{"id":1150,"date":"2019-01-08T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex-main.lndo.site\/resources\/how-a-global-partner-enables-seamless-operations-around-the-world"},"modified":"2023-04-24T19:21:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:21:30","slug":"how-a-global-partner-enables-seamless-operations-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/zh\/resources\/how-a-global-partner-enables-seamless-operations-around-the-world","title":{"rendered":"\u9009\u62e9\u5168\u7403\u5408\u4f5c\u4f19\u4f34\u5b9e\u73b0\u65e0\u7f1d\u8fd0\u8425"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Seamless operations with a global partner\">Seamless operations with a global partner<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>Seamless operations with a global partner<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\t8 1 \u6708, 2019\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-tag\">Blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"2\" data-destination=\"\/solutions-and-services\/supply-chain#resources\" href=\"\/solutions-and-services\/supply-chain#resources\">Supply Chain<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar block normal-sidebar\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Global trade dynamics and <a href=\"\/solutions-and-services\/regionalization\">regionalization<\/a> are rapidly increasing supply chain complexity and generating new opportunities. 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