Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 26, 2022

Panasonic , which serves as one of the lithium-ion automotive battery suppliers to EV auto maker Tesla , outlined plans to construct a reported $4 billion electric vehicle facility in DeSoto Kansas that is expected create upwards of 4,000 jobs. Part of Broader North America Based EV Supply Network Investments. All rights reserved. .

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To meet this demand and ensure a sustainable supply chain, Australia, Chile , China, and Brazil are proactively ramping up their lithium production. In contrast, the United States has made a significant breakthrough with the discovery of a massive lithium deposit along the Nevada-Oregon border.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update on ongoing strategic sourcing and operational developments occurring among electric vehicle focused supply and production networks. Included in this update are Tesla , Rivian Automotive and Mercedes Vans , along with recycling technology start-up efforts.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 3, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights global EV automaker Tesla ’s investor event held this week including product development, supply chain and production related connotations. Supply Chain Matters recently highlighted an announced incremental $3.6 One is obviously the company’s track record to date.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The company’s Sparks, Nevada based gigafactory can also produce megapacks. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. The post Tesla Makes Plans for Megapack Battery Production in China first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 5, 2015

With its new gigafactory centralizing the manufacturing process, Tesla Motors is one of the largest automotive employer in California. We take a look at the newest developments, and how they’re set to disrupt the auto supply chain. However, it is clear that the software giant is gearing towards an automotive catalyst.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

While these benefits are real and significant, there is an even bigger opportunity and value proposition that many software vendors and users still don’t get, especially when it comes to cloud solutions focused on supply chain, logistics, and other cross-enterprise business processes. HP’s New Style of IT: The Social Supply Chain.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 4, 2016

Even automotive companies are now nothing more than assemblers, having the majority of their components built by tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers that must come together in assembly. But there is one notable exception: Tesla. ” Tesla makes most of their parts inhouse.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 14, 2018

The first major snag was at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Reno, Nevada, where software defects caused robots to fail, meaning that thousands of cells had to be pieced together by hand. Success, on the other hand, could transform the car industry. Tesla has consistently missed its production targets since deliveries of the Model 3 began last July.

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