Automotive

A Year of Poor Planning Led to Carmakers’ Massive Chip Shortage

January 21, 2021

Near-sighted planning, supply-chain complexities and a tradition of keeping inventories low caused the semiconductor shortage that is now forcing carmakers to idle production lines and straining their relationship with chip manufacturers.

Robots in the Warehouse: Who’s Your New Friend?

January 13, 2021

Locus Robotics

A new generation of robot helpers has boosted productivity in fulfillment operations as warehouses struggle with COVID19-era traffic surges and staffing shortages. With e-commerce acceptance growing, an anticipated second wave of COVID-19, and online orders surging, retailers, third-party logistics providers, and distributors of critical medical supplies are expanding their use of robots to optimize fulfilling orders and manage returns and replenishment as well.

Chip Shortage Hits Global Automakers

January 11, 2021

Bloomberg

A semiconductor shortage is pinching some of the world’s biggest auto manufacturers, costing Nissan, Honda, Ford and more production for a range of cars.

Seven Shifts in Retail Logistics to Expect This Year

January 4, 2021

Khaled Naim, SCB Contributor

It’s time for retailers emerging from a shaky peak season to reflect and plan for what’s ahead.

Brexit Is a New World Businesses Still Need to Figure Out

January 3, 2021

Bloomberg

British businesses probably didn’t expect to start 2021 worrying about wooden pallets after a year of grappling with the coronavirus and a meltdown in the economy.

Brexit Deal May Be Too Little, Too Late for U.K.’s Car Industry

December 29, 2020

Bloomberg

The auto industry dodged disaster when the U.K. and European Union sealed a post-Brexit trade accord, but not before carmakers announced factory closures and called off plans to make several new vehicles in the country.

Brexit Deal Hands Business a Mix of Relief, Unwanted Change

December 27, 2020

Bloomberg

The U.K. and European Union may have signed a trade deal, but British businesses still face a raft of difficult changes.

GM, Ford and Most Airlines Are Lagging Behind Paris Climate Target

December 16, 2020

Bloomberg

The vast majority of the world’s largest transport companies, including General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and British Airways owner IAG SA, are taking insufficient action to limit global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius.

Brexit Stockpiling Frenzy Fuels Chaos in Cross-Channel Trade

December 10, 2020

Bloomberg

The split from the European Union is fueling an increasingly frenzied demand for goods, creating traffic snarl-ups at ports and highways on both sides of the English Channel and leading to at least one major factory shutdown.

Brexit Delays Spark Rush for Warehouse Space

November 12, 2020

Bloomberg

British businesses are racing to secure extra storage space as the risk that the country leaves the single market at the end of the year without a trade deal threatens their supply chains.

Automotive

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the automotive industry — which consists of companies that produce automobiles, utility vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and heavy trucks. Learn how automotive companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.