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This Week in Logistics News (April 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Retailers and manufacturers are flying more goods around the shipping crisis in the Red Sea , industry experts say, helping boost international airfreight operators after a long period of sagging cargo volumes. billion grant on Monday designed to commit the world’s top chipmaker to mass-produce its next generation of microchips in Arizona.

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Webinar Recap: The Case for a Pan-American Manufacturing Ecosystem

Resilinc

In the decades since, Linton and his teams at IBM, LG, Flex and other companies have driven billions in annual procurement to China and other Asian countries, helping to create the Asia-centric manufacturing supply chains of today. based manufacturers will still need a strong supply base from friendly countries.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

One of those voices is Hitendra Chaturvedi, professor of practice in supply chain management at Arizona State University’s W. But in his 2021 book “ Sense and Sustainability ,” Chaturvedi shows he’s an idealist as well as a realist. Resilinc: What’s the current status of reshoring manufacturing? Carey School of Business.

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TSMC Delays Opening of U.S. Fab Complex

Supply Chain Matters

advanced chip fabrication complex in Arizona until 2025, a year later than previously planned. In a separate published report, Bloomberg opined that: “ The hiccups in Arizona, however, call into question whether TSMC can make chips abroad as efficiently as back home. When semiconductor manufacturing first exited the U.S.

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Complete Decoupling from China is Not the Answer

Enterra Insights

One of the things highlighted by the pandemic was the danger of relying too heavily on China’s manufacturing sector. Wong reports the European Union is implementing strict laws against importing products manufactured using forced labor. Biden, like former U.S. ”[1]. The Current State of Things. R&D, for example.

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The Rise of EVs: Taking a Leadership Role at NAATBatt 2023

QAD

To move the electrification of North America securely into the future with a self-sustaining supply chain. To demonstrate solidarity in helping these emerging manufacturers succeed, QAD officially planted its own flag on the links, opening NAATBatt in grand style – as premier sponsors of the conference’s annual golf luncheon and tournament.

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Rivian and Lucid Supply Chain and Production Challenges Continue

Supply Chain Matters

The ability to ramp up and sustain manufacturing output is a further challenge in order to generate needed cash to sustain operations. In March of 2023, Supply Chain Matters highlighted a report indicating a manufacturing reorganization with Rivian.