Asia Pacific

Mobility leaders, disruptors, stakeholders and partners gather to re-imagine the future of smart mobility across Asia

August 30, 2021

MOVE Asia will bring together those driving change in urban mobility across Asia to explore the opportunities, strategies and developments to fast-track smart mobility across Asia.

The World Economy’s Supply Chain Problem Keeps Getting Worse

August 26, 2021

Bloomberg

A supply chain crunch that was meant to be temporary now looks like it will last well into next year as the surging delta variant upends factory production in Asia and disrupts shipping, posing more shocks to the world economy.

Chip Shortage Set to Worsen as Covid Rampages Through Malaysia

August 24, 2021

Bloomberg

The number of COVID-19 infections is surging in Malaysia, threatening to aggravate shortages of semiconductors and other components that have hammered automakers for months.

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Watch: The Reality and Practicality of Reshoring Manufacturing to the U.S.

August 24, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Omer Abdullah, founder and managing director of The Smart Cube, lays out the subtleties and complexities of making the decision on whether to bring manufacturing back from Asia to the U.S.

Toyota Cuts Shows Covid Ravaging Even Best Supply Planners

August 20, 2021

Bloomberg

Toyota’s efforts to stockpile enough chips and other key components to ride out supply disruptions only protected the company so long before it too succumbed to the shortages eviscerating automakers.

Global Supply Chains Get Battered by Fresh Covid Surges

August 16, 2021

Bloomberg

Asia’s renewed surge in COVID-19 infections is compounding supply chain blockages across the world’s biggest source of manufactured goods.

Carmakers’ Chip Crisis Isn’t Getting Better, Suppliers Say

August 6, 2021

Bloomberg

In late July, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said things were getting better for automakers suffering chip shortages that have shuttered plants and crippled production. Not that much better, it turns out.

Harris Aims to Tackle Supply Crunches in Trip to Asia

August 4, 2021

Bloomberg

The global semiconductor shortage and other supply chain troubles will be a focus of Vice President Kamala Harris’s trip to Southeast Asia later this month, where she also aims to shore up U.S. relations with countries at China’s doorstep.

TSMC Mulls German, Japan Chip Plants to Diversify Supply Chain

July 27, 2021

Bloomberg

In both cases for potential international expansion, the world’s biggest chipmaker will look to share the cost, whether with customers or government authorities eager to bring its business within their borders.

Nike, Adidas Output Snarled as Covid Shuts Asian Factories

July 26, 2021

Bloomberg

Some of the world’s biggest footwear and garment companies are seeing production pinched as factories in Southeast Asia struggle to keep the lights on amid one of the world’s deadliest COVID-19 resurgences.

Asia Pacific

The latest supply chain news, analysis, trends and best practices for companies operating in Asia Pacific. The Asia Pacific region is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean - including East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania. Learn how businesses are optimizing supply chain and logistics performance in these regions - addressing a range of challenges such as rising labor costs, poor infrastructure, complex customs and trade laws, unstable political climates and government controlled exchange rates.