Automotive

General Motors Warns Trump: Tariffs Could Lead to 'Smaller GM' and Fewer Jobs

July 2, 2018

General Motors warned on Friday that expansive U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles being considered by the Trump administration could lead to “a smaller GM” and risks isolating U.S. businesses from the global market.

Four Reasons Supply Chain Leaders Are Investing in Order Management Automation

June 29, 2018

Esker

Bridge to Blockchain - A Platform for Orchestrating Multi Enterprise Networks

June 29, 2018

One Network Enterprises

While Elon Musk Loves Tesla's New Tent Factory, Others Aren't So Sure

June 29, 2018

Fortune

Elon Musk has few days to make good on his pledge that Tesla will be pumping out 5,000 Model 3 sedans a week by the end of the month. If he succeeds, it may be thanks to the curious structure outside the company’s factory. It’s a tent the size of two football fields that Musk calls “pretty sweet” and that manufacturing experts deride as, basically, nuts.

Iconic Brands Feel Tariff Pain, and Corporate America Braces for More

June 28, 2018

Los Angeles Times

With the U.S.-versus-the-world trade war threat heating up, Harley-Davidson Inc. and Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman Corp. may just be the canaries in the coal mine.

Privacy as a Product: The Argument for Trading Your Personal Data for a Cheaper Car

June 27, 2018

The Washington Post

The debate over privacy can leave consumers feeling torn between two bad options: disengage with the virtual world and maintain our anonymity or engage with the Internet and put our identity, finances, safety and perhaps even our democracy at risk.

Trump Tariffs Force Companies to Rework Supply Chains

June 26, 2018

Reuters

From global manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson Inc to small tech startups, companies are scrambling to rework supply chains built for an era of stable, open trade policy that is now under threat.

Automotive Manufacturer Eliminates Supply Chain Damage Using Impact Monitoring System

June 22, 2018

Challenge: A major international automotive manufacturer was experiencing a high rate of supply chain damage. The component racks which held car parts during transit had passed impact and vibration testing, but shipments were still arriving damaged. With no way to tell what was causing the damage, the automotive company had to get creative.

As First U.S. Plant Opens, Volvo Concerned About Future of Global Trade

June 22, 2018

Industryweek

When Volvo Car Group broke ground on its first U.S. assembly plant in 2015, it was a proud proof point for the Swedish automaker’s rebound and global expansion, not a chess move in anticipation of a possible trade war.

As Tesla Races to Meet Model 3 Deadline, Factory Pressures and Suspicions Grow

June 21, 2018

The Washington Post

Tesla chief Elon Musk said last week that the company’s layoffs of 9 percent of its workforce wouldn’t affect production as the all-electric automaker races to build thousands of new Model 3 sedans a week.

Automotive

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