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Tech OEMS battle it out in the semiconductor value chain

Resilinc

According to Counterpoint Research, as quoted by Nikkei Asia, Samsung saw “favorable pricing, high utilization rate[s] and share wins in [the] foundry sector,” including strong growth in large-scale integration for products ranging from smartphones to automobiles. TSMC says it will mass produce 3nm chips by the end of the year. “To

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. The two companies have partnered for nearly a year with a significant customer in Asia using the world-class mobility platform. Meanwhile, Cleveland.com reports that Peloton will roll out platooning on the Ohio Turnpike this year.

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La Nina’s impact on the food supply chain

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Northeast see less snow and rain than usual as La Niña causes storms to dump more precipitation over the Great Lakes, Ohio and Tennessee River valleys? How much will La Niña increase precipitation in Asia? Will drought persist in California, as La Niña shifts storm tracks northward? Will the U.S.

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

Containers of fitness equipment shipped from Asia were delayed by major port and inland logistics disruptions. According to a published report from Bloomberg , indications are that the plans for the new Ohio production facility are being shelved and the company “ is walking away from in-house production altogether.”.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

February 17, 2022, 12:01 AM EST. On the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, where the remains of a 200-year-old canal built to connect Cleveland with Cincinnati snake around new warehouse parks, a modern tributary of the global economy widens a little more with each planeload of goods that roars down its runways. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S.

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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

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The main countries affected by the drought are China, Japan, South Korea, and the US, as the Panama Canal facilitates 46% of container movement from northeastern Asia to the US. Currently, in the US, the Mississippi and Ohio River water levels are falling at an alarming rate due to heat and lack of rainfall.

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Added In-Transit Inventory Exposures Add to Implications of Inbound Cost Inflation for Industry Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

With the on-time arrival times of container ships down to a level of less than 36 percent, and with ocean transit times from Asia to U.S. The report observes that in December 2021, U.S. West Coast ports currently averaging over 100 days, more inventory is sitting on ships and not able to be sold.