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Can the U.S. End China’s Control of the Global Supply Chain?

The trade war amplified calls in the U.S. and elsewhere for reducing dependence on China for strategic goods. Now, the pandemic has politicians vowing to take action.

Source: Bloomberg

Automakers Are Ramping Up Production, Unnerving Factory Workers

American auto demand is coming back faster than expected, spurring Ford Motor Co. and others to crank up production.

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Six Tips for Success Using Machine Learning for Demand Planning

Machine learning has great business potential, but if wielded the wrong way, it can result in wasted time and resources.

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How to Optimize Inventory in the Digital Age

Up to 75% of companies are still using spreadsheets to optimize their inventories. There’s a better way.

Tools Group How To Optimize Inventory In The Digital Age

Another Attempt to Produce Rare-Earth Minerals in the U.S.

American companies across the board are striving to reduce their dependence on China as a source of manufacturing, but one industry sector is especially keen to bring production back to the U.S.

Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder. One of several rare earth elements, neodymium is critical to the motors used in electric vehicles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Automotive Procurement: Time to Rethink Supplier Consolidation?

The concept of sole sourcing is as old as that of strategic sourcing. Call it vendor consolidation, volume concentration, or reduction of part-number proliferation, the endgame is always the same: reduce the number of vendors at the part and enterprise levels, to help drive cost efficiencies.

A factory employee performs a quality check on an engine part. Photo: Bloomberg.

Musk Reopens Tesla’s Plant, Daring Authorities to Arrest Him

Elon Musk restarted production at Tesla’s only U.S. car plant, flouting county officials who ordered the company to stay closed and openly acknowledging he was risking arrest for himself and his employees.

A Tesla Inc. assembly plant in Tilburg, Netherlands. Photo: Shutterstock.

Carmakers Urged to Invest in Mines to Avoid Battery Metal Pinch

Mine developers scrambling to fund projects to meet forecast demand for battery metals see the threat of looming supply crunches as a trigger for electric-vehicle makers to step in with investments.

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Bringing the Battery Supply Chain Back Home

Modern technology provides us with a dazzling array of devices, machines and vehicles designed to create more efficient supply chains, promote a cleaner environment and generally enrich our lives. But none of it runs without batteries.

Source: Bloomberg

How the Automotive Logistics Industry Is Confronting COVID-19

Auto companies are rethinking their 2020 supply-chain strategies to cash in on new market opportunities, maintain competitive advantages, and cut costs to weather the coronavirus pandemic.

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Battered and Bruised, Supply Chains Shift to Recover-and-Survive Mode

As companies describe how they weathered a quarter most people would like to forget, here are some other examples of how big supply chains are holding up.

Source: Bloomberg

Factories Fire Up in Europe to Pull Economy Back From the Abyss

Factory doors are reopening after nations from Denmark to Germany began easing restrictions on public life, with Italy, France and Spain to follow. But it won’t be a sudden return to business as usual.

Source: Bloomberg

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