A basket of metals that go into lithium ion batteries is up 64% so far in 2022, which theoretically raises the sticker price of an average electric vehicle. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Text si...
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Even Before The War, Washington Had Shown An Increasingly Anti-China Side
Xi and Putin show warmth. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) Getty Images Even before questions over Russian sanctions had increased tensions between Washington and Beijing, Congress and the Whit...
Körber Elevate: What’s Next?
Körber’s Customer, Technology, and Geographic Expansion Körber A modern day Rip Van Winkle would be surprised to wake up today and learn that HighJump is now known as Körber Supply Chain Softwar...
Another Wave In The Supply Chain Crisis Hits As New China Lock Downs And Ukraine Threaten Global Supply
“The entire supply chain is under tremendous stress right now. We’re dealing with a cascade of … [+] disruptions which is adding stress beyond what it’s already under,” says Abe Eshkenazi, Assoc...
Ford Stock Is Down For a Very Odd Reason. No, Production Guidance Wasn’t Cut.
Auto investor nerves are frayed as they deal with Russia, inflation and the persistent chip shortage. Scott Olson/Getty Images Text size Automotive News incorrectly reported over the weekend that Ford...
A One-Stop, AI-Driven Manufacturing Marketplace
AI helps build a more efficient manufacturing ecosystem getty This column has long kept an eye on Xometry, the global on-demand manufacturing platform company based in Maryland. From the very beginnin...
Frackers Say Bottlenecks Impede Output Boost as Oil Prices Soar
American shale drillers say there are limits to how much and how quickly they can boost shaky oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cautioning that supply-chain issues, investors wary o...
A Visit To The “Poshest Shop In Britain” As Daylesford Organic Celebrates Two Decades Of Premium Retail
Fresh produce on display at Daylesford Organic. While critics call it pricey, loyal customers can … [+] not get enough. The retailer celebrates the twenty year anniversary of its Cotswolds Farms...
Texas Provides Model For Much-Needed Supply Chain Overhaul
Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar US President Joe Biden holds a microchip as he speaks before signing an executive order on securing … [+] critical supply chains, in the State Dining Room of th...
Electronics Manufacturing Industry Leaders Enter 2022 With Greater Optimism
Digitization is making factories smarter and supply chains more resilient getty Every year, the What’s the SCOOP round of interviews conducted by Philip Stoten offers one of the most interesting round...
The War On Small Business
Transportation is just one area of our supply chains where there aren’t enough workers. getty Everybody has a pet theory about why it’s so hard for manufacturers and supply chain companies to ge...
Ford Takes More Capacity Offline Because of Trucker Blockade in Canada
Text size Demonstrators against Covid-19 vaccine mandates block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Feb. 9. Geoff Robins / AFP via Getty Images Ford Mo...
Amazon holiday earnings blow away expectations (thanks to Rivian), stock spikes
Amazon.com Inc. executives thought that supply-chain and staffing concerns could wipe away their holiday profit. They were wrong. Amazon AMZN, -7.81% reported fourth-quarter profit of $14.3 billion, o...
What Tesla Could Teach Retailers About Supply Chains
Warehouse Workers getty The supply chain logjam has been a once-in-a-century management crisis which no company could have anticipated, let alone been prepared for. And yet some were, to one degree or...
Tesla earnings: News about the Cybertruck and new factories could set the tone for 2022
Tesla Inc. is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings next Wednesday, with investors expecting a return of Chief Executive Elon Musk to the post-results call and bracing for what could be worrying ne...
Rolls-Royce, Bentley, BMW Sales Surge as Cheaper Brands Lag Behind
BERLIN—A surge in luxury-car sales and the shifting of scarce semiconductors to the most profitable vehicles helped many auto makers achieve robust profits last year, even as sales of mainstream vehic...
Micron and Western Digital Are Top Picks for 2022. Here’s Why.
Text size semiconductor manufacturing Dmitry Kalinovsky/Dreamstime The semiconductor sector will be a big gainer in 2022 as demand grows and supply-chain constraints ease, said analysts at Mizuho Secu...
The Fed Will Drive The Economy Into A Ditch If It Is Wrong About Inflation
Shipping containers stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Getty Images Inflation is hitting very high numbers – CPI, for example, is at its highest level since 1982. B...
Supply-Chain Constraints Are Easing. 5 Stocks That Should Benefit.
Text size STR/AFP via Getty Images Global supply-chain constraints are beginning to ease, which will benefit a host of stocks. The surge in economic demand last year brought on by reopenings and econ...
USDA Boosts School Lunch Funding By $750 Million To Counter Higher Food Prices
Topline The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced a $750 million increase in funding for school meal programs, citing the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic and higher food costs. West...
Retailers’ Next Headache? Odds Favor A Post-Holiday Recession
Big sale tag announcement at clothes shop. getty Just when things were looking up — consumer spending so far this season has been strong, profit margins are widening, COVID rates seemed to be declinin...
Covid-19 Spread In China Hits Nike, Adidas Supplier; Billionaire Chairman’s Fortune Shrinks
Supply chain disruptions have challenged global suppliers and their customers during the Covid … [+] pandemic. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Shenzhou Inte...
Opinion: The Fed needs to target a floor for the 10-year Treasury, in addition to radically raising the fed funds rate
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces the toughest task since Chairman Paul Volcker tamed the Great Inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. And a lot of the pressures driving the most virulent ...