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Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions of 2023

Resilinc

For example, on June 26, Lithium producer Livent Corp had a fire at its largest manufacturing plant in North Carolina. ARC Technologies manufactures a variety of sound absorbers, including honeycomb absorbers used to reduce noise from aircraft engines. A lithium compound caught fire at the 800-acre facility.

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Supply Chain Disruption and Digitization

Enterra Insights

They include: Real-time Big Data and advanced analytics; mobility; the Internet of Things (IoT); social media; additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing); and drones/autonomous vehicles. ” Additive manufacturing/3D printing. One of the best examples is the delivery of blood bags in some areas of Africa. Blockchain.

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Beyond The Data with William Sandoval

The Logistics of Logistics

I’m based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is a beautiful part of the country. Eventually, I moved into manufacturing. As a manufacturer, it is giving the customer recommendations of things they could do to prevent something from happening or address the situation through some level of action. That is great.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

As an example, there are tariffs on the automotive rotors that go into a brake system, and over the last ten years, the vast majority of these are produced in northern China. Andrew Partis shared his views from ThermoFisher, a global contrat manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry. Andrew P.

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