Nike Supply Chain Project by Jessie Miller

Nike Distribution Centers

jessiemiller6 — 2025-05-05 18:06:26 UTC

Products are brought to Nike distribution centers from manufacturing locations. There are five US based distribution centers, which are all located in Memphis, Tennessee. From there, the shoes will be distributed to Nike retailers, though Nike is trying to expand into direct to customer shipping.

Leather Manufacturing

ninaandrews1 — 2025-05-05 18:09:46 UTC

Materials are shipped here to be turned into leather for shoes, specifically at the Youngil Leather factory in Indonesia, where it is processed. Leather is processed to be plastic coated and more durable for use in shoes, and then is shipped to external locations to be manufactured into shoes.

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Footwear Factory

antuabdullahi — 2025-05-05 18:16:58 UTC

Products are sent to this Nike manufacturing center. This manufacturing center is the biggest center in Vietnam that primarily manufactures their footwear, while Vietnam has other manufacturing centers that focus on the apparel and other Nike products, this manufacturing center us the largest.

Footwear Factory

jessiemiller6 — 2025-05-05 18:18:18 UTC

This factory recieves materials from raw material proccesing facilities, and then manufactures Nike shoes. This factory mainly exports their shoes to the US, and is one of the largest in India.

Leather Sourcing

jessiemiller6 — 2025-05-05 18:29:29 UTC

According to Youngil Leather, they source about 50-60% of their leather from the United States. They do not provide a specific location within the US.

Công Ty TNHH All Wells Việt Nam, Phú Mỹ, Tóc Tiên, Tân Thành, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam

ninaandrews1 — 2025-05-05 18:29:56 UTC

EVA foam is primarily manufactured in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The material is transported by cargo ships to these countries, except for China because they already have natural materials to make the foam.

Rubber Factory

antuabdullahi — 2025-05-05 18:33:57 UTC

Thailand is Nike's main rubber raw material supplier. Thailand also makes other raw materials for Nike, but rubber is their main focus.

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

ninaandrews1 — 2025-05-05 18:41:09 UTC

While it is not specified exactly where All Wells International CO. ltd receives Ethylene Vinyl Acetate from, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan is a primary produced of the material for the globe and has several plants where EVA is created.

Textile Manufacturing

jessiemiller6 — 2025-05-05 18:43:30 UTC

YRC Textile provides woven textiles for Nike shoes. They say that the production is enviromentally friendly, and that the factory follows worker safety laws in Thailand. They did not include information for where they get raw materials, or how much employees are paid.

Retailers

ninaandrews1 — 2025-05-05 18:47:19 UTC

After the entire supply chain process, the shoe may be sent to another company such as Dick's Sporting Goods, where consumers can buy it at locations like the store in Lakewood, Colorado.

Port of Seattle, Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA

ninaandrews1 — 2025-05-06 15:25:06 UTC

One of the main ports used by Nike to import finished products from Asia

Husky Terminal, Port of Tacoma Road, Tacoma, WA

ninaandrews1 — 2025-05-06 15:29:40 UTC

Nike primarily imports into the ports in Seattle and Tacoma, however they also use ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The product unloaded here will be sent to either the primary distribution centers in Memphis, Tennessee, or it will be moved to another, smaller distribution center somewhere else in the US.

Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

ninaandrews1 — 2025-05-07 18:24:06 UTC

After being manufactured, finished products are sent on cargo ships to land in ports on the West Coast. Nike partners with local drayage carriers to offload their product onto a train as soon as possible once the cargo ships arrive in port. Product coming from the LA port is moved using the “Sole Train”, a direct train to Memphis that Nike built specifically to transport their product to the distribution center.