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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel

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And importantly, The EU’s new series of proposed targets and reforms, contained in its Green Deal Industrial Plan, aims to ensure that at least 40% of the EU’s low-carbon technologies will be made within its borders by 2030. For instance, Ford recently announced a significant investment in an Indonesian nickel factory set to open in 2026.

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Engine Reliability and Supply Surfaces for Commercial Aircraft Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

Since its introduction in 2016, the innovative Pratt GTF has been dogged by a series of reliability and manufacturing quality issues. In the specific case of the Airbus A320 neo narrow aisle family, backlogs now extend to the year 2030. Initially, problems centered on metal composition of the engines, complex turbo fans.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP fully integrates strategy with rolling forecasts , with a process for enterprise resource reallocation and with a corporate communication plan (Van Hove, 2016). Robotic process automation (RPA) has also entered the back-office, supporting administrative functions like purchase order acceptance and invoice matching. Kasparov, Garry.