Supply Chain Matters

JULY 8, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we provide highlights of manufacturing and supply chain developments involving electric vehicle automotive producers at the 2022 mid-year point. An added challenge has been the ramp-up of new manufacturing facilities in Austin, Texas and Berlin Germany. Rivian Automotive. Volkswagen.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Mexico is seeing strong growth in manufacturing. With the USMCA trade agreement providing greater certainty on trade rules and more transparency around labor and other ESG issues, OEMs in industries ranging from automotive to furniture, toys to medical products are growing their Mexico-based supply chains. Due to strong U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 26, 2022

In prior Supply Chain Matters automotive industry supply network commentaries, we have highlighted the challenges of innovative EV powered start-ups such as Tesla , Lucid Motors and Rivian Automotive. Background. Ford Motor Company was also an initial equity investor in Rivian.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2018

Over the next two years, manufacturers are set to invest more than $250 billion in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and the use of technology to improve manufacturing will only increase. Let us take a closer look at some the advanced manufacturing technologies set to define the state of manufacturing throughout 2018.

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QAD

AUGUST 30, 2022

The reality is, change is happening too fast for many organizations and the automotive industry’s shift to ACES is an example of this! . ACES: Catalysts for the Future of Automotive Mobility. We have all heard it; the four megatrends affecting the world of mobility are going to disrupt the automotive industry as we know it.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2024

Financial Highlights- Q4-2023 Total automotive Q4-2023 revenue was reported as $21.6 Automotive Q4 gross profit was $14.4 Financial Highlights- Full Year 2023 Total 2023 automotive revenues were reported as $82.4 Automotive gross profit in 2023 was $17.6 billion vs. consensus analyst expectation of $25.6 billion credit.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Electric vehicle start-ups Rivian Automotive and Lucid Group having reported Q4 and 2023 full year financial and operational performance, continue to show signs of supply chain and production challenges. The ability to ramp up and sustain manufacturing output is a further challenge in order to generate needed cash to sustain operations.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

As we close the year of 2015, we want to take a look at some manufacturing trends for 2016. We look at 6 core areas that manufacturing companies will take a long look at as they gear up for a successful 2016. E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions.

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Supply Chain Brain

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

The funding includes £2 billion for the automotive industry, £960 million for clean energy and £975 million for aerospace, the Treasury said.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Backdrop Existing labor contracts among these three manufacturers and the United Auto Workers ( UAW ) labor union representing upwards of 146,00 workers are set to expire on Thursday of this week at midnight. based auto assembly and supplier production sites where foreign based manufacturers have elected to primarily locate in U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As we finish 2021, the supply chain is front and center with challenges reported across the globe; across multiple industries from consumer products through to automotive. By the end of 2022, half of all manufacturing supply chains will see the benefits of supply chain resiliency, resulting in a 10% reduction in disruption impact.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Included in this update are Tesla , Rivian Automotive and Mercedes Vans , along with recycling technology start-up efforts. Developments concerning automotive and commercial electric or hybrid powered vehicle producers, and their strategic sourcing and production moves, continue at a rapid pace. or by free-trade agreement partners.

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QAD

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sustainable manufacturing refers to the ability to manage manufacturing operations “in an environmentally and socially responsible manner,” according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Sustainability Objectives for Manufacturers. Where Does ERP Come into Play with Manufacturer Sustainability Efforts?

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 29, 2022

Construction is expected to begin in 2023 with volume production expected by the end of 2025. All of these collective announcements are added evidence of the coming together of high tech electronics, semiconductor and automotive global supply networks. The Journal report indicates that the $4.4 All rights reserved. .

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QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2019

JITS is the acronym for “just-in-time-sequence,” a common supply chain practice in the automotive industry that eliminates or significantly reduces the need to maintain parts inventory at the assembly plant. Millennials are not as keen to join the profession since it pays marginally less than farming and manufacturing jobs.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In India, the national Production Linked Incentive (PLI) is set to encourage domestic EV manufacturing—and this is just a glimpse of the latest policies worldwide. As the demand for lithium grows, experts anticipate that a worldwide lithium shortage could happen as soon as 2025 as supply struggles to keep up.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

There were plans to have 12 GTF engine overhaul shops globally and add an additional seven by 2025. Further reported was that Pratt had plans to add engine overhaul repair capacity to address durability issues before the severity of the specific HPT disk problem became clearer. These timelines are reportedly being accelerated where possible.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Faster and accurate digitised information will also reduce decision-making time, improve efficiencies of business management, build better suppliers and manufacturers networks, create streamlined sales and delivery processes. trillion worth of societal benefits as a result of digital transformation of the industry till 2025.

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Resilinc

JULY 18, 2023

As waves of lawsuits are filed against PFAS manufacturers like 3M and DuPont, businesses and consumers are raising questions about safety and health concerns. Because PFAS were manufactured by scientists, they don’t exist naturally and cannot break down on their own. There’s another place where PFAS can be found, too—our supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 1, 2023

One reason for this is that the COVID crisis in China is escalating to incredible levels, and that is shutting down a lot of manufacturing hubs. As pointed out in the NY Times – even apparel manufacturing in Mexico is largely dependent on fabric produced entirely in China! GM has committed to 30 new electric vehicles by 2025.

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Elementum

JULY 19, 2017

Volvo pushes for climate neutral manufacturing operations by 2025 via reducing carbon emissions of both its products as well as its operations. Still, Volvo is not alone among traditional car manufacturers in its dedication to push into electrics and plug-ins. EVs gives us an additional opportunity to improve.”.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Overall, the supply of semiconductors and materials should improve in the automotive sector. In July, TSMC had to postpone the plant opening in Arizona until 2025 due to labor shortages. According to J.P. Morgan , the chip shortages will continue through the end of 2023 into 2024. Both are costly and time-consuming endeavors.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

By way of introduction, could you give us an example of the importance of the supply chain in the transport and automotive sectors? ” I recall that manufacturing an electric car battery consumes as much energy as the car itself. EcoVadis Index: description of companies in the transport sector: [link]. against 35.7 against 34.7

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Production within this facility is scheduled to begin in 2025 with a capacity of 30 gigawatts-hours of batteries annually. The reported strategy is to construct 14 assembly lines that can produce batteries for either hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or fully electric powered vehicles.

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Elementum

JANUARY 9, 2017

Such increased participation in the industry can only spell advantage for the EV market as the competition is pushing technological advancement for manufacturers, while also driving down prices for consumers. Next up: Digitization in the Automotive Supply Chain: A Potential, Game-Changing Transition.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

Environmentalists and automotive companies have committed to converting all of their vehicles to electric power. GM has committed to 30 new electric vehicles by 2025. What will happen to those manufacturers that can’t or won’t convert? They go out of business?

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RFgen

JUNE 2, 2015

The manufacturing industry stands to gain from the use of the Internet of Things. The manufacturing industry stands to gain from the implementation and further integration of new technologies in the coming years, according to a new report by McKinsey & Company. The Future of Manufacturing.

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RFgen

JUNE 2, 2015

The manufacturing industry stands to gain from the use of the Internet of Things. The manufacturing industry stands to gain from the implementation and further integration of new technologies in the coming years, according to a new report by McKinsey & Company. The Future of Manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

In 2008, the company manufactured 2.5% PCA’s customers were larger food manufacturers. The manufacturers sourced the peanut butter primarily on cost. Safe and secure and the redesign of the supply chain to protect the consumer is a part of the 2016 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit focused on Imaging Supply Chain 2025.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Michael McGarry, chairman and CEO of PPG, reports, “Data from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) reveals that underinvestment in U.S. German automotive behemoth, Audi, has plans to invest around $16 billion in its autonomous vehicles by 2030.”[8]. ”[6] He adds, “With unemployment rates in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 25, 2022

The COVID 19 restrictions impacting areas of China ’s largest cities and manufacturing regions continue and have extended into their fifth week. The manufacturing areas most impacted currently include areas around Shanghai , Jiangsu and Jilin provinces.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2016

Picture of traditional job in manufacturing. Each setting is an accurate image of manufacturing from different time periods in history, the past and the present. Manufacturing has changed a great deal over the last 100 years, and manufacturing today is dramatically different than what was “normal” in 1990.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has been around in one shape or form for a while. Well, 3D printing’s next big act could be manufacturing large metal objects. One of the questions with additive manufacturing is how long it will take to print what is needed. This is still not fast enough for high speed manufacturing.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 19, 2021

Supply can’t grow at the same level due to the structural limitations of Class-8 truck manufacturers. Key driver demographics are in a divergent course with a rise in retirement through 2025 and decline in 21-year-olds through 2023. Demand growth does not have the same constraint as supply growth. As of February 2021, the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

Any earn-out is expected to be paid in fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026. percent from 2022 through 2025. battery manufacturing. including money for the construction of new assembly plants and battery-making facilities, according to the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit organization based in Michigan.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 19, 2016

Nokia predicts that in 2025 the number of connected devices in the world will have risen from less that 10 billion today to around 50 billion. As senior vice president operations, I am the business owner of all operations from demand planning to execution, procurement to manufacturing. By Helen Armstrong. What is your responsibility?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2016

How the Internet has transformed the manufacturing and order fulfillment process is no small secret. However, the realm of e-commerce for manufacturing companies is rapidly growing, and modern manufacturers are starting to see a shift from business-to-consumer (B2C) sales to business-to-business (B2B) sales.

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