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Boeing’s Potential Sourcing Reversal- Financial or Operational?

Supply Chain Matters

Senior Leadership Changes As noted in an attached comment to our prior update, Vice President and General Manager Ed Clarke , an 18-year veteran leading the 737 program including leadership of production operations in Renton, Washington , is stepping down immediately. The post Boeing’s Potential Sourcing Reversal- Financial or Operational?

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China Restricts Exports on Two Chip Metals, Raising Supply Chain Concerns

Exiger Perspectives

The New Trade Controls Will Likely Prompt Companies to Identify Alternative Sourcing Methods China’s move to restrict exports of two metals used in chipmaking and other goods poses a new threat to global supply chains, and makers of consumer electronics, solar cells, and semiconductors could see disruptions soon. In the U.S.,

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On the Road to Driver-Less Cars

BlueYonder

According to Paul Lienert’s article, Exclusive: GM plans to build, test thousands of self-driving Bolts in 2018 – sources , the vehicles will be tested in ride-sharing fleets across several states, marking what is expected to be one of the largest tests by a major automaker. Reuters reports that General Motors Co.,

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Added Boeing Developments Related to Production Quality Challenges

Supply Chain Matters

The development, initially reported by The Wall Street Journal citing informed sources, involves the interviewing of passengers and crew members who were on-board the aircraft at the time of the incident.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up- August 17 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Sources indicated to CNBC that while no strikes have been announced or expected, there are concerns future strikes could be announced. According to reporting from The Washington Post , this development was the first coordinated action involving the Amazon Air airfreight division.

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Report That Boeing to Slash Finance Management, HR and Other Staff Jobs

Supply Chain Matters

A published business broadcasting network CNBC report indicated that the commercial aircraft manufacturer had plans to operate three production lines at the Renton, Washington production facility in addition to the planned fourth line. Layoff notices reportedly are planned to be made in April, with two waves to follow a 60-day intervals.

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U.S. Defense Supply Chain 'Alarmingly' Reliant on China, Other Rivals

Material Handling & Logistics

military properly defend our nation if it can’t source what it needs from domestic sources — and instead must depend on potential adversaries for those materials? aerospace and defense companies “to find gaps and weaknesses in the nation’s military readiness,” according to the Wall Street Journal. How can the U.S.