In this episode, Claudio Knizek, EY-Parthenon Global Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Consulting Leader, discusses why businesses are decoupling existing supply chains and repositioning production facilities.
Due to a concurrence of large-scale global events, geopolitical issues and wage inflation in lower-cost countries, industrial companies are restructuring their traditional supply chains. According to the EY Industrial Supply Chain Survey, most firms are strategizing and implementing supply chain transformations, including decoupling their existing supply chains, and repositioning production facilities and suppliers closer to their customers.
While reimagining their supply chains, industrial leaders must integrate agility into their supply chain footprint and supplier network. They must also utilize this once-in-a-generation opportunity to make their supply chains more sustainable. The widespread nearshoring of business operations and new regulatory measures, such as the EU's carbon border tax, suggests that these transformations may alter the established global supply chain models. Consequently, these initiatives will yield clear winners and losers in the market.
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