Automotive

Gaming the System: How One Manufacturing Company Saved Itself With Radical Transparency

April 25, 2017

There are three basic conditions if you want to work for Jack Stack, and they go for everybody from senior executives down to the people who clean his company's bathrooms. The first is you have to learn how to read and understand the company's financials, the second is you really have to believe there is no "I" in "team," and the third is you have to get into the habit of asking, "What could go wrong, and what are we going to do when it does?"

UK Provides Millions to Help Build More Electric Vehicle Batteries

April 17, 2017

The New York Times

Britain has awarded millions of pounds to help boost manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries, including a project to build the country's second purpose-built electric battery plant and another to make the technology more powerful.

A New Metric for Measuring Supply Chain Resiliency

April 6, 2017

Resilinc

An Introduction to Resilinc R Score and its Application to the High-Tech Industry Supply Chain

How a Border Tax Could Divide Boeing and Its Suppliers

March 31, 2017

The New York Times

A U.S. tax overhaul proposed by Republican leaders in Congress would deepen divisions between big manufacturers like Boeing Co and the thousands of smaller companies that supply them, according to suppliers and tax and trade experts.

Uber Will Suspend Autonomous Tests After Arizona Accident

March 30, 2017

Industryweek

Uber Technologies Inc. is suspending its self-driving car program after one of its autonomous vehicles was involved in a high-impact crash in Tempe, Arizona, the latest incident for a company reeling from multiple crises.

Ford's Supply Chain Program On Track to Save Water, Carbon Emissions

March 28, 2017

Environmental Leader

Ford is expanding its program that helps suppliers improve their environmental management, growing the Partnership for A Cleaner Environment (PACE) program company participants to more than 40 in two years.

China's Taxes on Imported Cars Feed Trade Tensions With U.S.

March 24, 2017

The New York Times

A Jeep Wrangler can cost $30,000 more in China than in the United States - and the reasons illustrate a growing point of tension between the two countries.

U.K. Finance Chancellor Announces Millions for Robotics and Driverless Vehicles

March 15, 2017

Supply Management

The chancellor of the exchequer has given more detail about how a £23bn ($28bn) infrastructure investment pot will be spent.

U.K. Cars May Never Meet 'Made in Britain' Threshold, Says Jaguar Land Rover

March 10, 2017

The New York Times

Britain's car industry may never be able to boost the level of local content to over half in its cars to meet the standards set in some bilateral trade agreements, the chief executive of the country's biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover told Reuters.

Nissan Seeks More Than $100M Brexit Supply Chain Fund

March 7, 2017

Supply Management

Nissan has called on the U.K. government to invest millions in attracting car part manufacturers or risk a "house of cards" collapse in the industry post-Brexit.

Automotive

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the automotive industry — which consists of companies that produce automobiles, utility vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and heavy trucks. Learn how automotive companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.