Woodstock Wire: Supply Chain News

Aspencore -- EPS News - Sustainability is often little more than a buzzword in modern supply chain management. Multinational corporations set sustainability standards and try to follow them, but the issue of maintaining them across a supply chain can be...

Aspencore -- EPS News - Supply chain and logistics professionals must increasingly prepare for the impact of severe weather events on operations as many scientists agree that climate change will only worsen dangerous weather. Semiconductor companies...

Life -- Phys.org - Much of the effort to make businesses sustainable centers on their supply chains, which were severely disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, according to new research from the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), supply...

SupplyChain -- Software AG - If you cannot measure ROI, you cannot manage RPA projects (to paraphrase Peter Drucker). After all, how can you know if your robotic process automation project is delivering results if you don't measure return on investment?

SupplyChain -- Logistics Management - Earlier today, San Francisco-based Uber Freight, a subsidiary of the ubiquitous, ride-sharing service Uber, whose proprietary app matches trucking companies with loads to haul, announced it is acquiring Frisco, Texas-based Transplace,...

SupplyChain -- Logistics Viewpoints - Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) as a process has been around since the 1980's. While the terminology evolved, the underlying thesis of S&OP has stayed the same, i.e., bridge the divide between sales forecasts and operational...

SupplyChain -- DC Velocity - Customers benefit from customized solutions that fit their individual business needs, all offered by a single provider, FedEx Logistics.

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - This week: Elon Musk says Tesla will open its Supercharger network to other EVs; lockdowns and port congestion continue to hamper electronics manufacturing supply chains; recovery signs in medical device manufacturing - and other supply...

SupplyChain -- Conexiom - Distributors can - and are - closing the digital automation gap at their organizations. Along the way, they're discovering which steps and best practices are essential and which may lead to pitfalls and dead ends. They're driven toward digital...

Counterfeit Parts -- I think we saw this coming ... Chip Shortage Has Spawned a Surplus of Fraudsters and Fake Parts

Aspencore -- EETimes Europe - China's economy is roaring back to pre-pandemic levels and has considerable growth potential. For any European company, entering the Chinese market and implementing its business strategy can be a long and perilous process, unless you...

Aspencore -- EETimes - When you design (your part of) an electronic product, particularly if you're an electrical/electronic engineer (EE) like me, you don't tend to think about much other than the functional and parametric requirements of the specific challenge you're...

Infosec -- Dark Reading - More than half of enterprises surveyed for Dark Reading's State of Malware Threats report indicate they are making at least a few changes to their supply chain security defenses following recent attacks on software vendors such as SolarWinds.

SupplyChain -- SCMR Editorial - Many B2B companies, including those in automotive, electronics, and manufacturing, are at a crossroads with their sales and inventory management processes. Historically, they've been reliant on legacy or ERP systems - tools that were...

Think -- Gartner Blog Network - I sometimes feel like a relationship counselor. Navigating the complexities of a shipper and third-party logistics (3PL) relationship requires diplomacy, tact and a healthy dose of pragmatism. I never take sides. Generally, though,...

SupplyChain -- Logistics Management - With 92% of companies already using the Cloud, the race is on to get even more supply chain management solutions into this convenient, accessible and affordable delivery model.

Business Wire -- Bollinger Shipyards LLC ("Bollinger") on Saturday, July 10, christened the Holland, an ocean transport barge for General Dynamics Electric Boat. The Holland will support the construction and maintenance of the United States' Columbia Class Ballistic Missile...

Media -- eBOM - Supply chain mapping has been used ever since we started to move goods around the world. Knowing where goods come from, their origin, and their manufacturers is important for consumers. But using technology within supply networks has only been...

Aspencore -- Power Electronics - The sun is setting on internal combustion engines (ICE). Many policymakers are now putting into law restrictions on the sale of new vehicles powered only by ICE. These restrictions generate a lot of activity around hybrid systems,...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - ODMs are still facing shortages of key components like power management IC, display driver IC (with display panel) and CPUs Global PC shipments witnessed a 45 percent year-on-year growth reaching up to 75.6 million units in the...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Notebook ODMs expect component shortages to worsen in the third quarter, as competition to secure sufficient supply from other industry sectors such as automotive electronics, consumer electronics and servers will become fiercer.

Aspencore -- EPS News - Sourcengine, the electronic component industry's leading e-commerce marketplace, today announced that it is making components from Nexperia, the expert in essential semiconductors, available worldwide. This hugely beneficial strategic partnership...

SupplyChain -- DC Velocity - In the supply chain now, new challenges arise to be tackled each day; truckers are facing more unexpected breakdowns on our nation's roads; freight capacity will remain tight for the rest of the year.

Business Wire -- The supply chain challenges seen throughout the world in recent months, from the pandemic to the Suez Canal blockage and now the ongoing closure of the Yantian terminal in Shenzhen, can no longer be considered shocks, according to Taulia, the leading...

Business Wire -- E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ETWO), a leading network-based provider of 100% cloud-based, mission-critical, end-to-end supply chain management software, has been added as a member of the broad-market Russell 3000 Index, effective June 28, 2021....

Business Wire -- Blue Yonder, a leading digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment provider, has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., as a Leader in the recently released 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems1 (WMS) based on the...

Distribution -- Industrial Distribution - Ron Harper joins Sonepar USA from a career in supply chain and logistics built at PepsiCo, JC Penney, Samsung and Nordstrom.

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - This week: lack of key components continues to impact electronics manufacturing and other industries; 5G user penetration is expected to reach a milestone soon; Covid restrictions in Malaysia could impact MLCC supplies - and more news...

SupplyChain -- Software AG - Imagine a manufacturing company that has factories, assembly plants, warehouses and offices in over 100 locations in 20 countries.

Aspencore -- EPS News - The computer and electronics industry fueled U.S. manufacturing expansion in June but continues to struggle with shortages, price hikes and logistics bottlenecks, procurement managers told the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). Components...

Aspencore -- EPS News - Executives remain optimistic about the global economy at the close of Q2, but not every region is benefiting equally from Covid-19 vaccination rates and re-opened businesses. IPC has raised its outlook for the United States, Europe, Mexico,...

SupplyChain -- SCMR Editorial - Joel Prakken, co-head U.S. economics for IHS Markit, says the post-pandemic rebound in prices, exacerbated in sectors where demand is recovering faster than atrophied supply chains can accommodate, has proved stronger than expected.

SupplyChain -- SCMR Editorial - Multiple trends are affecting the ability of logistics functions and third-party logistics (3PL) providers to effectively deliver on their goals, notes a new research study by Gartner.

Media -- DIGITIMES - Creating an AI-supported supply chain, combined with industrial Internet with automation systems, smart platforms and digital infrastructures, is becoming necessary for resolving issues such as labor and component shortages, according to Foxconn...

Business Wire -- E2open (NYSE: ETWO), a leading network-based provider of 100% cloud-based, mission-critical, end-to-end supply chain management software, and COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (COSCO), a Chinese multinational transportation conglomerate, today announced...

Media -- Electronics Sourcing - With the electronic components industry facing an uncertain business climate and supply-chain challenges, manufacturers, distributors and sales representatives are encouraged to attend the EDS Summit which returns 30 August to 2...

SupplyChain -- Spend Matters - While certain data point to a resurgence, nay boom, for the manufacturing...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Apple has started pulling in shipments of passive components needed for the production of its next-generation iPhone devices slated for launch in the latter half of 2021, according to sources from Taiwan's handset supply chain.

Business Wire -- Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), a global provider of mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire Maximus, a provider of digital controls and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) production management...

SupplyChain -- DC Velocity - Global supply chain disruptions cost large companies $184 million a year, on average, international survey shows.

SupplyChain -- Conexiom - Lately, the supply chain has been at the forefront of manufacturers and distributors' minds. Whether it's the Suez Canal blockage that affected 12% of global trade each day or a ransomware attack that halted gas production and drove panicked...

SupplyChain -- SCMR Editorial - Cloud-based software and agile ways of working can help companies achieve new levels of resilience

Globe Newswire -- Technology - Data science breakthrough represents a supply chain visibility first, enabling highly accurate ETAs for 100% of air shipments Data science breakthrough represents a supply chain visibility first, enabling highly accurate ETAs for 100% of...

Media -- eBOM - John Mitchell, president and CEO of IPC, a global electronics manufacturing association, released the following statement in advance of the U.S. House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations hearing on the Department...

Media -- Electronics360 - The new model would closely align companies and their recycling practices to those of a circular economy.

Media -- Electronics Sourcing - Lead times are stretching and prices are rising for passives, connectors and power supplies.

It's no secret that electronics purchasers are being challenged by allocations, shortages and long lead...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - This week: Chip suppliers and logistics providers deal with the repercussions of the pandemic and its impacts on the electronic components supply chain - and other news headlines from around the electronics industry and related markets.

SupplyChain -- Logistics Viewpoints - Cyberattacks seem to be growing in prevalence and severity, particularly those around the major supply chains in the US, including both the fuel supply chain and the food supply chain. On June 2, 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported...

SupplyChain -- Conexiom - Like it or not, we're all digital now.

Manufacturers and distributors prioritized digital transformation, by force perhaps, throughout 2020, and we recognized the critical need for it once field sales, tradeshows, and any in-person schmoozing...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Uneven inventories across chipmakers are generating more costs facing downstream device assemblers in not only the PC and handset sectors but also the auto industry, according to industry sources.