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Fueled by the United States' insatiable appetite for cheap goods, China's manufacturing industry has shifted into overdrive, churning out everything from bathrobes to high-tech chips. But what happens if that engine overheats?
If your import program's in need of a big fix, the answer might be to lose the slippery selling agent and bring in your own hired guns to manage inland transportation.
Burned in the past by deals gone sour, 3PLs have become wary of investing in warehouses, trucks and even forklifts. Now they're asking their customers to share the risks.
Sophisticated technology makes it possible to track a product's exact whereabouts through the entire supply process and beyond. But the story it reveals might be more than you want to or ought to know.
Unfazed by its worst recession in 40 years and emerging threats from Malaysia and China, Singapore has launched a full-bore drive to become the distribution hub for all of Asia.