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Supply Chain Crisis Is Especially Detrimental to Middle America

Amid ongoing supply chain issues, how can companies — midwestern and otherwise — take on disruptions and mitigate risk?

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. Photo: Getty Images.

Automakers to Battle Chip Crisis for Years, Report Says

Carmakers like Volkswagen and General Motors should brace for the global semiconductor shortage to last beyond next year and redesign cars so they need fewer of the high-tech components, according to analysts.

An employee displays a 300mm silicon wafer. Photo: Bloomberg.

How to Ease the Impact of Port Congestion on Your Supply Chain

In the face of major supply chain disruptions like port congestion, there are proactive measures you can take to mitigate the risks to your supply chain, starting with multi-tier visibility.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Supply Chain Hell Ignites Economic Boom Along U.S.-Mexico Border

Wedged up against the southern edge of the Rio Grande, the sprawling desert city of Juarez has seen its share of economic booms over the years. But perhaps none quite like the one that’s taken hold today.

At the TSC Miami factory in Juarez, Mexico, workers design and print T-shirts. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S. Truckers Are ‘Drowning’ in Empty Containers

Restrictions on empty-container returns at major ports are the top issue that needs fixing to help ease U.S. supply chain bottlenecks, the head of the Harbor Trucking Association said, adding that true round-the-clock operations aren’t yet in place.

Freight trucks idle at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Lessons to Be Learned From the Microchip Shortage

Bill Currence, president and managing partner of Cornerstone Consulting Organization, discusses the factors that are both beyond and within the control of manufacturers suffering through the current supply chain crisis.

Lessons to Be Learned From the Microchip Shortage

The Wheels on the Chassis Go Round and Round … Not

With the current focus on the tens of thousands of containers stuck on ships outside major U.S. ports, it’s easy to forget a maxim of supply chain management: If it’s not on wheels, it’s not moving.

Truck chassis sit at a shipping terminal. Photo: Getty Images.

Podcast | How PepsiCo Beverages Coped With COVID

How has PepsiCo Beverages of North America, with more than $22.5 billion in net revenue, 65-plus manufacturing sites and 420 distribution centers, managed to keep operations going during the COVID-19 pandemic?

A PepsiCo Inc. soda bottle. Photo: Qu?nh Lê M?nh/ Pexels.

Vanishing Ships Underscore Supply Woe: Crisis Peak Is a Mirage

A line of more than 80 container ships waiting to dock at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, was cut in half in late November — or so it seemed. Turns out the vessels disappearing from the queue were merely hiding from it, loitering in the Pacific out of reach of the official count.

Container ships berthed at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Three Trends That Shook Supply Chains This Year, and Three to Watch Next

Everyone is wondering what 2022 will bring for supply chains. But to understand how next year might unfold, it’s helpful to take a closer look at how earlier events shaped the landscape.

An online shopper scrolls through an e-commerce app on their smartphone. Photo: cottonbro/ Pexels.

Long Beach Port Chief Sees Congestion Easing in Six Months

The head of one of the two ports in the U.S.’s busiest maritime gateway said he expects congestion that has caused upheaval throughout supply chains to improve in about six months’ time.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Yellen Says Supply Chain Shift May Need Protectionist-Like Steps

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that U.S. reliance on foreign supply chains has proved a vulnerability and that the country needs to produce more critical goods domestically in order to protect both its economic and national security.

Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, listens during a House Financial Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Photo: Bloomberg.

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