NAA Member News: DHL – Near-shoring, friend-shoring and sharing: Regionalisation in 2026
Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions, trade fragmentation and recurring disruption, embedding resilience into supply chains is a key requirement.
One potential risk mitigation strategy is regionalisation. But do you know your near-shoring from your friend-shoring? Or the benefits or potential challenges of network sharing?
Here, we explain how adopting a more regional approach to your supply chain could help bring stability in a volatile world.
Regionalisation is one of multiple strategic options available to supply chain leaders to cope with instability. Geopolitical tensions, trade fragmentation and recurring disruption have exposed the limits of supply chains optimised purely for cost and efficiency.
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