Supply Chain Matters

JULY 14, 2022

Laura Kelly jointly announced yesterday that the state of Kansas will be a new location for a proposed US-based lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility, pending approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Other battery manufacturers that have elected to invest in U.S. location. All rights reserved. .

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2022

However markets recovered themselves in 2021 to greater extent and the economists are forecasting an expansion of that steady growth in the year 2022 as well. This is a direct result of the overstocking/stockpiling that happened in Asian manufacturing and retailing sectors. They are emphasizing on renewable sources of energy.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 10, 2023

July is typically a month in which Chinese suppliers and manufacturers have ramped up production levels to support global-wide back-to-school and other holiday related demand for products that peak in the November and December surge period. reflects broader weakness in the entire chain of global manufacturing.” percent in 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights an additional strategic sourcing announcement involving the future production of electric powered autos and vehicles in North America. South Korea based LG Chem announced this week a planned $3.2 © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 3, 2023

The July numbers signal a continued downturn in global manufacturing conditions with output and new order rates reportedly falling at faster rates. Global Wide Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as reported by the J.P. Manufacturing production reportedly decreased for the second consecutive month.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

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. stock market close today, Tesla is scheduled to report its Q4-2022 quarterly and full year financial performance. After the U.S. More to come.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights published reports indicating that leading semiconductor fab and device manufacturer TSMC is eyeing a second fab production presence in the U.S. With semiconductor sourcing capability being viewed as “the new oil” in geo-political trade the dynamics are ever changing. based fabrication facility.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 15, 2023

All these modern products are manufactured using the key commodities germanium and gallium. Unfortunately, China has just issued critical restrictions on these commodities, creating a cause for concern for many businesses and manufacturers in the high-tech and semiconductor space. Do you know what these products have in common?

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2022

Samsung already has a presence in the area in what is described as the largest fab facility outside of the company’s South Korea corporate headquarters. and Europe to actively consider tax incentives and other policy measures that would lead to more domestic sourcing of semiconductor production. has to do so as well.

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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In 2022, the US passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to provide tax incentives and funding to create a clean energy economy. In India, the national Production Linked Incentive (PLI) is set to encourage domestic EV manufacturing—and this is just a glimpse of the latest policies worldwide. billion in 2022.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

For high-tech OEMs such as Apple, Samsung, Sony, Dell, and other top makers of electronics gear, the first half of 2022 has been a wild ride. Not coincidentally, the company opened its first in-house European manufacturing facility in Budapest in June. Lenovo, the largest PC maker by unit sales, saw 12.5%

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 2, 2022

percent in the first half of 2022, reportedly driven by price growth of 6.5 Samsung Electronics reported an over 21 percent rise in quarterly revenues for the South Korea based company, but the numbers reportedly ended a streak of three consecutive quarters of record revenue growth. Higher costs reportedly have resulted in a 2.8

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. 28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 7, 2023

The alternative supply chain or “ Altasian” is defined as countries consisting of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, the Philippines , Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh. billion in population will be the linchpin of an alternative sourced Asian supply network.

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Vinculum

MAY 17, 2022

A report mentioned by IMARC Group with title mainly called Account Reconciliation Software market includes Global Industry shares, opportunity, size, share, trends, and forecast 2022-2027. Billion by 2027, along with a CAGR of approximately 14.80% between 2022 and 2027. Manufacturing. Market Outlook (2022-2027).

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2024

Slight Rise in Global Wide Production Activity Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® was headlined with back-to-back expansion levels in February. The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI® rose from 56.5 Manufacturing Among the two reported PMI reports relative to U.S.

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Arena Solutions

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

billion in 2022 to USD 28.3 and France investing heavily in developing and procuring advanced UAM systems for commercial operations. Ann noted, “We can manage product complexity by providing one accurate source of product information for the entire product team, including your global supply chain. billion by 2030.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 9, 2022

based high tech, and other related industry supply and manufacturing networks. based semiconductor research, development, manufacturing, and workforce development. That includes $39 billion in manufacturing incentives, $13.2 based chip manufacturing facilities in addition to two major facilities in the state of Texas.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Supply Chain Matters has provided readers multiple commentaries focused on the shifting forces, both geo-political and industry generated, that are now providing short and longer-term impacts on the sourcing of semiconductor manufacturing and associated networks. sourced design technology for China ’s major chip designers and fabs.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 21, 2024

Chips and Science Act signed into law in August 2022. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has specifically indicated that the plans for Columbus, Ohio complex include being: “ t he largest AI chip manufacturing site in the world.” sourced capability. The monies come from the U.S. It’s not going to come back in three to five years.”

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Global Production Activity Rise Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P. Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI® began 2024 with output levels rising for the first time in eight months. Global manufacturing employment levels fell for the fifth straight month. Manufacturing , there were mixed consensus.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 16, 2021

The review focused on four specific supply chain areas: “semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging; large capacity batteries, like those for electric vehicles; critical minerals and materials; and pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).”[1] 100-Day Report Findings. Therefore, the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

Next came, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, was signed into law by President Joe Biden in December of 2021 and then went into effect in June of 2022. In October of 2022, the Biden administration published a tough set of technology export controls. It is not just US tool manufacturers that are affected.

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