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It’s Silicon Valley and Detroit, not Silicon Valley vs Detroit (Pt. II)

QAD

In “ It’s Silicon Valley and Detroit, not Silicon Valley vs Detroit (Pt. BMW has led the development of a very ambitious consortium of companies to leverage the cost associated with the development of a scalable platform for level 3 and level 4 autonomous vehicles. billion), Aptiv, Continental, KPIT and TTTech. Ford and Argo AI.

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How the UAW Strike is Shaking Up the Automotive Supply Chain

Resilinc

Two Detroit auto suppliers that manufacture shifts, pinions, gears, and other parts for the Big Three have filed notices of potential layoffs with the state of Michigan. Since 2017, the auto industry has consistently ranked in the top five most disrupted industries (of the industries that Resilinc tracks.)

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Five Reasons SMBs Suddenly Make Sense For Forwarders

Freightos

Alibaba’s Jack Ma recently urged 3,000 US small businesses to do just that at a conference in Detroit, and he is making good on his vision to take down trade barriers that are holding smaller businesses back from buying and selling globally. Speaking in Detroit in June 2017, Jack Ma encouraged US sellers to increase their sales abroad.

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Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World

Enterra Insights

Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] 5] Kate Vitasek, “ Supply Chains And Adjusting To Trump: Think Local And Global ,” Forbes , 20 March 2017. [6]

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Why Ford Is Blaming Costlier Metals for a `Bad Year' Ahead

Material Handling & Logistics

The price of steel, Ford’s biggest commodity purchase, has spiked 18% since the start of last year. It’s an excuse that’s both valid and not the whole story for Ford, which reports quarterly earnings after the close on Jan. 16 at a Deutsche Bank conference in Detroit. “We Ford Motor Co. The second-largest U.S. market in 2011.