The Reshoring Myth
Reshoring is an effective tool when it optimizes the technical, financial, and commercial performance of individual operating companies. Whether reshoring will materially impact global supply chain interdependence is a different question.

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The SE Asia Experience Gap
Business success in SE Asia and China requires understanding and adjusting to the differences of local business maturity. The #1 mistake Western companies make is assuming the processes in these countries are as mature as in their home countries.

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SE Asia is Not Just About China Anymore
China remains the largest U.S. import source. Twelve SE Asia countries – not counting Japan – account for 60% of U.S. imports. Each is different requiring focused analysis and unique approaches and toolsets to achieve targeted supply chain outcomes.

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SE Asia Supply Chain Reality 2026
Excluding Japan, twelve other SE Asia countries now deliver 50% more U.S. imports collectively than China, which provides 9% less than 2015. This is a trend that appears to have assured momentum into the future.

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Offshore Sourcing- To Contract or Not?
Many believe supply contracts with strategic offshore suppliers are not enforceable and therefore useless. The critical value of a supply contract is to synchronize expectations with suppliers across all operating, commercial and financial connections. Contracts are also valuable relationship building tools.

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Solving the Offshore Quality Management Puzzle
Supplier QA internationally is highly variable and uncertain. There is no substitute for careful confirmation of sustained and acceptable QA processes. That can only happen with scheduled on-site assessment and oversight of supplier practices and discipline.

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