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EV-Battery Rivals Race to Sway Biden on Import Ban

The development of the battery supply chain will depend on President Biden's decision this week.

An electric vehicle charges. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Manufacturing Surges Most Since 1983

U.S. manufacturing expanded in March at the fastest pace since 1983, catapulted by the firmest orders and production readings in 17 years. The data add to evidence of an economy poised to accelerate.

A U.S. flag is displayed on a factory floor in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.

The New Demand Planning: Leveraging CRM for Post-Pandemic Supply Chain Success

In this ebook, Dave Nelson, principal at value chain optimization firm River Rock Advisors discusses the use of customer relationship management (CRM) processes and tools to pilot a precision-based, in-depth use of data to forecast demand while giving leaders greater insight into their customer base.

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Biden's $2.25 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Bring Everybody Along’

The “American Jobs Plan,” as the president dubbed it, lays out an eight-year program that includes $620 billion for transportation and $580 billion for American manufacturing.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation. Photo: Bloomberg.

End of Suez Snarl Marks Beginning of New Stress on Global Trade

The Ever Given leaves in its wake several weeks or months of disruptions across a world economy where the pandemic revealed both the sturdy backbone of global trade and an Achilles’ heel.

A container ship sails at dusk. Photo: Bloomberg

Suez Mess Adds to Global Economic, Supply-Chain Stress

The backlog is one more strain for global supply chains already stretched by the pandemic.

The Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Photo: Bloomberg.

Blocked Suez Forces Ships to Look at Long Trip Around Africa

A massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal showed no signs of budging for a third day, forcing container carriers and other vessels to weigh costly and time-consuming voyages around Africa that threaten to destabilize the already fragile underpinnings of global trade.

Satellite image from Cnes2021, Distribution Airbus DS, shows cargo ship Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal near Suez, Egypt, Thursday, March 25, 2021.

What’s Backed Up at the Suez Canal? Live Animals, Oil and Food

Crews are still struggling to remove Ever Given, a stranded container ship longer than the Eiffel Tower, and a look at the type of cargoes waiting to pass show the shipping delays will affect a range of industries.

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Alternative Energy Is Key to Accelerating the Vaccine Cold Chain

In order to successfully eradicate the COVID-19 virus and mitigate proliferation of new strains, we need to significantly improve safe storage and distribution of the vaccines so that more people can be inoculated faster.

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a freezer. Photo: Bloomberg.

Fight Between Commodities Giants and Shippers Leaves Seafarers Stuck

A standoff between commodities giants and shipping companies is prolonging the labor crisis at sea, with an estimated 200,000 seafarers still stuck on their vessels beyond the expiration of their contracts and past the requirements of globally accepted safety standards.

Emissions from a cargo ship at dusk. Photo: Shutterstock.

Used Electric Car Batteries Are Heading to Factories and Farms

Retired electric vehicle batteries that are repackaged into energy-storage systems are being targeted at industrial consumers who’ve been slower to adopt the technology than utilities or homeowners.

A lithium-ion automotive battery pack sits on a chassis. Photo: Bloomberg.

Huawei Pivots to Fish Farms, Mining After U.S. Blocks Its Phones

Six months after the Trump administration dealt a crushing blow to Huawei Technologies Co.’s smartphone business, the Chinese telecommunications giant is turning to less glamorous alternatives that may eventually offset the decline of its biggest revenue contributor.

Source: Bloomberg

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