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

Resilinc

High-temperature alloys, created primarily using cobalt, are essential for advanced technologies like semiconductor fabrication, electric vehicle batteries, and aerospace products. To meet this demand and ensure a sustainable supply chain, Australia, Chile , China, and Brazil are proactively ramping up their lithium production.

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American Software Reports First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Results

Logility

We continue to see increasing adoption of cloud-based supply chain transformation solutions, resulting in accelerating backlog growth as measured by our Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO), which increased 63% to $122 million in the first quarter when compared to last year. Logility, Inc. and Demand Management, Inc., Logility, Inc.

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Two Important Questions About the Future of Freight Moves

Talking Logistics

In recent years, the aerospace heavyweights Boeing and Northrop Grumman have developed airships; Russia, Brazil, and China have built or conceived prototypes, and Canada has designs for a few of them, including the Solar Ship, which looks like a bloated stealth bomber, with solar panels spread across the top of helium-filled wings.

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China, Tariffs, and Trade Policy. What’s Going On?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Read this summary, and consider how you will manage potential disruptions to your supply chain as developments continue to unfold. . Additionally, absolute quota will be applicable for imports from Argentina, Brazil, and South Korea for steel imports; and to Argentina for aluminum imports as of June 1, 2018. Ships and boats.

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Supply chain pain points: Automotive

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater 6 speed bumps on the road to automotive supply chain success. A trending move from regional to global supply chain processes is adding complexity to the automotive supply chain at an unprecedented level, driving a growing need for automation and collaboration. Multiple ERPs.

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America First: How a New Slew of Trade Policies Will Impact Supply Chain

Elementum

We’re taking a look at what the new tariffs mean for supply chain, and how businesses can protect their interests. China, producer of half the world’s steel supply, was levied with an additional tariff on over $60 billion worth of imports. How will supply chains be impacted? How to avoid a supply chain emergency.

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America First: How a New Slew of Trade Policies Will Impact Supply Chain

Elementum

We’re taking a look at what the new tariffs mean for supply chain, and how businesses can protect their interests. China, producer of half the world’s steel supply, was levied with an additional tariff on over $60 billion worth of imports. How will supply chains be impacted? How to avoid a supply chain emergency.