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Tesla Raises Pay Levels for California Production Workers

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a further development related to increased labor activism among global automakers, specifically electric vehicle producer Tesla’s additional announcement on wage increases. © Copyright 2024, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved.

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Future of Procurement Study Available

Supply Chain View from the Field

The earliest traces of this can be linked to materials management. Charles Babbage’s book on the economy of machinery and manufacturers, published in 1832, referred to the importance of the purchasing function. Procurement has a history that is linked in the core concepts of centralization, volume leveraging, and cost reduction.

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Redux on Largest Commercial Aircraft Order in History

Supply Chain Matters

Our published Supply Chain Matters commentary highlighting this milestone dwelled on the industry and global supply chain implications of this development. In addition to Supply Chain Matters, we reference a perspective recently published by Bloomberg : Airbus, Boeing Won the Orders, Now They Have to Build the Planes.

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