Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Background Supply chain ethical and social responsibility, that which umbrellas ESG conformance, have increasingly become a concern for businesses, large and small, along with their procurement organizations. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

It demands an in-depth understanding of every stage of the supply chain, from the initial procurement of raw materials to the delivery of the final product. This includes manufacturers in the automotive, electronics, and aerospace fields and service providers within the healthcare and hospitality realms.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 6, 2024

Background In prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries, we have highlighted ongoing production and supply chain challenges related to high profile EV start-ups Rivian Automotive and Lucid. Once more, the company has a stated goal to produce upwards of 22,000 vehicles in 2024. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rivian Automotive is now free to sell its EV parcel vans to other parcel carriers, and added reinforcement from multiple ocean container shipping carriers that the existing industry volume declines could extend for two to three years. production worker hourly wages starting in January 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group highlights a 2024 prediction of added labor activism continuing across industry supply chains in 2024. With government trade policies favoring more domestic sourcing of deemed strategic supply networks such as semiconductor devices, there are already indications across the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2023

Tesla Senior Vice President of Automotive , Tom Zhu, who took up residence at the Shanghai auto factory during lockdown, was present at the announcement this weekend. The new factory itself has groundbreaking scheduled for the third quarter of this year with readiness for operation planned by the second quarter of 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 13, 2024

In this industry specific Supply Chain Matters commentary , we provide perspectives on aerospace and commercial aircraft producer Boeing ’s added challenge in 2024, that being on the labor relations front. As noted in our prediction, the lens in 2024 further turns toward labor negotiations involving U.S. The future of a U.S.

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Resilinc

JULY 26, 2022

Samsung follower SamMobile.com reports that Samsung is boosting its use of domestic Korean sources for expandable components in semiconductor manufacturing. For supply chain managers charged with semiconductor procurement, this statement from TSMC CEO CC Wei may be of the more direct interest.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, we highlight a rather significant reports indicating that Apple is considering sourcing of the chip fabrication of its advanced design semiconductor processers within the U.S. That plant is slated for a 2024 opening. within a period of two years, and the industry implications from such a move. .

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 3, 2024

Major Earthquake Senior business, procurement, information technology or supply chain executives with the responsibility for the assessment and mitigation of business related risks can often contemplate various impactful risk events. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update on ongoing strategic sourcing and operational developments occurring among electric vehicle focused supply and production networks. Included in this update are Tesla , Rivian Automotive and Mercedes Vans , along with recycling technology start-up efforts.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

According to reports from Bloomberg, Automotive News, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal , wages for most Toyota assembly line workers will increase from $31.86 per hour, beginning on January 1, 2024. The global automaker who operates non-unionized facilities across the U.S. per hour, to $34.80

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 11, 2023

ESMC reportedly aims to begin construction of the fab in the second half of 2024 with production targeted to begin by the end of 2027, four years from now. One prominent area has been that of semiconductor design, fabrication, and assembly needed to support deemed strategic domestic industries and national defense needs.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 16, 2023

Rivian Automotive ’s recent report on quarterly financial performance provides evidence that this EV start-up is showing signs that the company has done its homework in supply chain and production operations industry basics. Plans established for 2024 were to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The government watchdog group indicated that the provincial and federal tax revenues generated by the joint investments would not equal the subsidy totals until the year 2043, assuming that production started in 2024. Reportedly, the original government estimate of breakeven payback for the VW investment was five years.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Aggressive Timeline According to Tesla , plans reportedly call for breaking ground for this facility in the first quarter of 2024 with production anticipated to commence in the fourth quarter. are more than likely to continue, and this particular development bears watching in 2024. From our lens, with the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

It includes Transporeon Execution Solutions , procurement, and market intelligence offerings along with Sixfold , a real-time visibility capability aggregating live data from supply chains across Europe leveraging AI based technology. billion market valuation based on 2024 revenue expectations in 2024. while securing a $5.4

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

Bart DeMuynck, Chief Industry Analyst at supply chain visibility provider project44 indicates that he expects retailers trying to keep shelves stocked to be hit the hardest if a strike does occur, followed by automotive makers that ship millions of aftermarket parts to dealers and parts retailers.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

They are tenets which have been incorporated not only in automotive industry but other discrete manufacturing settings. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Other viewpoints or perspectives are certainly encouraged. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Industry vertical concentration includes Automotive, Manufacturing and Logistics industry sectors. billion market valuation based on 2024 revenue expectations. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. while securing a $5.4 All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 29, 2022

Further weighting down financial results was Amazon’s ongoing equity stake in Rivian Automotive , which has ongoing supply chain challenges hindering production start-up volume goals. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger indicated that the semiconductor chip shortage will last longer than expected, likely into 2024. “

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

28% of global retailers have tried to find alternative sourcing options due to supply chain issues (RetailNext, 2020). 49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Source: Consultancy.UK. Image source: Fortune. Consultancy UK).

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 13, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights Rivian Automotive ’s reported Q4 and full-year financial and operational performance along with plans for the next two years. billion in 2023, and reaching positive gross profit by 2024. Plans established for 2024 are to increase production capacity to 85,000 vehicles.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Continuing our Supply Chain Matters highlights of the global wide automotive industry’s ongoing supply network and production transformation towards developing and producing electric powered vehicles, we highlight a recent announcement from Ford Motor Company. automotive market, but also to meet the incentive needs under the U.S.

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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

Global capacity constraints came to the forefront during the global wide Covid – 19 pandemic period, when a global wide shortage of such devices considerably impacted automotive production and other equipment output. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In a Supply Chain Matters posting published on the day of signing into law by President Joseph Bidon , we noted the overall significance to high tech, consumer electronics, industrial and automotive supply networks among other industries. Most of this development and production capability in now concentrated in certain Asian. Bob Ferrari.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Seasonal products that don’t make it out of the warehouse are doomed to sit there until the season rolls around again–especially if they are long-tail items that service seasonally-affected machinery and automotive parts. 44% of procurement leaders expect disruptions to ease by the end of 2023. Markdowns and Returns. last year).

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As far back as 2021, Supply Chain Matters has highlighted both the near-term tactical and strategic implications of the global wide shortage of semiconductors , particularly on the global automotive industry. As for this year, the report points to a slower start as non-automotive industry robotic needs have been falling-off.

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QAD

MAY 18, 2023

The automotive industry is undergoing a massive technological transformation toward vehicle electrification and the shift presents huge opportunities for manufacturers that do business in the US, especially since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 15, 2024

is making investments to enhance domestic sourcing and production within noted strategic and economic industry sectors. percent to 25 percent in 2024. That is with the backdrop that existing legacy semiconductor production, such as those supplying global automotive production needs have already caught up with existing demand.

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