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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. I am the most worried about the chemical sector.

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PFAS Lawsuits and Legislation: Supply Chain Impact

Resilinc

For decades PFAS chemicals have not only found their way into everyday home products, from skincare to clothes and cookware to carpet, but also into drinking water for entire cities. The main industries that use AFFF products include defense, petrochemical, and aerospace. Let’s look at current legislation against PFAS chemicals.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This small island is currently in the middle of political tensions between the US and China and represents 90% of the most sophisticated chips, such as those based on gallium nitride and gallium arsenide, which are used in the defense and aerospace sector. I am the most worried about the chemical sector.

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How to Become DFARS Compliant and Avoid Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

RFgen

We’ll also provide questions and strategies to help contractors improve systems and processes for combatting counterfeit electronic parts in the aerospace and defense supply chain. This article will examine the scale of the counterfeit parts problem and what’s changed in acquisition regulations to try to address it.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

Within the aerospace and commercial aircraft industry, involuntary job losses among highly skilled workers that occurred in 2020 and 2021 are still being felt as the industry attempts to again ramp-up monthly production levels for commercial aircraft or address large scale aircraft engine premature component replacement needs.

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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

Industries impacted include semiconductors, high-tech, automotive, aerospace, and telecommunications. Gallium in particular is needed to manufacture gallium arsenide , an integral chemical compound used to make semiconductors.

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Logistics in the Manufacturing Industry: New report highlights 3PL benefits

Kanban Logistics

The six largest sectors – Computer & Electronic Products; Fabricated Metal Products; Chemical Products ; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; Transportation Equipment; and Petroleum & Coal Products – had moderate-to-strong growth. Positive takeaways for August include the following. New orders increased by 1.8%.