article thumbnail

Prep Your Supply Chain for Super Typhoon Soudelor

Elementum

Super Typhoon Soudelor is set to hit Taiwan and China tomorrow, with a huge potential for supply chain disruption. Update 8/10/2015, 06:16 PST: Soudelor Prompts Authorities to Issue Emergency Alert in China. Update 8/09/2015, 18:03 PST: Tropical Storm Soudelor to Hit South Korea on August 11.

article thumbnail

What Were the Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions of 2015

RFgen

Technology keeps entering the manufacturing space quicker than ever before. Mobile technology and integrated data management modules are helping manufacturers increase production and improve visibility across the entire organization. The post What Were the Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions of 2015 appeared first on RFgen.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Were the Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions of 2015

RFgen

Technology keeps entering the manufacturing space quicker than ever before. Mobile technology and integrated data management modules are helping manufacturers increase production and improve visibility across the entire organization. The post What Were the Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions of 2015 appeared first on RFgen.

article thumbnail

The Fashion Supply Chain: Unraveling the Reality

Kinaxis

Cambodia, China, Taiwan, India – look at the ‘made in’ labels on your clothing and you’re likely to find these popular clothing manufacturing countries. The European Commission is expected to launch a flagship EU Garment Initiative before the end of 2015. Hopefully, more brands will follow suit.

article thumbnail

Using the Bits: Building Digital Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

As shown in the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire report , over time, top performing supply chains plateau. As a result, companies like AstraZenca, BASF, Colgate, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagate, and Taiwan Semiconductor outperformed their peer group in the period of 2006-2014, but sustained improvement becomes more and more difficult.

article thumbnail

“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

1997 satellite image versus 2015 satellite image. That’s good news for agriculture and manufacturing in the state, two industries that rely heavily on almost nonexistent water. But the typhoons will threaten Taiwan, China, and Japan, leaving countries like Indonesia in need of precipitation. Image courtesy NASA.

article thumbnail

Can we re-shore and create a US semiconductor industry? Maybe…

NC State SCRC

The Biden administration has sought to explore how to re-shore the semiconductor industry , by calling for a 100 day study.The CHIPS for America Act is one effort to try to bring more semiconductor manufacturing back to the US. manufacturing of Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE).