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How EV Manufacturers Can Navigate Supply Chain Complexity

Arena Solutions

The global shift from traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to vehicles with electrified powertrains is underway, and it’s creating greater complexity for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their supply chains. Once the raw materials are sourced, the final batteries are assembled primarily in Asia.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

In those roles, we closely aligned with 3,000 total suppliers globally, constituting about 6,500 individual manufacturing locations. We were also in Europe, North Africa, and Asia. A simple thing that we always said was that we wanted to buy where we manufactured. You realize a 10-cent part could shut down an entire car maker.