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05/18/2026 | Bob Duke -- Column: Global Sourcing Spotlight
There was a time when you could tell where a product was from by how it felt, fit, or functioned: German precision, Japanese consistency, or American durability. Today, the lines are blurred. The best factories in Vietnam rival those in Texas, and Mexican plants match the efficiency of Taiwan. However, as quality expectations converge worldwide, execution doesn’t. The global quality gap continues to widen. The definition of quality is no longer regional; it’s universal.

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04/30/2026 | Global Electronics Association
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The Chemical Connection: When the Industry Moves Faster Than the Standards

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Global Sourcing Spotlight: Building a Supply Chain That Bends, Not Breaks

04/29/2026 | Bob Duke -- Column: Global Sourcing Spotlight
The global supply chain is a complex, interdependent, and shifting organism. In the past few years, pandemics, tariffs, wars, natural disasters, and transportation chaos have tested it like never before, revealing that fragility is expensive. The companies that survive do so not through luck but through resiliency. For decades, companies built sourcing strategies around the illusion of stability—one supplier, region, and price. It worked until a port closed, a single supplier went down, or a production line froze.
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