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Supply Chain Issues From Canada To China

Recently an opening of the economies of developing nations, especially China, has allowed a huge shift in outsourced production. For the most part the products of the outsourcing are destined for North American consumption, which creates interesting obstacles to the realizations of improvements predicted. Mega Bloks Inc is a Canadian example of this trend, having recently made their own foray into outsourcing to China. An examination of supply chain issues reveals the overall complexity and number of issues which could develop for a company like Mega Bloks. More specifically, for Mega Bloks issues of logistics, regulation, control (in general and specifically of quality) come to the forefront. All of these issues can individually and in aggregate lengthen the supply chain and as a result increase costs well beyond the optimistic predictions of the savings to be gained from outsourcing. However, if the issues are identified and analyzed companies like Mega Bloks can control the......


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