Sourcing shift away from China by the west is happening – but slowly
The hastened fracturing of China-US relations is prompting a very real move away from the ...
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By Alex Lennane
The revolution is coming. In just five years, the supply chain will look entirely different as globalisation makes way for regionalisation, delegates at The Future of Logistics event head this week.
Sourcing patterns will be severely disrupted by new technologies, according to John Manners-Bell, CEO of Transport Intelligence, which ran the London event.
“3D-printing and robotics have the potential to revolutionise the supply chain,” he said. “Over the past years, we have seen the progress of trade going global, and manufacturing moving to ...
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Karl Yeh
June 15, 2016 at 7:58 pmGreat article, especially on 3D printing. Everything from last mile delivery to prototyping to on-demand manufacturing. Do you see any unintended consequences from the rise of 3D printing? If on-demand becomes a trends, I would imagine that would place a huge stress on specific printable materialsand what happens to the oversees manufacturing?
But overall, the impact to the supply chain is going to be profound. We actually wrote a post on it too:
http://www.investcalgaryregion.ca/blog/4-ways-3d-printing-benefits-your-supply-chain