CHINESE IMPORT COSTS HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY DUE TO LABOR INCREASES AND THE TARIFFS IMPOSED DURING THE US - CHINA TRADE DISPUTE. Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 7 min read Companies’ pursuit of success in near-shoring is undeniably complex. Factors such as the unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19 on supply chains, as well [...]
WHEN FAILURE TO NEARSHORE RESULTS IN THE FAILURE OF THE BUSINESS AND ITS LIQUIDATION. Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 9 min read Products from China have increased in costs for many years due to increased labor costs. When combined with tariffs, as well as the Pandemic, it requires that companies nearshore. [...]
A RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAIN IS DEFINED BY ITS ABILITY TO EITHER MITIGATE OR QUICKLY RECOVER FROM DISRUPTIONS Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 8 min read In the last 3 years, companies have had to respond rapidly to drastic shifts in supply chains. To hedge against uncertainty, many took a “better safe [...]
THE GREATEST GEOPOLITICAL CATASTROPHES OCCUR AT THE INTERSECTION OF AMBITION AND DESPERATION By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Advisors | 8 min read China has emerged spectacularly from being a technologically backward, poverty-driven backwater country, as it was prior to the Communist Party prevailing in 1949 with the Nationalist Party’s defeat and flight to [...]
BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY BY W. CHAN KIM AND RENEE MAUBORGNE PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK WITH WHICH TO REVIEW MOST MANUFACTURERS IN MEXICO Written By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Managing Partner | 10 min read The book’s authors show companies how to expand by creating new market spaces or industries with little or no competition. Most companies, [...]
WHEN NORTH AMERICAN COMPANIES HAVE FAILED TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE A RE-SHORE OF THEIR MANUFACTURING TO MEXICO, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT’S DUE TO A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING IN THE NEGOTIATION STYLES OF MEXICAN COMPANIES. By Oscar Palacios, MSSA | 8 min read Time and time again, almost without exception, North American companies fail [...]
By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Advisors | 8 min read Practical differences in the law and its application pose potentially serious consequences for businesses sourcing in China. China continues to occupy news headlines as the country’s system of government and law are substantially different than the U.S. Whether it’s Uighurs imprisoned in re-education camps or the ongoing [...]
MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN THE WAYS OF THINKING AND ITS EFFECTS ON NEGOTIATIONS IS THE LIKELY REASON THAT YOUR COMPANY HAS FAILED TO FIND A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE SOURCE OF PRODUCT. By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Advisors | 8 min read Many companies approach sourcing in Mexico as if it were the [...]
TRADE DEFICITS, VAST DISTANCES BETWEEN COUNTRIES, AND CONTINUING SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS--RECIPE FOR DISASTER? By Jeffrey Cartwright, Shoreview Advisors | 8 min read Supply chain disruptions not only continue to be in the business headlines, but they are causing substantial losses to profitability by large increases in product costs from both the tariffs [...]
