Global Supply Chain Operation in the APEC Region: Case Study of the Electrical and Electronics Industry APEC Policy Support Unit July 2013 Prepared by: Christopher Wood James Tetlow Washington CORE Email:
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[email protected] Website: www.apec.org APEC#213-SE-01.12. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/byb -nc-sa/3.0/sg/. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC Member Economies and APEC Fora. The authors thank Denis Hew, Akhmad Bayhaqi and Bernadine Zhang Yuhua from the APEC Policy Support Unit to provide comments to the draft. The author also could like to thank the Commmiittee on Trade and Investment as well as APEC member economies for providing support and comments. Executive Summary i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study, conducted on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Policy Support Unit (PSU) aims to provide a detailed understanding of current electrical and electronics (E&E) industry supply chain operations, strategies, and challenges, and suggest approaches APEC might adopt to make these supply chains and others more efficient and better contribute to economic integration in the region. Primary study findings include the following: Regarding the overall characteristics of E&E supply chains in the APEC region, as covered in Chapter 1, final assembly of consumer electronics has become increasingly centered on Asia, particularly China since 2001.