Kong and Allan produces a number of published materials and conference presentations relating to supply chain operations. These educational and informative pieces shed light on the developments of supply chains in today's global business landscape. Feel free to view our materials posted here.

Shanghai's commercial real estate and resource availability is quickly reaching saturation. In close proximity to Shanghai, second-tier cities such as Kunshan, Wenzhou and Ningbo offer an alternative. On the surface, per unit storage costs are the initial consideration, however other factors such as lead time and inventory management play an important role.

Speed, costs, flexibility, and knowledge are critical underlying factors of supply chains. The two key emerging competitive advantages for global supply chains impacting these areas are Downstream Supply Chain Development and Increased Collaboration and Coordination.

Simply put, there is no clear one size fits all approach. First, you must consider the drivers for each contributor. Next a supply chain design map must be built to look at the current configuration. Lastly, alignment and execution of a new strategy can be developed around the key objectives each stakeholder agrees are critical.