THE BLUE RIBBON FASTENER BLOG

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Make Driving Down TCO Your Procurement Superpower

What separates ordinary buyers from strategic sourcing superheroes? They are focused on one little acronym with a big impact: TCO.

Blue Ribbon Fastener Propels Toward Full Digitization with Wireless Warehouse Deployment

Blue Ribbon Fastener today announced its implementation of a new Wireless Warehouse system.

Chip War: Can Reshoring Save the World’s Most Vulnerable Supply Chain?

Semiconductors are essential to the modern world, and electronics manufacturers must do what they can now to mitigate future disruptions.

Nearshoring Production to Mexico: Examining the Benefits & Risks

This article was featured in Industrial Distribution. In a quest for supply chain resilience amid geopolitical tensions, an increasing...

Nearshoring to Mexico on the Rise [Infographic]

Why is Mexico an attractive nearshoring location? In this infographic, we provide an overview of nearshoring benefits and how Mexico...

Blue Ribbon Fastener Opens Colorado Warehouse to Expand Geographical Footprint

SKOKIE, IL – January 17, 2023 – Blue Ribbon Fastener, a full-service distributor of fasteners and other Class-C components, today...

What is Reshoring? [Infographic]

What exactly is reshoring, and how does it benefit manufacturers? We break down the concept in this infographic.

Is Localization the Answer to OEM Supply Chain Bottlenecks?

To protect against pandemic disruptions and geo-political tensions, many OEMs are localizing or reshoring their supply chains.