Q2 Supply Forecast: Just Like Q1, But Pricier
Just about a year ago, hopeful electronics companies were forecasting semiconductor supply constraints would ease in the second half of 2022
Metal 3D Printing Offers New Opportunities for HP
This is the second part of our interview with Ramon Pastor, global head and general manager of HP 3D Metal and HP Barcelona Site general manager. To read the first part, click here. While most 3D printers today are dedicated to producing plastic pieces, the economies of scale of injection molding still make 3D printing…
HP Adds Stress Tests to its Supply Chain — and Adapts
Two years ago, just before the arrival of Covid-19, HP opened a new, 150,000-square-foot 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence
Manufacturing Activity Remains Sluggish
U.S. manufacturing activity in April expanded at its slowest pace in nearly two years amidst high levels of employee turnover and Covid lockdowns in China. The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index, the PMI, decreased by 1.7 percent to 55.4 as the employment, production and new orders indexes slipped slightly from March. Any number above…
‘Zero-Covid’ Prompts Supply Chain Scrutiny
China’s lockdown of Shanghai was supposed to be short-lived. As the country remains steadfast in its Covid-19 zero-tolerance policy, disruption to the global supply chain continues to build. As of April 25, the prospect of lockdowns in Beijing increased as the nation tracked a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for…
The Supply Chain Benefits of Digital Twins
Digital twins allow companies to conduct virtual “what if” experiments of their production environments without causing disruption
Necessity is the Mother of Collaboration
The cacophony always gets louder when supplies are disrupted: Supply chain partners must collaborate! Yet the “importance” (i.e., order volume) of a supplier or customer often dictates the allocation of constrained resources. Still, necessity is pushing the supply chain toward better collaboration, said Alex Saric, CMO of Ivalua, developer of spend-management platforms. The call for…
Investments in Agility are Showing Returns
Investments in technology have skyrocketed as companies improve their ability to respond to external events.
New Manufacturing Rules Focus on Human Rights in the Supply Chain
Under the new rules, companies will need to identify and even prevent, end or mitigate the negative impact their activities have on human rights and the environment
Will the CHIPS Act Reset the Global Imbalance of Chip Production?
While the Act focuses on restoring America’s prowess in chip manufacturing, implications for the supply chain are less evident.