1、CHINA PLUS X:THE NEW GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINLisa Harrington,President of the lharrington Group,Senior Research Scholar,Center for Governance of Technology and Systems,University of Maryland and Senior Fellow,Robert H.Smith School of Business,University of Maryland.The five criteria are:1Transportation:I

2、ncludes capacity,quality,transit times and how capacities in countries are changing in the context of multi-shoring.2Cost:Includes logistics,labor,rent etc.,how logistics costs compare across different markets and ROI of going to a certain country.3Country infrastructure:Includes digital and physica

3、l infrastructure i.e.broadband capacity/technology,transportation infrastructure,and how infrastructure will change in the coming years to support alternate sourcing countries.Infrastructure includes new airports,ports,highways,and rail lines.4People:Includes availability of talent with required lev

4、els of education and skills;logistics knowledge and logistics skillsets.Also includes age of the workforce.5Regulatory environment:Includes taxes,customs,tariffs,participation in trade agreements etc.Also,may include intellectual property regulations.REDEFINING SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE Disrupted.That

5、s the best word to describe global supply chains over the past six years.Disruptive events are reshaping supply chains,leading to a single truth:Risk hedging is the new mantra for effective global supply chain management.Companies that once relied on one country China for their manufacturing output

6、are now diversifying their production portfolios no longer putting their eggs in one basket.Enter the“China Plus X”strategy.A strategy where manufacturers locate production not just in China and one additional country,referred to as China Plus 1,but in China Plus X,where X is multiple countries.Chin