Automotive

Cognex Unveils New Barcode Technology for Tire Manufacturers

January 8, 2014

Cognex Corp., a provider of machine-vision technology, has introduced Cognex Tire Solutions.

How Contract Manufacturers Are Expanding Their Services

January 7, 2014

Arpad Hevizi, vice president of supply chain solutions with Celestica, talks about the challenges his company faces in gaining full visibility of supply and demand, and in dealing with increasing supply-chain volatility.

Intermodal Thrives, While Long-haul Trucking Dives

January 6, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Intermodal is on a roll.

NCR: An Old-Line Company Never Stops Changing

January 3, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Gordon Pearson, global inventory director with NCR, talks about the challenges his company faces in gaining full visibility of supply and demand, and in dealing with increasing supply-chain volatility.

GM Plans to Reduce Carbon Footprint Through Logistics Programs

January 2, 2014

Supplychains.com

General Motors is joining the voluntary U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay Partnership, which will drive benchmarking of fuel consumption and reduction of emissions by its freight shippers and carriers with the goal of further shrinking the company's carbon footprint.

EDI Basics: How Successful Businesses Connect, Communicate and Collaborate Around the World

December 28, 2013

GXS

Parts Tracking Database Introduced for Automotive Supply Chain

December 27, 2013

Automotive News

A federal border patrol initiative sparked by 9/11 terrorism may lead to an automotive industry breakthrough in mapping its complex supply chain. The Automotive Industry Action Group of suburban Detroit is launching a new Web-based database for identifying the physical movement of finished goods, parts and materials through the automotive supply chain.

Relieving the Pain Points of Supply-Chain Management

December 27, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Amanpreet Singh, senior director of strategy and operations with Motorola Mobility, discusses his career in supply chain, and outlines the major "pain points" that companies face today, in attempting to gain full visibility of supply and demand.

'Know Sooner, Act Faster': A Supply-Chain Mantra

December 26, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

C.J. Wehlage, vice president of high-tech solutions with Kinaxis, details industry's major supply-chain management challenges - in particular, the difficulty of obtaining full visibility of supply and demand, and dealing with the volatility of markets.

Expenditures, Supply Chain Risk Aren't Linked, Study Finds

December 26, 2013

MIT

A new MIT study on supply chain risk shows no correlation between the total amount a manufacturer spends with a supplier and the profit loss it would incur if that supply were suddenly interrupted. This counterintuitive finding defies a basic business tenet that equates the greatest supply chain risk with suppliers of highest annual expenditure.

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.