Woodstock Wire: Supply Chain News

Globe Newswire -- Technology - With unwavering focus on driving customer value, industry pioneer surpasses more than 100 customer-driven innovations in 2 years With unwavering focus on driving customer value, industry pioneer surpasses more than 100 customer-driven innovations...

Business Wire -- New research from Supplyframe and Lifecycle Insights indicates that the targeted investments that global manufacturing leaders are making in digital transformation initiatives are resulting in more successful product launches. A new 2021 NPI and Sourcing...

Media -- EDACafe - Jani Leppalammi, Vice President of Sales at CalcuQuote, is presenting at the Evertiq Expo in Lund, Sweden on ...

Media -- Control.com News - A lack of labor is beginning to affect eCommerce order fulfillment, but Berkshire Grey introduced a solution designed to accelerate order fulfillment and throughput without additional labor.

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - A new survey of 400 IT decision-makers from Insight Enterprises found that 95% of IT decision-makers say the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated business transformation priorities.

Think -- Forrester Blogs - It's nearly the end of the year, so it's the perfect time to reflect on your accomplishments while planning ahead. Now is also a good time to review the content you published during 2021 and ask some key questions about it. Does your...

Think -- Forrester Blogs - The value of a brand's direct-to-consumer (D2C) digital presence goes beyond direct sales. Brands that still rely heavily on retail partners for digital sales, can still drive value from direct customer engagement. Of course, D2C consumer...

Think -- Gartner Blog Network - Sales forecast accuracy is a chronic issue in most organizations. In a 2019 Gartner survey, 296 sales operations leaders were asked to identify their top 3 areas where they are least effective. Pipeline management and forecasting...

U.S. News -- U.S. industrial production rebounded in October as auto production, which has been hurt by supply chain problems, posted a strong increase and the adverse effects from Hurricane Ida faded.

Aspencore -- EPS News - Ben Kiunisala

Counterfeits in the supply chain is a universal problem, but it is particularly acute in the electronics industry. Counterfeit electronics cost manufacturers an estimated $250 billion each year, and that doesn't include the cost...

Aspencore -- EPS News - As the Christmas holiday approaches, consumer awareness of the supply chain has heightened. Global supply networks have actually been struggling for 18 months. Continual disruptions have elevated the rates of ocean shipments and air-cargo costs...

Life -- Phys.org - Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues have rattled consumers and the businesses they frequent. From Clorox wipes to semiconductors to computer chips, inventory of many products at big box stores, dealerships and even...

Business Wire -- New research from Supplyframe indicates that most Americans (64%) are planning to get an early jump on holiday shopping this year in hopes of beating possible shipping or other supply chain constraints. More than three-fourths (79%) of Americans said...

Distribution -- A2 Global - You've sourced electronic components for your organization in the past. You've organized supply chains, and you've done it on tight timelines. But obsolescence management presents a different set of challenges.

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Media -- Time - Business - As the U.S. contends with supply-chain problems that could make holiday shopping harder, one explanation comes up again and again: The country doesn't have enough truckers. "The Biggest Kink in America's Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers,"...

SupplyChain -- SCMR Editorial - On this episode of Talking Supply Chain, Stanley Fawcett and Michael Knemeyer explain what supply chain managers can learn from baseball manager Theo Epstein about building a winning team

SupplyChain -- SCMR Editorial - When implementing technology- and operational-based improvements, business leaders rely on their supply chain partners to provide clear, incremental value in those implementations.

SupplyChain -- DC Velocity - The deployment is the latest investment in DHL Supply Chain's commitment to accelerating the digitalization of the end-to-end supply chain and is a major step in scaling the use of indoor robotic transport to support the warehouse workforce.

Aspencore -- EETimes - The newly established $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill is one of the most consequential pieces of legislation that has passed the House in years. The landmark bill will shape spending on broadband, energy, transportation, water,...

Life -- Phys.org - It's common knowledge that holiday shopping is going to be challenging this year due to the broken supply chain. Many favorite items-like game consoles, toys, clothing and shoes-will be in short supply. And if you're lucky enough to find the...

SupplyChain -- SCMR Editorial - Three trends that will challenge supply chains in the coming decade.

Globe Newswire -- Berkshire Grey Inc. (Nasdaq: BGRY), the leader in AI-enabled robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, today announced that it recently secured new orders of $36 million representing $25 million in repeat orders from a blue-chip anchor customer...

SupplyChain -- Logistics Management - The trucking industry is suing over President Joe Biden's vaccine policy that requires private sector employers with over 100 employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The American Trucking Associations (ATA), along with the...

SupplyChain -- DC Velocity - Everstream Analytics monitors every potential supply chain disruption and assesses potential impacts and risks for its clients

Media -- DIGITIMES - The shortage of IC components emerging in early October for iPhone 13 series is gradually easing as suppliers increase production, with assemblers on track to step up manufacturing through next February to meet terminal demand, according to...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Shortage of components for server production will persist through mid-2022 amid strong market demand for servers, and it remains to be seen whether the sector can reach a supply/demand balance in the second half of next year, according to...

Media -- DIGITIMES - North America Taiwanese Engineering & Science Association (NATEA) invited Hon Hai (Foxconn) chairman Young Liu as the guest speaker for the opening of its 30th anniversary of founding. Liu pointed out that semiconductors have become a part...

SupplyChain -- Software AG - Digitally transforming your organization can be fraught with complexities and roadblocks, so you need a kind of "navigator" to help with the journey.

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - The number of spaces available for coworking - a concept mostly unheard of just 10 years ago - has grown dramatically around the world in recent years. While only about 160 coworking spaces existed worldwide in 2008, there...

SupplyChain -- Logistics Management - White House is continuing to take steps to get involved in helping to remedy the myriad domestic supply chain issues over the last several months.



In late October, President Joe Biden held a "Summit on Global Supply Chain Resilience"...

SupplyChain -- Logistics Viewpoints - I can only imagine what it must be like to be at sea during a major storm. When you can barely see beyond the bow of the ship, when extreme wind and waves threaten to throw you off course - or worse, sink you - it's understandable...

U.S. News -- As companies, investors and policymakers fret over port logjams, freight costs and chip shortages, some indicators...

Tech -- NY Times Technology - Competing with SpaceX, OneWeb and others, the e-commerce titan will rely on small rockets to get prototypes of its satellite constellation into space.

Aspencore -- EETimes - I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard the phrase "The pandemic pulled forward by two years" - or four years, name your years - some future way of life.  Like the pandemic brought a pre-determined future to us where retail stores...

Business Wire -- E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ETWO), a leading network-based provider of a mission-critical, cloud-based, end-to-end supply chain management platform, today released a new quarterly report that tracks ocean shipment delivery times from booking freight...

Aspencore -- EPS News - U.S. manufacturing activity slowed in October as record-long materials lead times, shipping bottlenecks and component shortages took their toll on factories. The Institute for Supply Management's PMI dipped 0.3 percent to 60.8. last month although...

Enterprise -- IT Reseller - With limited budgets at their disposal, and CEOs demanding to focus on cost optimisation while also improving resilience, chief supply chain officer(CSCO) investments must be split in-between capabilities of different maturity, according...

Media -- CNBC - Business - How inefficient is logistics and shipping? Amid empty shelves, companies are literally paying to ship air, and needlessly contributing to climate change.

Media -- eBOM - The IPC has welcomed language in the Senate Defense Appropriations Bill supporting R&D on lead-free electronics.

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee this week released their fiscal year 2022 defense appropriations bill, which for the first...

Distribution -- Industrial Distribution - Two new facilities in Rosemount, MN will reportedly span about 1 million-square-feet combined.

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Tech -- Digital Trends - The world has a massive e-waste problem. Recycling helps, but it's only one solution in a network of problems affecting how electronics impact the environment.

Enterprise -- SAP - It is common knowledge that every business experienced some form of unpredictable disruption over the last two years. Acting as the first responders in the logistics supply chain, this disruption threatened many wholesale distributors' ability to...

Media -- eeNews Europe - Futurium allows companies to be heard at the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on supply chains and subsidiesThe European Commission has launched an online consultation platform for companies to give their views on the EU-US...

Enterprise -- IT Reseller - B2B suppliers are failing buyers, new research has found, with 52% of e-commerce sites not fully meeting expectations.

Media -- ELE Times - Toyota plans to build a new $1.29 billion factory in the U.S. to manufacture batteries for gas-electric hybrid and fully electric vehicles.

The move comes amid a flurry of global announcements about shoring up the production of batteries for...

SupplyChain -- U.S. Dept. of Defense Contracts - Today's Defense Department contracts valued at $7.5 million or more are now live on Defense.gov.

Aspencore -- EETimes Europe - When the container ship Ever Given infamously got stuck across the Suez Canal for a week in March, the ripple effects on supply and demand in multiple sectors were a stark reminder of what the tight interdependency of the worldwide logistics...

Aspencore -- EETimes - Industry sectors around the world have adjusted to pandemic-driven employment. For many in deep-tech industries, this has meant working from home: 18 months on, many are still working remotely.

With the widespread availability of Covid-19 vaccines...