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Onshoring vs. Offshoring: 4 Indications the Tide is Turning in Manufacturing

Future of Sourcing

While some companies and manufacturers are setting their sights on alternative foreign factories, such as Vietnam and Thailand, others are looking to make parts closer to home. In fact, one report claims more than 50 manufacturers have already left China, most of which are technology hardware suppliers.

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Is Technical Support A Significant Element To The Success Of Gadget Manufacturers?

Magellan Solutions

In that same year, we witnessed the rise in popularity of the iPhone, which was introduced in 2007. In other words, providing top-notch tech support can be a selling point for a gadget manufacturing company. StepShot offers some tips on how gadget manufacturers can help improve their respective tech support groups.

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Outsourcing as Business Strategy During Recession

Magellan Solutions

In a changing economy, selective outsourcing enables you to develop more adaptable expenses. Why are Outsourcing and Recession Related? Before the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, the world experienced the Global Recession during the years 2007-2009. Google has been outsourcing Information Technology (IT) services for a long time.

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It’s Starting To Feel A Lot Like The 2000s – What Is In Store For Indian IT And M&A

Zinnov

From 2003 to the first quarter of 2007, U.S. As supply chains clear, order backlogs could keep manufacturing activity high for a recession. during the recession of 2007 to 2009, and jumped from 3.5% million jobs in 2007, 4.56 How is it different this time? home prices rose more than 38%. The rate peaked at 9.5%

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It’s Starting To Feel A Lot Like The 2000s – What Is In Store For Indian IT And M&A

Zinnov

From 2003 to the first quarter of 2007, U.S. As supply chains clear, order backlogs could keep manufacturing activity high for a recession. during the recession of 2007 to 2009, and jumped from 3.5% million jobs in 2007, 4.56 How is it different this time? home prices rose more than 38%. The rate peaked at 9.5%

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Change Management/Sourcing Change Management

SIG Speaks

The company's prior organizational structure was that each facility was its entity with its procurement, human resources, quality, and manufacturing departments excreta. In 2007 he was a co-op with the Honda East Liberty facility in the indirect procurement department. This approach was very siloed, with many inefficiencies.

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BREAKING NEWS: Grocery conduct code coming in 2023?

SIG Speaks

One of Canada's "biggest food manufacturers," Frito-Lay, is no longer shipping its products to its largest grocer. Citing it as "an extreme example of how inflation is impacting the food industry," manufacturers' efforts to "recoup higher costs" is driving a wedge between some retailers and suppliers.

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