Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 26, 2022

In prior Supply Chain Matters automotive industry supply network commentaries, we have highlighted the challenges of innovative EV powered start-ups such as Tesla , Lucid Motors and Rivian Automotive. Background. Ford Motor Company was also an initial equity investor in Rivian.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

That surge has created the highest differential at that California facility than at any port tracked by Container xChange over the past three years. The company will work with Chinese automobile manufacturer Jiangling Motors (JMC) and Chinese express delivery company ZTO Express to commercialize its first self-driving van at scale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 10, 2023

Actually, when looking a bit closer at the numbers, supply pressures actually fell below normal. The February reading in the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index was -0.26, reaching negative territory for the first time since August 2019. And now on to this week’s logistics news. and the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Supply chain disruptions continue to lead to product shortages around the world. The ongoing pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, along with the Russia-Ukraine war, limited available supplies of cocoa, edible oil, and other food ingredients. Walmart launches new restored goods program.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030. California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar, California Lt. Amazon to double Europe EV fleet by 2025.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Chipotle’s push for humane chicken delayed amid tight supplies. Mexican factories gain in supply chain revamps. FedEx Express is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

Kraft Heinz wants to solve its supply chain problems — in the metaverse. Biden to announce 3D printing initiative to boost US supply chain. The initiative, dubbed Additive Manufacturing Forward, will match large manufacturers with US-based supply companies to use 3D printing technology to manufacture parts.

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ShipBob

JUNE 7, 2021

The ecommerce supply chain has unfortunately affected the environment and contributed to climate change. . Last-mile delivery growth will increase carbon emissions by 30% by 2030. Going green with your business doesn’t have to disrupt your entire supply chain but can improve it. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

And as consumers are beginning to think about their Halloween plans, retailers and manufacturers are looking much farther ahead to the holiday season. EU proposes supply chain emergency powers, spooking business. It’s hard to believe that Halloween is just five weeks away. Another is getting a product strategy in place.

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Provenance

AUGUST 13, 2018

Interested in understanding how supply chain transparency could benefit your business? China’s low prices have historically undercut global prices and pushed out foreign competitors –– such as the Mountain Pass mine in California, which closed in 2002. Read the short version of this report on Medium. Get in touch here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2023

To that end, it has set greenhouse gas emissions goals, vowing to limit its Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 50 percent by 2030, using 2019 as its baseline. Scope 1 is linked to operations; Scope 2 is tied to the fuels it buys from others, and Scope 3 is associated with the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Nintendo is struggling to break out of a frustrating sales slowdown, selling 33 percent fewer units of Switch game systems in the April-June quarter than a year ago in Japan due to a crippled supply chain. Nintendo is having negotiations on procurement, but the outlook is uncertain. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2021

The company’s supermarket chain Safeway is piloting a remote-controlled grocery delivery cart in Northern California with automated logistics specialist Tortoise. The combination has led to delays for suppliers shipping their goods, retailers like Costco receiving products, and higher costs along the supply chain.

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