Title: Top 10 supply chain risks for 2019 | Article | Compliance Week
Headings: Top 10 supply chain risks for 2019
Top 10 supply chain risks for 2019
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Source: DHL Resilience360
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Tobias Larsson

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The report further provides a list of the top 10 supply chain risks to watch in 2019. According to Resilience360, those top 10 supply-chain risks are: 1. Global trade wars and Brexit. Global trade wars between the United States and the rest of the world will continue to impact many manufacturing supply chains, due to the imposition of U.S. tariffs and the consequential retaliatory tariffs that many countries have placed on a wide range of consumer products and components, impacting nearly all industries. Some companies, however, are turning this risk into opportunity. For example, U.S. motorcycle maker Harley Davidson announced last year that it would shift production of its motorcycles for EU destinations out of the United States to Thailand to avoid EU tariffs. “ During the quarter, we saw proof in the wisdom of our Thailand manufacturing investment,” Harley-Davidson CEO Matt Levatich said April 23 on a first-quarter earnings call. “ The tariff mitigation we realized allowed more competitive pricing and access to more customers.” Other companies may similarly want to consider how they can mitigate newly imposed tariffs.