Near-shoring/right-shoring strategies : weighing the risks of global sourcing

As more attention is being paid to volatility in the supply chain, many shippers are reassessing their global sourcing and distribution strategies. Will multinational retreat to a hemispheric, near-shoring model or opt for a hybrid that maintains an international component?

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• Authors:
  • BURNSON, PATRICK
• Publication Date: 2011-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Illustrations;
• Pagination: p. 62-64
• Serial:
  • Logistics management (Highlands Ranch, Colo. : 2002)
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue Number: 8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Procurement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Offshore outsourcing
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01351288
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Northwestern University Transportation Library
• Files: TLIB
• Created Date: Sep 1 2011 3:12PM