High-Tech/Electronics

Tesla Co-Founder Aims to Build an Entire U.S. Battery Industry

September 15, 2021

Redwood Materials Inc., the battery recycling company created by Tesla Inc. co-founder J.B. Straubel, has been keeping a big secret: It isn’t really a recycling company.

Short-Circuiting the Global Semiconductor Shortage

September 10, 2021

Patrick Maroney, SCB Contributor

How can we reengineer the chip supply chain to ensure the right inventory gets to the right place at the right time?

Intel Will Invest Up to $95 Billion in European Chip-Making

September 8, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

Intel is investing heavily in efforts to expand and reset global semiconductor supply chains.

Vietnam’s Supply Chain Role to Grow Despite Covid, U.S. Chamber Says

September 7, 2021

Bloomberg

Covid has disrupted but not derailed Vietnam’s expanding role in global supply chains and growth prospects.

How One Covid Case Upended Toyota’s Just-in-Time Supply Chain

September 2, 2021

Bloomberg

The snarls that finally toppled one of the world’s best-maintained supply chains have sparked deeper questions about whether the auto industry’s strategies to prioritize efficiency and maintain minimal inventory will endure in the post-pandemic world.

Get Shots or Get Out, U.S. Employers Are Telling Workers

August 27, 2021

Bloomberg

Vaccine mandates are beginning a march across the U.S., constricting the places that people who have shunned the shots can work, shop and play.

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Watch: How 5G and Smart Devices Will Impact Supply Chains

August 27, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

William Crockett, vice president of Tanaka Precious Metals, discusses how the rollout of 5G connectivity promises to affect business and supply chain operations.

The World Economy’s Supply Chain Problem Keeps Getting Worse

August 26, 2021

Bloomberg

A supply chain crunch that was meant to be temporary now looks like it will last well into next year as the surging delta variant upends factory production in Asia and disrupts shipping, posing more shocks to the world economy.

Biden Urges CEOs to Improve Cybersecurity After Attacks

August 25, 2021

Bloomberg

President Biden met with a group of CEOs to discuss how industry and the federal government can work together to improve cybersecurity in the face of debilitating ransomware and cyberattacks.

China Eyes Afghanistan’s $1 Trillion of Minerals With Risky Bet on Taliban

August 25, 2021

Bloomberg

Afghanistan is sitting on deposits estimated to be worth $1 trillion or more, including what may be the world’s largest lithium reserves — if anyone can get them out of the ground.

High-Tech/Electronics

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the technology and electronics industries. Learn how high-tech and electronics 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.