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Peril of EV Start-Ups: Fisker’s Investor Warning

Supply Chain Matters

Electric vehicle company Fisker recently issued a going concern warning amid continued production and supply chain challenges. Background In prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries, we have highlighted ongoing production and supply chain challenges related to high profile EV start-ups Rivian Automotive and Lucid.

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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

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Supply Chain Matters provides highlights perspectives and added insights on reported August 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. The Wall Street Journal has reported ( Paid subscription ) that large U.S. All rights reserved.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides a further global supply chain assessment in the highlights and added insights on reported November 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Austria was indicated as the worst performer, followed by Germany and France. reflecting a 1.1

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September and Q3 Global PMI Levels Remain in Contraction

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added insights on reported September and Q3 2023 global and regional production and supply chain PMI indices. Reportedly, with the exception of Greece , all other EU countries registered PMI declines, with Germany and Austria having the fastest rates of production declines.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Opens Austria Office. to Provide Next-Generation Supply Chain Resiliency Capabilities. Ratings for President Obama’s “State of the Union” address were the lowest since 2000 , but if you tuned in, he raised a couple of points related to supply chain and logistics. UPS Releases 4Q Results.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- May 12 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our May 12, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis capsule of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. in Lithium Supply Tie-Up U.S. to Combine with Allkem Ltd. to Combine with Allkem Ltd. based Livent Corp.

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Where are all the N95 Masks? A Supply Chain Dilemma

NC State SCRC

The shortage of N95 masks seems to be a big mystery, but several recent articles in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal explore the case of the missing masks. However, there could be another supply chain shortage further up the chain: polypropylene resin, which ran short during the 2009 H1N1 influenz pandemic.