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Digital Megatrends – Shaping Supply Chain Innovation

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Digital megatrends – Shaping Supply Chain Innovation. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can achieve this by tapping into technological megatrends shaping supply chain innovations, – like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and software as a service (SaaS). Opinion Editorial by GeTS.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

At the start of this decade, there have been many discussions centred on how electric vehicles (EVs) will help decarbonise the planet and transform the automotive industry. Major Trends: Volatile Production, Capacity Crisis & The Need for EV Automotive manufacturing is experiencing a huge global transformation compared to the past.

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Supply Chain Solutions: What You Can Learn From the Semiconductor Industry

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Growing demand for mobile phones, wearables, and automotive devices is projected to increase demand for semiconductor products. With demand growing for these simpler products, many buyers have established facilities in North Asia to take advantage of lower labor costs. As a result, semiconductor producers have followed them to the region.

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Thailand Courts Foreign Investment, While Leadership Questions Remain

Supply Chain Brain

GDP growth lags that of Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In the 2018 edition of the Bloomberg Innovation Index , Thailand ranked 45th. Targeted sectors include automotive, aviation, medical and bio-based energy and chemicals.

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Can the Latin America and Caribbean Region Use Nearshoring to Become a Supply Chain Hub?

MIT Supply Chain

Costa Rica, Mexico, and Colombia came in fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively (behind Malaysia). Mexico is particularly strong in heavy manufacturing industries, notably, automotive. While this evaluation provides an overview of LAC’s national competitiveness on the world stage, the picture is much more nuanced within the region.

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Why a Product-Centric Approach to Quality Matters

Arena Solutions

As the founder of the Product Realization Group, Michael helps guide the world’s most innovative companies to accelerate delivery of their products from concept to full market scale. She spent most of those years in the healthcare industry and recently spent time in the automotive industry. Angenette was a captain in the U.S.

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