Automotive

Audi Recalls 5,000 Diesel Cars to Fix Emissions Control Software

November 8, 2017

Audi is recalling almost 5,000 cars in Europe for a software fix after discovering they emitted too much nitrogen oxide, the polluting gas that parent Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) concealed from U.S. regulators in its devastating 2015 "dieselgate" scandal.

Inside Saudi Aramco's Kingdom of Oil

November 8, 2017

Fortune

From the window of our small plane flying low over the desert, Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter looks as remote as the name suggests, with burnt-orange dunes stretching into infinity under the blinding sun. Not even the Bedouin nomads with their camels are visible, because there are too few of them amid the vast landscape. It's only when the plane bumps down on an empty runway at an outpost called Shaybah that it is clear that the world's biggest sand desert is not, in fact, empty.

Chinese Scientists Create Cost-Saving, Genetically Modified Low-Fat Pigs

November 6, 2017

NPR

Here's something that may sound like a contradiction in terms: low-fat pigs. But that's exactly what Chinese scientists have created using new genetic engineering techniques.

NPI Sourcing in the Data Age

November 2, 2017

Supplyframe

Daimler Steals Tesla's Thunder With Heavy-Duty Electric Truck

November 2, 2017

Industryweek

Daimler AG is jumping the gun on Tesla Inc. by showing off a battery-powered heavy-duty truck weeks before the California electric-carmaker's own planned unveiling, in a sign of the growing rivalry between the companies.

Tesla's Model 3 'Production Hell' Is Testing Elon Musk's Carmaking Model

October 30, 2017

Los Angeles Times

When Elon Musk talks about the future of factory automation at Tesla, he envisions new breeds of robots and smart machines compressed in dense factories with little room for human operators, guided by self-learning software.

Procurement Leaders Argue: Is Supplier Consolidation the Best Policy?

October 27, 2017

Supply Management

The practice of supplier rationalisation in which spend is concentrated with fewer, larger suppliers has been called into question.

Nissan Suspended Production in Japan Because of Flawed Inspections

October 26, 2017

The New York Times

Nissan Motor said last week that it was suspending production at all of its Japanese factories after it discovered that uncertified technicians had conducted vehicle inspections even after a previous disclosure of the practice led to a major recall.

Europe Aviation Agency Warns on Kobe Steel as Scandal Deepens

October 25, 2017

Bloomberg

Europe's air-safety regulator recommended that companies using material from Kobe Steel Ltd. review their supply chains and - if alternative suppliers are available - suspend purchases from the Japanese company that admitted to faking data about product strength.

The Art of Indirect Procurement

October 23, 2017

Greg Hamel, Dir., Business Strategy & Indirect Purchasing, Ford

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.