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Inflation Reduction Act & What It Means for EV Production

QAD

This new tax credit could help to drive EV prices down, increase EV adoption, and give automakers the demand they need to transition to a BEV-heavy vehicle lineup—but that’s only if they can quickly regionalize their supply chains to meet the new “manufactured in North America” clause. How Does the Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Work?

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. I will soon be publishing the 2021 base-year study with a five-year forecast through 2026. Contact us for more information. In 2021, the SCS segment revenues grew an impressive 44.5

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Airbus to Double China Based Final Assembly Aircraft Output

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights reports indicating that Europe based Airbus will double China based aircraft final assembly output by 2024. The Announcement Commercial aircraft designer and manufacturer Airbus announced plans t o double the production of the company’s final assembly production capabilities within China.

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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel

Resilinc

In Europe, the Green Deal Industrial Plan will require all new cars sold in the EU to be zero-emission starting in 2035. 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. from 2023 to 2030.

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The Cost of Backhauls

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The problem of empty trucks has gotten worse in Europe, with the proportion of mileage driven by vehicles with zero cargo going up. The price of sending goods via road freight in Europe reached an “all-time high” according to an index published by the International Road Transport Union in a report last month. A complicated business.

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

ToolsGroup

49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. Automotive News Europe ). In response to the Ukraine invasion, Europe’s wholesale gas price surged by 69%. Russia supplies almost 40% of the natural gas supply for Europe. Nikkei Asia ).

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Staying on Top of MDR, IVDR, and Surveillance Requirements With Cloud QMS

Arena Solutions

The Importance of Post-Market Surveillance in Medical Device Manufacturing Manufacturers of medical devices must carry out post-market surveillance once they are commercially available, according to regulatory authorities in the majority of markets, including the United States and the European Union (EU).