For decades, companies designed supply chains around one primary question: Where can we produce most efficiently? That calculation is changing. Geopolitical tensions, export restrictions, tariffs, critical-mineral dependencies and disruptions to major trade routes are forcing businesses to consider another question: Can we still depend on this supply chain when the world changes suddenly? This is […]
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For years, global supply chains were built around a fairly simple assumption: efficiency would outweigh almost everything else. If we take manufacturing to a faster, cheaper, and scalable pace, production would naturally be concentrated in a few geographic locations. This would have been very effective in the past. However, I believe 2026 marks a subtle […]