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Are Procurement and Logistics Executives Aligned When Faced with Current Supply Chain Challenges?

NC State SCRC

Procurement and supply chain executives are on the “same team” – and in general, a recent study conducted by the SCRC and GEP suggests that there is strong alignment between the two functions when it comes to prioritizing lower risks and reducing uncertainty in supply chains. And the older brother of speed is visibility.

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TSMC Ups its Investment in U.S. Based Semiconductor Fab Production

Supply Chain Matters

The manufacturer indicated in a statement at the time that: “ In light of the strong customer demands we are seeing in TSMC’s advanced technology, we will consider adding more capacity in Arizona with a second fab based on operating efficiency and cost economic considerations.”. Apple’s exclusive chip-manufacturing partner.

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US Semiconductor Fab Investments Make Headlines and Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

According to a White House briefing , Intel itself has plans to invest upwards of $100 billion to build and expand these semiconductor fab and supply network support facilities in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico , and Oregon with the potential to create upwards of 30,000 jobs.

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TSMC Plans for First European Based Semiconductor Chip Plant

Supply Chain Matters

The announcement was widely anticipated and comes as EU nations have expressed strategic policy needs to reduce existing reliance on Chinese and Asian based advanced technology imports including Taiwan. fab facility to be located in Arizona because of an indicated shortage of skilled workers and higher infrastructure and operating costs.

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The CHIPS Act: impacts and implications

Resilinc

WSJ tech columnist Andy Kessler called it politically driven “industrial policy” that focuses on fabs and ignores the complex global interdependencies of the semiconductor value chain. ” What does this all mean for supply chain managers responsible for procuring semiconductors? were bearing fruit.”

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Implications of Apple Securing Semiconductor Fab Supply from the United States

Supply Chain Matters

Governments are additionally adopting legislation that views domestic semiconductor presence as a key fabric of economic, industrial and national defense policy, and now providing added incentives for fab and chip producers to source domestically where demand warrants. Apple’s exclusive chip-manufacturing partner.

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Supply Chain Management in a VUCA World

Enterra Insights

Yet all of the functions that we now associate with Supply Chain have been around for a very long time: Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, Procurement and Purchasing, Warehousing and many more.”[2] ”[4] Many of the policies and actions of the current U.S. Carey School of Business, explains what it entails.