China manufacturing

What can go wrong next in China? Now there’s a lockdown in Zhengzhou

Supply chain woes in Zhengzhou, China.

After COVID cases were identified at the Zhengzhou railway station, the capital city of China’s Henan province is in lockdown for at least the next seven days. 

Yep, just what the supply chain needs when these exports feed out of Shanghai — which is already at a miserable pace.

Jasmine Wall, commercial manager for Asia-Pacific at Seko Logistics, tells American Shipper, “Currently, 80% of full trailer-load, point-to-point pickup-to-port requests can be fulfilled if picking up from the east of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-can-go-wrong-next-in-china-now-theres-a-lockdown-in-zhengzhou

Customers put squeeze on maker of compressors to localize manufacturing

T/CCI workers inspect an air compressor

Dennis Flaherty ticks off the supply chain issues and the challenges to localize manufacturing faced by T/CCI, the $150 million maker of heavy-duty compressors and clutches for the mobile air-conditioning and refrigeration industries. He nearly runs out of fingers.

Even before pandemic lockdowns crimped production in Ningbo, China, T/CCI had to decide how to handle the costs associated with 25% tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump on imported Chinese-made goods, Before that was a long...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/customers-put-squeeze-on-maker-of-compressors-to-localize-manufacturing

Shanghai tries to ease supply chain crunch amid lockdown

An automotive assembly line in China with workers in blue suits handling machinery.

Chinese officials on Monday issued new guidelines to normalize industrial production and logistics flows, part of an effort to minimize the impact of strict lockdown measures in Shanghai. Under rules endorsed by the central government, localities will self-select specific companies in critical industries that can restart operations.

A statement from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) was one of the first times the government has acknowledged the three-week lockdown of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shanghai-tries-to-ease-supply-chain-crunch-amid-lockdown

Toilet paper rolls and supply chain roles

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the American consumer likely reached for a package of toilet paper on the supermarket shelf without a thought about how that product got there. 

“People now understand how critical it is for us to get our goods. When we’re standing in line waiting to get toilet paper and paper towels, they now start to understand a little bit about the role the ports and everybody in the supply chain play in getting goods and actually where those goods are manufactured,” said...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/toilet-paper-rolls-and-supply-chain-roles

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