
With its deepest manufacturing roots in Asia, the mobile device provider needed to diversify its production footprint. The team developed a comprehensive plan that would diversify manufacturing and alleviate the organization’s long-term supply chain risk.ĮY teams’ extensive tax experience, deep understanding of global incentives and locations, and keen geopolitical business perspective showed the client how it can continue to help consumers access critical mobile devices and carve a sustainable new path forward for its business. Leaders engaged an integrated EY team experienced in supply chain modeling and optimization, tax and trade. “With most of their customer base in the US, they recognized that they needed to diversify their sourcing and production options as effectively as possible, which meant varying manufacturing locations to complement their global portfolio.” “Corporate leaders at this electronic device company recognized that supply chain resilience has become an urgent business imperative for their organization,” said Jim Morton, Executive Director for the Ernst & Young LLP Business Consulting supply chain practice. Country-specific tax and trade regulations are also threatening shipping timelines and slowing product delivery dates for customers. Transportation delays, both in the air and on the water, are extending production lead times. A perfect storm of factors, including the COVID-19 global pandemic and widespread geopolitical instability, has weakened the global supply chain, and cross-border labor is no longer guaranteed.

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