Automotive

How to Prevent Logistics Damage to Electronics

May 15, 2018

SpotSee

Assessing the Total Cost of Supply Chain Damage

May 15, 2018

SpotSee

Logistics Network Analysis: Optimizing Data to Monitor Your Entire Supply Chain

May 15, 2018

SpotSee

Ford Temporarily Shuts Down F-Series Truck Production Due to Fire at Parts Supplier

May 14, 2018

Los Angeles Times

A fire at a Chinese-owned auto parts plant in Michigan has cut off supply of key components and disrupted production of crucial Ford Motor Co. and Daimler AG models, with the U.S. automaker already saying it'll hurt profit in the second quarter.

How Trump's Iran Deal Exit Could Hit Aviation and Car Industries

May 14, 2018

The Guardian

Billions of dollars of deals signed by international companies with Iran are under threat after President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of a “rotten” nuclear deal with Tehran.

IBM and European Parliament representatives to speak at Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference in Prague

May 13, 2018

Cryptocurrency regulation, AI tokens and blockchain-based cyber security — it is only part of topics to be discussed at the fourth annual Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference in Prague scheduled for May 17. Representatives of IBM, European Parliament and a large Swiss company PwC Legal will participate in the event.

Sears Deepens Amazon Partnership With Tire Installations

May 11, 2018

Fortune

Investors sure like the idea that Sears is looking beyond its struggling retail business to drum up new sources of revenue and places to sell products under its own brands.

Women in Supply Chain, 2018: A Conversation With Suzanne Judy

May 11, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

With every story of a woman succeeding in the male-dominated world of supply chain and logistics management, another door opens.

Who’s Winning the Self-Driving Car Race?

May 9, 2018

Bloomberg

In the race to start the world’s first driving business without human drivers, everyone is chasing Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo.

Unbreakable: Pharma Giant Uses Big Data to Defy Nature's Wrath

May 4, 2018

Challenge: In late summer 2017, a large pharmaceutical company found its supply chain threatened by three hurricanes and an earthquake. As a manufacturer of medicines for neurological diseases, the company was under governmental and commercial pressure to avoid disruption from four significant events occurring in quick succession.

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.