A mere four years after overtaking the U.S. as the world's largest car market, China's automotive industry has arrived at an important inflection point. The days of growth rates above 20 percent are over, and rates may dip as low as 6 percent by the end of the decade. Several factors are driving this shift.

The maker of wireless infrastructure opted to outsource its manufacturing to Asia. In the process, it was confronted with a host of problems related to a lack of visibility and poor communications with the chosen partner. It was time to automate the process, and get everybody on the same page.

Anticipating dramatic growth in its business, the 2009 high-tech start-up acquired an optimization tool that could easily scale up in the years ahead - yet deliver a full range of services in the meantime.

All supply chains entail a certain degree of risk. But none faces a more daunting challenge than the business of pharmaceuticals.

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Senate investigators are widening the scope of the inquiry into General Motors' decade-long failure to recall cars with a defective ignition switch to also focus on the supplier that made the flawed part.