In your standing meeting every morning, someone asks the only question that matters: “What’s the total landed cost for this HTS code from China, including Section 301, reciprocal tariffs, and AD/CVD?” They want a hard number before the call …
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Benchmarks & Best Practices
Stop guessing your landed cost: Answer the question that rules every import meeting
Duty drawback and exemption cash recovery matrix: 5-year expiration tracker (Excel)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection estimates billions of dollars in drawback go unclaimed every year, and industry analyses suggest as much as 85 percent of eligible refunds are never pursued. For high-volume exporters, capturing these missed opportunities can translate into …
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EMS Manufacturing industry faces eroding differentiation and rising customer acquisition costs
As EMS manufacturing industry restructures and AI-driven capital sheepishly moves into factories with AI agents and AI systems, the contract electronics industry – long a backbone of global hardware supply chains – is undergoing a profound shift. Once differentiated …
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Top 10 global surveillance camera companies and their supply chain dynamics
Differences between true OEM companies, which design and produce their own products with proprietary IP vs ODM-licensed brands partnering with third-party manufacturers (ODM, JDM, design houses).
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Risk assessment frameworks for OEM decision-making in EMS manufacturing supply chains
For electronics OEM manufacturers, selecting the right electronics contract EMS manufacturer is pivotal to ensuring product quality, supply chain efficiency, and market competitiveness. Procurement and engineering executives at large, mid-sized, and specialty OEMs – ranging from global leaders like Panasonic …
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How quantum computing can transform procurement: Must-know insights for CPOs and boardrooms
Questions to ask supply chain procurement quantum computing vendors: hardware, algorithms, scalability, integration, training…
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Quantum risk modeling timeline adoption and predictions for manufacturing supply chains
Y2Q will help manufacturing supply chains create indispensable risk modeling and scenario simulations. Below, my predictions and adoption timeline.
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Year-to-quantum (Y2Q) practical quantum computing applications for manufacturing supply chains
Year to quantum (Y2Q) has potential to impact numerous industries, including manufacturing, by solving complex problems faster than classical computers and enhancing supply chain robustness in several ways. AI algorithms can already assess many different supply chain weaknesses and identify …
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From chaos to control: How to turn underperforming EMS manufacturers into assets
Below are key title for electronics industry OEM hardware and equipment companies and how these roles each contribute to strategic planning and execution to better manage underperforming contract EMS manufacturing partners. Purchasing managers Purchasing managers leverage procurement expertise focused …
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AI Agents automate manufacturing supply chain workflows
Today’s dynamic tariff landscape is introducing new challenges in manufacturing supply chains. When tariffs are imposed they don’t just impose pricing adjustments once. Further cost and pricing impacts come when the initially tariff ‘cost’ is passed down to manufacturers …
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