Automotive

Uber Launches Freight Service to Meet On-Demand Trucking Needs

May 24, 2017

Uber Technologies inched closer to becoming a logistics company last week with the launch of Uber Freight, an on-demand freight service for trucking carriers.

Smart Factories Could Add $500Bn to Global Economy in Five Years

May 23, 2017

Industryweek

It's becoming clear that digital technologies like IoT, big data analytics, AI, advanced robotics and 3D printing are helping manufacturers to increase not only efficiency and productivity - but revenues, too.

How the 'Trump Effect' Is Driving Foreign Students Away From U.S. B-Schools

May 23, 2017

Bloomberg

In January, Rodrigo Paolucci sold his 50-person video distribution startup in São Paulo, planning to go to business school overseas. Although he'd long dreamed of getting an MBA in Silicon Valley or New York, he applied only to the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. The reason: The Trump administration's anti-immigration rhetoric "makes it harder for foreigners," says Paolucci, who got a scholarship from Rotman that covers 40 percent of tuition.

Driverless Vehicles Are the Future, and the Battle to Dominate the Field Is On

May 22, 2017

Los Angeles Times

It's big. It's nasty. It's the fight for dominance in the burgeoning market for driverless cars - and the service they'll provide.

U.S. Used-Car Glut Is a Dealer's Dream, Automakers' Nightmare

May 22, 2017

The New York Times

Three years ago if a customer walked onto Dan Reel's used car lot seeking a late-model off-lease Ford Escape, his answer was short: tough luck.

Seeking Higher Ground: How One EMS Provider Is Redefining an Industry

May 22, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

There was a time when contract manufacturers performed one specific task: making products, usually of a high-tech nature, while staying well behind the scenes. But that time is long gone.

U.S. Industrial Production Rises Most in More Than Three Years

May 19, 2017

Bloomberg

American factories flexed some muscle in April, boosting output by the most since February 2014 in broad fashion. Along with gains at mines and utilities, total industrial output was also the strongest in more than three years, Federal Reserve data showed this week.

A Map Like This Persuaded Trump to Save Nafta - For Now

May 16, 2017

Bloomberg

Location is everything in the real-estate biz, so it's not entirely surprising that a map changed former developer Donald Trump's mind.

Uber Has a Department That Spies on Its Rivals - and It's Not Alone

May 12, 2017

Los Angeles Times

How far would you go to figure out what the competition is up to?

Planned Obsolescence: A 'Crisis of Civilization'?

May 12, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Can't wait to ditch that old phone, computer, car or sweater? You're a victim of planned obsolescence.

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.