High-Tech/Electronics

Counterfeit Goods Are Everywhere. This Technology Sweeps Them From Supply Chains.

August 24, 2021

Benjamin Kiunisala, SCB Contributor

The counterfeit drug market alone costs more than $200 billion per year — enough to bring 13 new drugs to market.

Chip Shortage Set to Worsen as Covid Rampages Through Malaysia

August 24, 2021

Bloomberg

The number of COVID-19 infections is surging in Malaysia, threatening to aggravate shortages of semiconductors and other components that have hammered automakers for months.

Too-Big-to-Fail? GM and LG’s Ties Tested by $1 Billion Recall

August 23, 2021

Bloomberg

What had looked like one of the most promising partnerships in the burgeoning world of EVs is facing its third recall in nine months.

How 5G Will Steer the Next Phase of Industry 4.0

August 23, 2021

Sergio Bea, SCB Contributor

There’s a lot to be excited about when it comes to the promise of 5G.

Toyota Cuts Shows Covid Ravaging Even Best Supply Planners

August 20, 2021

Bloomberg

Toyota’s efforts to stockpile enough chips and other key components to ride out supply disruptions only protected the company so long before it too succumbed to the shortages eviscerating automakers.

Wednesday, Sep 15, 2021

How to Partner with Impact-Led Social Enterprises in Your Supply Chain

August 19, 2021

Avetta

Companies across industries are looking for ways to make their supply chains more sustainable, resilient, and socially responsible. Social enterprises can be valuable partners in achieving these goals.

EV Makers Are Inking Mining Deals to Secure Battery Supplies

August 17, 2021

Bloomberg

Electric-vehicle makers are pushing for an intermediary role in mining to secure supplies of key battery metals, according to the head of Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

Global Supply Chains Get Battered by Fresh Covid Surges

August 16, 2021

Bloomberg

Asia’s renewed surge in COVID-19 infections is compounding supply chain blockages across the world’s biggest source of manufactured goods.

Elon Musk Calls Renesas and Bosch’s Chip Supply ‘Problematic’

August 13, 2021

Bloomberg

Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk griped that two of the world’s biggest auto-chip suppliers are inhibiting the electric-car maker’s production.

Carmakers’ Chip Crisis Isn’t Getting Better, Suppliers Say

August 6, 2021

Bloomberg

In late July, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said things were getting better for automakers suffering chip shortages that have shuttered plants and crippled production. Not that much better, it turns out.

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.