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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

The overall takeaway from the July data was that global production momentum had begun to stagnate and in some regions such as the Eurozone, Taiwan, and to some extent , certain manufacturing regions of China, PMI values had reached contraction levels. . This index was reported as 1.84 reported for June, and 2.59

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech August 30 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The company established a partnership with Panasonic Energy of North America in 2019 and since then, battery cell production scrap coming from the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada (in which Panasonic is the battery cell manufacturer) has been recycled by Redwood. Former investment partners reportedly also participated.

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More Electric Vehicle Supply Network Moves

Supply Chain Matters

According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal , a Texas site could begin pilot refining operations as early as the fourth quarter of this year., There are new improvements in the works for the Nevada based facility, including a new wastewater treatment plant, added power generation from the facility’s solar roof.

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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel

Resilinc

In India, the national Production Linked Incentive (PLI) is set to encourage domestic EV manufacturing—and this is just a glimpse of the latest policies worldwide. In contrast, the United States has made a significant breakthrough with the discovery of a massive lithium deposit along the Nevada-Oregon border.

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Outsourcing : Tesla is Bucking the Trend

NC State SCRC

Examples include Apple, Google, Amazon, IBM, and many others, that produce very little, but have contract manufacturers such as Jabil, Flex, and others produce for them. Companies have outsourced so many of their processes, through “Business Process Outsourcing”, that many now just sit as marketing companies. What’s next?

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Beer Marketing Strategies in a Global Pandemic and the Best 5 Tactics Heading into 2021

Unleashed

It ensures consistent repeat purchases over time, regardless of price, convenience or even a global pandemic. Corona’s ‘do nothing’ strategy appears to have paid off — Brand Finance Annual Report in August 2020 named Corona as the world’s most popular beer brand. Data-driven decision making in beer manufacturing [expert Q&A].

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Things that make you go “hmm”… In more relevant news… Descartes Reports Fiscal 2014 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. Descartes reported FY14 annual revenues of $151.3 Of course, this makes sense for logistics service providers like Ryder, but a similar opportunity exists for manufacturers and retailers.