News / Globalisation a stumbling block to efforts to shorten supply chains, say shippers

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11/01/2018

Despite efforts by shippers to shorten supply chains and induce a near-shoring shift, the structure of globalisation has prevented this from happening, according to time critical suppliers.

Director of Priority Freight Stuart Stobie told The Loadstar he was aware of shippers engaging tier-one suppliers to shorten supply chains.

“Globalisation, ...

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