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VOLUME 36 - NUMBER 5
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May, 2021
After Global Crisis, Supply Chains Must be More Resilient
By Jean-Francois Zoeller, VP of Operations — EMEA, Flex, Ltd.
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SAN JOSE, CA — The interdependent and inter- connected model of world trade has been the global economy’s growth engine since the end of the Sec- ond World War. Our ability to efficiently manufac- ture in one country and cost effectively sell in an- other is something we often take for granted. Bet- ter and cheaper air transport, new rail routes from China to Europe, containerized shipping and im-
proved communications have all helped to make the world of trade thrive. But, with escalating geopolitical risks, narrow-
ing parity of labor costs and the environmental im- pact of global supply chains, some businesses are now looking to regionalize as a practical solution to reducing risk and carbon footprint, while embrac- ing new manufacturing technologies. Until now, the focus on improv-
ing the global supply chain has been on making it more efficient. In the last decade the interdependence of the glob- al model has been rattled by the finan- cial crisis, threatened by various episodes of trade war and momentarily paused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This troika of catastrophe has
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Global economic and political pressures, on top of the pandemic, are making reducing long-distance shipping of manufactured goods more attractive than ever.
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highlighted the dangers of a global re- liance on a single region and caused exposed companies to look for greater resilience. With a focus on disruption across
the value chain, contingency meas- ures to secure supply, including local- ization are being put in place. A re- cent report from McKinsey Global re- ports that companies can now expect supply chain disruptions lasting a month or longer to occur every 3.7 years. The focus is now on making this machine more resilient.
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Component Shortages May Last Until 2022
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — In a rare acknowledgement of the difficult state of global commerce, con- tract manufacturer Foxconn has reported that the current world- wide chip shortage will reduce its shipments by 10 percent. “The [supply in the] first two
months of this quarter was still ok, as our clients are all very big, but we started to see changes happening this month,” said Young Liu, Foxconn’s chairman at an earnings call at the end of March.
The statement can be taken as somewhat of an admission
that even the tech giants, such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, and HP — of which Foxconn is a supplier — are having difficulty procuring parts.
Without specifying the time
period, Liu’s prediction of 10 per- cent fewer products than expect- ed includes “home economy” products, which are particularly constrained. A rush in orders for these types of goods was driven by the pandemic. The company expects the shortage to last at least until the second quarter of 2022.
However, despite the global Continued on page 6
MES Market Poised to Expand
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA — The global manufacturing exe- cution systems market has been projected to grow by nearly 13 percent by 2025, according to a report by Technavio, a market research firm. This growth means that
around $10.5 billion will be added to the already booming space, fueled by the rise of au- tomation in industrial sectors, as well as cloud-based MES services.
The market is seeing demand Continued on page 6
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