Editor profile
Director, Risk & Resilience
Sarah Al-Fahad focuses on mitigating geopolitical risks and managing global supply disruptions. She analyzes the impact of international trade policies on corporate supply networks.
sarah.alfahad@supplychainreview.orgAnalyze how global manufacturing should shift its structural reorganization strategy from solely pursuing supply chain resilience to balancing cost and efficiency in the post-pandemic era. Discuss the impact of nearshoring, friend-shoring, and regional collaboration on the global manufacturing network.
This paper starts from the investment boom in US manufacturing assets to analyze the structural challenges facing global supply chains, especially the hurdles in scaling from prototype to mass production. It explores how to achieve a balance between supply chain resilience and cost-effectiveness by building a technology-driven industrial hierarchy without relying on a single supplier.
In-depth analysis of how India, Asia, and emerging regions are reshaping the textile supply chain through new sourcing maps. Discuss the strategic logic and future trends of regional manufacturing shifts, supplier system adjustments, supply chain resilience building, and responding to changes in the global procurement system.
The global manufacturing industry is shifting from solely pursuing resilience to balancing cost and efficiency. This paper analyzes how enterprises can redesign their procurement and manufacturing networks through nearshoring, friend-shoring, and regional supply chain collaboration to cope with geopolitical and cost pressures.
In-depth analysis of how global logistics giants like Carrier leverage digital tools, network design, and cost optimization strategies to build resilient and efficient logistics networks in complex global supply chain environments. Discuss the role of nearshoring and AI in enhancing supply chain transparency.
Analyze the structural adjustments in the current global manufacturing supply chain and explore the strategic choices enterprises face in shifting towards regionalization, nearshoring, and friend-shoring under cost pressures and resilience demands.
This paper deeply analyzes the risks and challenges facing the current global supply chain, exploring how enterprises can enhance supply chain resilience through supply chain restructuring, nearshoring, and digital transformation. It investigates the impact of regional manufacturing shifts and changes in procurement strategies on cost, delivery lead time, and inventory management.
In-depth analysis of the challenges of digital transformation, resilience building, and regional reorganization trends facing the current global B2B supply chain. Discuss how enterprises can enhance operational efficiency through AI and automation, and respond to geopolitical risks.
Analyze how global supply chains are shifting from pursuing 'resilience' to 'readiness'. This article delves into how geopolitical uncertainty drives fundamental shifts in corporate supply chain restructuring, regional manufacturing relocation, capital expenditure reallocation, and enterprise risk management paradigms, providing strategic decision-making references for global manufacturers.
In-depth analysis of the core elements of supply chain risk management (SCRM), from internal operational risks to geopolitical fluctuations, exploring how to enhance the resilience and shock-absorptive capacity of global supply chains through digital tools and systematic methods.
This paper explores from a research perspective how digitalization at the national level affects logistics efficiency, analyzing its profound impact on global supply chain resilience, operational synergy, and procurement strategies. It deeply analyzes the role of digital transformation in improving delivery cycles and optimizing inventory management.
Analyze how global supply chain fluctuations (such as tariffs, raw material shortages) force procurement professionals to shift from intuition-based to data-driven structured negotiation frameworks. Explore how methods like Six Sigma and BATNA can enhance procurement transparency and resilience.
This paper deeply analyzes Kraft Heinz's regional restructuring in its structural adjustments and its impact on the global supply chain. It explores its strategic adjustments in procurement and supply chain integration, and how it enhances supply chain resilience and manages supply chain risks by optimizing its operating structure in the current environment of cost fluctuations and uncertainty.
Analyze the technology transfer logic of the automotive industry towards embodied intelligence and robotics, explore how the traditional automotive supply chain can reshape its layout in the robotics field, involving regional manufacturing transfer, supply chain resilience, and future development trends.
Based on research of 13 multinational corporations, a three-pillar framework consisting of understanding, anticipating, and responding is proposed to help global manufacturing enterprises reduce the disruptive impact of geopolitical events on supply chain networks.
The advantage of China's manufacturing industry is shifting from low-cost labor to automation, industrial clustering, and deep coordination of supply chains. This article analyzes the structural impact of this shift on global procurement strategies, manufacturing networks, and supply chain resilience.
Under the restructuring of global supply chains, India is regarded as a key potential beneficiary of the "China+1" strategy. Based on trade data and industry analysis, this article assesses whether India's manufacturing sector can shift from mere trade diversion to structural upgrading, and explores its far-reaching impact on the landscape of Asian supply chains.
Based on the global production network model, quantitatively assess the degree of China's decoupling from global value chains, and analyze the logic and impact behind supply chain restructuring.
This article analyzes, from a supply chain perspective, the phenomenon of automakers and parts suppliers collectively positioning themselves in humanoid robots at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show, and explores the logic and impact of the automotive industry system migrating toward embodied intelligence.
This article explores the pattern of China's manufacturing industry shifting from low-cost advantages to automation, industrial agglomeration, and supply chain collaboration, and its impact on global supply chain networks.