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TSMC Delays Opening of U.S. Fab Complex

Supply Chain Matters

advanced chip fabrication complex in Arizona until 2025, a year later than previously planned. In a separate published report, Bloomberg opined that: “ The hiccups in Arizona, however, call into question whether TSMC can make chips abroad as efficiently as back home. from Taiwan to assist in facility planning and layout.

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Rivian and Lucid Supply Chain and Production Challenges Continue

Supply Chain Matters

A management presentation indicated that liquidity is sufficient to carry the company into 2025. Net loss was reported as $2.8 billion in 2023 compared with a $2.6 billion operating loss in 2022. This EV auto maker ended Q4 with a reported $4.8 billion in total liquidity.

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Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions to Semiconductors 2023

Resilinc

In July, TSMC had to postpone the plant opening in Arizona until 2025 due to labor shortages. This is part of a larger dilemma across the industry—is it better to build new fabs or renovate aging fabs ? Both are costly and time-consuming endeavors. Labor shortages are also causing factory disruptions.

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), reported an April 2023 value of 50.9,

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The Impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on Reverse Logistics

Enterra Insights

Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, writes, “The coronavirus has disrupted U.S. A market projected to reach $603.9bn by 2025, reverse logistics — when optimized — can increase customer satisfaction and even ROI. Hitendra Chaturvedi, a professor at the Supply Chain Department of W.P. ”[6].

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Amazon Leasing Air Cargo Space, Delivering by Drone

Multichannel Merchant

In unrelated aerial news from Amazon, the company has begun making drone deliveries in Texas and Washington state, as has (no coincidence) Walmart, in Texas, Florida and Arizona , according to various media. billion, which is $48.6 billion more than in 2019.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

The auto industry makes up less than 9% of chip demand by revenue, and that figure is expected to increase by 10% per year until 2025. As of 2020, only 12% of semiconductor chips were made in the United States. ( IDC via IEEE Spectrum). The semiconductor market has potential to reach overcapacity by 2023. Wall Street Journal ).