Supply Chain Research

Supply Chain Edge: Indonesian opportunities, tariff processors, climate challenges

September 4, 2025

– We continue our series on manufacturing reshoring this week with the outlook for Indonesia, which has a large domestic market, low labor costs and policy stability but has yet to break out of its resource-led export economy. Indonesia is not the only attractive in-market, for-market manufact... Read more →

Supply Chain Edge: A system called reciprocity; hydrogen winter; Baltimore one year on

February 14, 2025

– US President Donald Trump has introduced a “Fair and Reciprocal” plan that will increase import duties to levels charged by other countries and could add 4.8 percentage points to average duty rates across the largest 50 exporting regions before adding allowances for value-added tax (VAT) rat... Read more →

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Supply Chain Edge: Transition inflection, tariff deflection, laptop limitation

October 25, 2024

– In new research this week, we dive into the supply chain issues facing the energy transition, ranging from government policies and options for green logistics to critical minerals access and financing challenges.
– Elsewhere among energy transition issues, we also look at India’s poten... Read more →

Supply Chain Edge: Supply chain attack, de minimis shrinks, tariffs settled

September 20, 2024

– Technology supply chains face a new round of challenges. In new research this week, we dig into the Hezbollah pager attack and tragic floods in Vietnam. The latter come just as the consumer electronic sectors is running at full pelt for the peak device delivery season — we look at shifts in ... Read more →

Supply Chain Edge: Center of AI attention, the electric herd, clean Lego

August 30, 2024

– In new research this week we take a deep dive into the supply chains behind the data centers that house AI, and find surging shipments of cooling systems, electrical transformers and servers. It’s not all good news in the technology sector though, with industrial and electric vehicle (EV) de... Read more →

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Supply Chain Edge: Early peak evidence, AI chip delay, Chile’s woes

August 9, 2024

– US seaborne imports of containerized freight surged 14% year over year in July, with sequential growth of 8% in consumer durables suggesting peak season is arriving early. Further evidence includes a pull-forward of Prime Day goods and comments from container line A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S. It... Read more →

Supply Chain Edge: Surge protection, managed de minimis, forestry failings

July 19, 2024

• In new research this week, we investigate the evidence for early shipping in US supply chains ahead of the peak season amid slow retail sales. We also take a data-driven deep dive into bicycle supply chains, which are coming out of a supply chain bullwhip. Elsewhere in the consumer goods sec... Read more →

Supply Chain Edge: Corporate focus on supply chains wanes, tariff details matter

June 7, 2024

• Consumer goods supply chains no longer face the demand pressures that they used to, leading to a reduced focus on supply chain issues by company managers and investors. Performance is markedly different across sectors, with footwear expanding and home appliances contracting. Shipments of “Sq... Read more →

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Supply Chain Edge: Under the EU influence, spinning up electronics

May 31, 2024

• The EU may delay its initial judgment on mainland China’s electric vehicle supply chains, reducing geopolitical pressures, although firms are still looking at reshoring strategies to reduce their reliance on mainland China as a production center for vehicles and parts. India is one winner. T... Read more →

Supply Chain Edge: ONE’s big target, Taiwan’s quake, solar’s eclipsed

April 5, 2024

• In new research this week, we take a deeper look at the supply chain impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster in Baltimore, looking at how shipping routes are healing around the disruption, as well as detailing the effects in the automotive, construction equipment and coal sectors. El... Read more →

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