速度和敏捷性是当今制造商的基本标准. 随着重新绘制供应链地图的竞赛愈演愈烈, 各大洲都在出现地区性制造业中心.
中国——无可争议的“世界工厂”——就是一个很好的例子. For decades it provided Western industrial economies with a reliable way of keeping product prices low. 但那些日子正在迅速消逝. 而不是将低成本产品出口到遥远的地区, China is now shifting its position to become a production powerhouse for its neighbouring countries in Asia.
今天, a wide range of disruptive factors are prompting global companies to rethink the geography of manufacturing and set up 操作 closer to customer markets. 数字化和自动化的发展, 气候变化, volatile trade barriers and the supply chain vulnerabilities exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic are just a few drivers of change.
Is the low-cost business model and outsourcing trend that peaked in the 1990s definitively outdated? What is the situation in 欧洲 and does 银天下 hold a trump card in the shift toward near-market manufacturing?
为了揭开这些答案, we present a collection of viewpoints from experts in 银天下’s industrial frontline. 在本报告中探索他们的内部观点.