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Breaking Industry Supply Chain News from Tesla

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development involving Tesla’s existing Nevada based Gigafactory that will be of interest to Automotive EV manufacturers and their supply networks. His 2018 effort led to a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement and this consequent shareholder lawsuit. More to come.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Major Trends: Volatile Production, Capacity Crisis & The Need for EV Automotive manufacturing is experiencing a huge global transformation compared to the past. Let’s take a look at today’s vehicle production and distribution market and how companies are overcoming these challenges.

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Global Manufacturers' Supply Chains Strain to Keep Up With Faster Economy

Material Handling & Logistics

A key development to watch out for in 2018 is the potential advent of accelerating inflation,” said Larry Hatheway, chief economist at GAM. “It Firms expressed discomfort as euro-area manufacturing growth accelerated to a record in December, capping a solid year for industry. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Transparency, on the other hand, involves moral and ethical dimensions of activities associated with sourcing and manufacturing. Rootstock analysts explain, “Manufacturing supply chains need transparency throughout the process to avoid bad press outcomes from failures in the chain.” Footnotes. [1]

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Made in America vs. Assembled in America – Defining Terms!

Supply Chain Game Changer

When a product has a label stating “Made in USA,” it means its manufacturing has complied with several rules set by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). First, any labels reading “Manufactured in USA” or “Produced in USA” are considered unqualified U.S. Also, the product must be manufactured entirely or almost entirely within the U.S.

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Expect Uncertainty for Inbound Shipments into Asia and China

CH Robinson Transportfolio

million TEUs in 2018—and it would seem that Singapore is thriving. Indonesia expected to maintain growth. Indonesia expected to maintain growth. Unlike other Asia Pacific countries, many experts expect Indonesia to maintain their economic growth in 2019 given its more domestically driven economy. With growth only at 0.1%

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Thailand Courts Foreign Investment, While Leadership Questions Remain

Supply Chain Brain

GDP growth lags that of Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In the 2018 edition of the Bloomberg Innovation Index , Thailand ranked 45th. Officials had promised elections by late 2018, but recent squabbling over the details of a parliamentary election bill could stretch that to as late as February of 2019.