisation – perhaps even government and industry – will rapidly try to respond to rapidly growing military requirements.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate by Rose George ( Link ). From an inefficient game of Tetris to global industries that move $19 trillion dollars of goods annually, Malcom McLean changed shipping. Got some suggestions?

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Every Day Low Prices - No Matter Where You Shop!

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economy, according to a new study by the Global Insight research company. Among them: that Wal-Mart's direct and indirect effects on the rest of the retail industry led to a 3.1-percent percent decline in overall consumer prices between 1985 and 2004. people in your house).

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Meet the four women behind WFP’s humanitarian helicopter in Haiti

World Food Programme Logistics

But after studying business administration and industrial technology, she came into aviation by accident. And yet, Robine studied law. “I Aircrafts are not a rare sight in Jeremie, south of Haiti, where Jovanie grew up. I thought they just gave food!” It runs in the family,” she says.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

We look forward to beefing up even more great content to give value to our customer base of manufacturers and those in the manufacturing industry. Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has been synonymous with factories, machine tools, production lines and economies of scale. But how does it work in industry?

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

– Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Leahy, 2004 [1]. The consequences could range from a delay to mobilisation as industry and Defence work together to fill a capability gap, or generate supplies and stocks to resource capabilities adequately, right to operational and potentially strategic capitulation. 3] Galvin, T., 4] Betts.,