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Coronavirus and the Automotive and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

While the human aspect of this outbreak is clearly the biggest story, the virus is causing major disruptions in global supply chains as well. As my colleague Steve Banker pointed out yesterday, the global high-tech supply chain has been hit particularly hard. But other industries are feeling the impact as well.

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Driving the Future of Automotive — Connected, Autonomous, Electric, Configure to Order

BlueYonder

For over a century, the global automotive industry has been focused on one central technology: the internal combustion engine. But now, the digitalization of the modern car is revolutionizing the industry, with enormous repercussions for the end-to-end supply chain.

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Transforming the Automotive Supply Chain: It’s Time to Be Brave

BlueYonder

The automotive industry has shown itself to be brave in recent times, in all areas but one: the supply chain. Brave” in this context points to a never-ending stream of innovations in the automotive space. Brave” in this context points to a never-ending stream of innovations in the automotive space.

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Visions of the Automotive Supply Chain Prophets

QAD

Together with Quistem Founder and President Cathy Fisher, the two of us are co-hosting “ Auto Supply Chain Prophets ,” which is the first podcast dedicated solely to global automotive supply chain issues. Becoming Supply Chain Focused.

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How a Fortune 500 Company Transformed its Supply Chain Using a Digital Twin-Enabled Control Tower

Supply chain plays a crucial role for this Fortune 500 automotive manufacturer. With the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, along with demand and supply fluctuations in the subsequent years, many manufacturers, including this one, saw significant stress on their global supply chains. Key capabilities.

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Supply Chain Software’s Best Return on Investment

Logistics Viewpoints

Per $1 billion in company revenues, no supply chain application has a better return on investment (ROI) than network design! The larger the supply chain, the bigger the payout. I recently talked to a former executive at a global automotive manufacturer. This supply chain spanned across 24 nations.

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How the UAW Strike is Shaking Up the Automotive Supply Chain

Resilinc

million Americans in the auto parts manufacturing business, but the damage will hit smaller auto suppliers that are further down the supply chain the hardest. The effects of the strike are already rippling through the automotive supply chain. Small Businesses Feel the Effects of the UAW Strike There are 4.8

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How Data Analytics Can Solve the Challenges Faced by SC Leaders in Discrete Manufacturing

From consumer electronics to automotive manufacturing, most of the global economy’s largest industries rely on some form of discrete manufacturing. Manufacturers in these industries face several unique challenges: Labor and material shortages halting production. Lack of collaboration between supply chain stakeholders.

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Digital Transformation: Why You Can’t Afford to Wait

Even global manufacturers –– companies across industrial, automotive, chemical, and energy industries –– are scrambling to mitigate the impacts of labor, material and energy shortages, delays, inflation, and unexpected events. It’s not just small and medium-size businesses that are caught off guard.