by Jurgen Frasch | Oct 22, 2025 | Sourcing/Procurement/SRM
When it comes to arranging logistics, small and medium-sized enterprises are at a huge disadvantage: They pay substantially more for identical shipping services compared to Fortune 500 companies, purely due to volume-based pricing structures. While large corporations...
by Jurgen Frasch | Oct 20, 2025 | Sourcing/Procurement/SRM
American manufacturers rushing to bring production back home from Asia? Time for a reality check, according to the latest Reshoring Index from Kearney.Pounded by trade wars and the Trump tariffs, manufacturers are indeed reconsidering their heavy dependence on China...
by Jurgen Frasch | Oct 20, 2025 | Sourcing/Procurement/SRM
GS1 is a non-profit organization that develops and maintains global standards for business communication, including the widely known UPC barcodes. Now, GS1’s Sunrise 2027 initiative is reshaping how supply chains operate. The requirement states that, by 2027, all...
by Jurgen Frasch | Oct 17, 2025 | Sourcing/Procurement/SRM
New U.S. trade deals and tariffs are still unsettling global supply chains as the 2025 holiday season gets underway, with so-called friendshoring (sourcing from “friendly” countries) and nearshoring in the Americas offering little relief, according to compliance...
