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Two Automakers Make Senior Supply Chain and Procurement Executive Leadership Changes

Supply Chain Matters

Last week both Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reported the departure of yet another senior manufacturing executive at Rivian Automotive as well as an overall reorganization. The Wall Street Journal reported that Tim Fallon, the existing Vice President of Manufacturing will remain in that role. . Rivian Automotive.

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Supply Chain Lessons Learned during the Pandemic

Enterra Insights

Moreover, especially for essential products, firms could consider ways to reduce supply interdependencies between geographies by sourcing locally and serving local markets.” 5] Hakan Yildiz and Tingting Yan, “ Rethinking supply chains in the age of COVID-19 ,” Crain’s Detroit Business, 28 April 2020. [6]

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Four Risk Mitigation Actions for Weathering a Stormy Market

TMC

The Wall Street Journal reported that a new joint entity could start operating from April 2018. Although container shipping is in dire straits with several other lines at risk of failure or in the throes of restructurings, it is by no means the only source of unpredictability in freight markets. Multiple risks. “K”

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? A better sourcing strategy

Resilinc

While other car makers were shutting down factories because of the shortages, Toyota was nearly unaffected,” reported the Wall Street Journal in July 2021. But the efficiency benefits were so compelling that eventually “every car maker from Detroit to Wolfsburg adopted a version” of the Toyota system. By the year’s end, Toyota’s U.S.

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Added Information to Report of Volkswagen Battery Plant Investment in Canada

Supply Chain Matters

Thomas , Ontario , upwards of a two hour drive from Detroit. The latest changes clarify criteria for battery component production sources that qualify for the full subsidy. The partial $3,500 credit is reportedly available for meeting one of the two battery sourcing credits. Inflation Reduction Act. All rights reserved.

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? Supply chain visibility

Resilinc

While other car makers were shutting down factories because of the shortages, Toyota was nearly unaffected,” reported the Wall Street Journal in July 2021. But the efficiency benefits were so compelling that eventually “every car maker from Detroit to Wolfsburg adopted a version” of the Toyota system. By the year’s end, Toyota’s U.S.

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Behind Toyota’s 2021 U.S. win? Better SCRM

Resilinc

While other car makers were shutting down factories because of the shortages, Toyota was nearly unaffected,” reported the Wall Street Journal in July 2021. But the efficiency benefits were so compelling that eventually “every car maker from Detroit to Wolfsburg adopted a version” of the Toyota system. By the year’s end, Toyota’s U.S.