Does a new globalisation mean rethinking our supply chains?

Posted on 12 Nov 2017 by The Manufacturer

With the advent of new technologies, a changing geopolitical context and ever more pressing concerns about sustainability, are we seeing the emergence of a new form of globalisation?

At the IfM’s annual Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium, leading industrialists, academics and policymakers came together to discuss emerging trends in global manufacturing, and whether the low-cost focus of previous decades is no longer the dominant design factor for 21st century manufacturing supply chains. Dr Jagjit Singh Srai examines the current state of globalisation. [caption id="attachment_284791"…

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