Industrial Sector Starting to Soften

From “Moody’s, Others Say Industrial Sector Starting to Soften” – GlobeSt.com.

Risk Being Assessed Differently & Slobalization

Adam Roth, executive vice president, Industrial Services, NAI Hiffman, tells GlobeSt.com that as supply chains catch up, “we somewhat suddenly find ourselves re-entering more traditional trade flow patterns.

“Corporations’ mid-pandemic reaction was ordering additional product for just-in-case stockpiles to prevent lost sales that occurred earlier in the outbreak. I would expect some correction in ‘footprint’ as better reliability and pricing returns to the transportation sector and retailers burn through their inventory.

“However, in our recent experience there are long-term supply chain shifts occurring. Risk is being assessed differently. Selective decoupling from China will continue to pick up pace.”

He said the age of cost-driven, blind globalization is being replaced by ‘slowbalization’ and a movement towards bilateral trading blocs with like-minded nations as well as production locally – supply chain to be replaced by supply web and international regionalization.

“While we will experience near-term lower transportation pricing as another bullwhip effect coming out of the pandemic, in the long run, corporations will be forced to combat their length of haul and reduce their time to market,” Roth said.

“Real estate is an ideal solution for this. I remain bullish on the industrial real estate sector for North America, particularly in areas that offer access to power, population and transportation infrastructure.”

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