Near‑shoring and consolidation
A social post summarising KPMG's CEO Outlook highlights that 68% of automotive and manufacturing firms are restructuring supply chains via near‑shoring, while another post notes Indonesia is consolidating logistics under PT Pos to integrate state firms like Semen and Pupuk Logistik. Both items point to active reshaping of sourcing and domestic logistics arrangements. (x.com) (x.com)
Automotive and industrial manufacturers are rewiring supply chains closer to home as Indonesia moves to fuse 15 state logistics companies under PT Pos Indonesia. (kpmg.com) (kompas.com) KPMG’s 2024 Industrial Manufacturing and Automotive CEO Outlook surveyed 240 sector leaders and found supply-chain change had moved to the center of strategy, alongside pressure from decarbonization, geopolitics and technology shifts. Trade publication coverage of the report said 68% of companies were actively restructuring supply chains through near-shoring, friend-shoring and local-for-local production. (kpmg.com) (autocarpro.in) Near-shoring means shifting sourcing or production to nearby countries instead of relying on far-flung suppliers; local-for-local means building closer to the market where goods will be sold. KPMG said the same 2024 outlook was based on interviews conducted between July 25 and August 29, 2024, during a period it described as marked by geopolitical tension, inflation and rapid technological change. (autocarpro.in) (kpmg.com) Indonesia is pursuing the other side of the same equation: domestic logistics. Kompas reported on March 17, 2026 that the government was targeting completion of a logistics-state-enterprise merger in the first half of 2026, with PT Pos Indonesia as the anchor and units including Semen Logistik, Pupuk Logistik, Angkasa Pura Logistik and KAI Logistik folded into the structure. (kompas.com) By April 9, 2026, Dony Oskaria, head of the State-Owned Enterprises Regulatory Agency, said the integration of 15 logistics firms was expected to be completed “within this month,” according to Jawawa’s pickup of local reporting. He said the goal was a single national logistics company that could run a more efficient and competitive supply chain. (jawawa.id) The two moves address different bottlenecks. Manufacturers are trying to reduce exposure to border shocks and long transit routes, while Jakarta is trying to reduce fragmentation inside the domestic delivery network by putting state-owned operators into one ecosystem. (kpmg.com) (kompas.com) KPMG’s broader 2024 CEO Outlook, which covered 1,325 chief executives globally, said companies were allocating capital to manage cyber and geopolitical risks while still investing for growth. In manufacturing and autos, that has translated into decisions about where factories, suppliers and inventories should sit rather than treating logistics as a back-office function. (kpmg.com 1) (kpmg.com 2) Indonesia’s government has framed the merger as part of a wider review of state-owned companies that can lead to liquidation, divestment, consolidation or restructuring. Officials said the logistics plan is meant to strengthen state-owned enterprises not only in the domestic market but also at the regional level. (kompas.com) What ties these developments together is not a single company or country, but a common operating choice: shorten, simplify and control the path goods take from factory to customer. In 2026, that is showing up both in where manufacturers buy and build, and in how governments such as Indonesia want freight networks organized at home. (autocarpro.in) (jawawa.id)
