BloombergMore from BloombergGlobal Supply Chain ManagementChina’s Electricity Crunch Is World’s Latest Supply Chain ThreatChina’s energy crisis is shaping up as the latest shock to global supply chains as factories in the world’s biggest exporter are forced to conserve energy by curbing production.September 28, 2021All LogisticsJohnson Burned Bridges With EU Truckers He Now Wants BackThe U.K. wants to issue visas for truckers to ease a shortage that’s led to gasoline stations running dry and hit food supply chains. The hard part could be persuading drivers from eastern Europe, the biggest pool of labor in recent years, to come back.September 28, 2021AutomotiveFord, SK Building $11.4 Billion Electric Truck, Battery PlantsFord Motor Co. and South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. plan to spend $11.4 billion to construct three battery factories and an assembly plant for electric F-Series pickup trucks in Tennessee and Kentucky, the biggest investment in the U.S. automaker’s history.September 27, 2021Global Supply Chain ManagementPaper Crunch Hits American Retailers When They Need It MostSkyrocketing demand for boxes and packing materials during the pandemic has slashed paper production across North America, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for retail companies.September 27, 2021All LogisticsFuel Shortages Pile Pressure on Johnson as U.K. Crisis EscalatesPrime Minister Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to do more to ease a supply chain crisis in Britain after pumps ran dry at some gasoline stations because of panic buying.September 27, 2021All LogisticsContainers Piling Up at U.S. Rail Yards Add to Port StrainsTo understand why more than 100 container ships are waiting to enter U.S. ports from Southern California to Savannah, Georgia, it helps to keep tabs on the congestion that’s building at another key junction of freight transportation: rail yards.September 24, 2021All LogisticsThailand to Start Shipping Line to Boost Status as Logistics HubTrade-reliant Thailand plans to launch a national shipping company next year to bolster its trade capabilities, reduce transport costs and become a bigger player in global logistics as the Malacca bypass opens.September 24, 2021Inventory Planning/OptimizationWhite House Weighs Invoking Defense Law to Get Chip DataThe Biden administration is considering invoking a Cold War-era national security law to force companies in the semiconductor supply chain to provide information on inventory and sales of chips.September 23, 2021AutomotiveDeserted Factories Show How China Electric Car Boom Went Too FarWhile home-grown stars like Nio Inc. and Xpeng Inc. have gone on to raise billions of dollars and are now selling cars in numbers that rival Tesla, scores more have fallen by the wayside, unable to raise the crazy amounts of capital needed to make automobiles at scale.September 23, 2021Last Mile DeliveryFedEx Partners With Self-Driving Car Startup Aurora in TexasAurora Innovation Inc. will help move cargo for FedEx Corp. in a pilot project in Texas that uses the startup’s technology in a self-driving Paccar Inc. truck.September 22, 2021Previous PagePage 204 of 357Next Page
