The Supply Chain Matters blog provides insights on a major announcement made in conjunction with PTC’s Liveworx 2018 technology conference held in Boston this week. This announcement has strategic implications in the Industrial Internet of Things technology market in the months to come.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides its annual summary, perspectives and takeaways regarding the release of the 29th Annual State of Logistics report. In short, industry business as usual practices are no longer an option given the current trajectory of trends.
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The Trump Administration has elected to move ahead with prior announced tariffs affecting select goods imported from China into the United States. Supply Chain Matters provides additional insights on impacts and action planning.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog debuts a new commentary focused column: Just Sayun. This is where, from time to time, we share observations and brief narratives of the global supply chain management landscape from an admittedly witty perspective.
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Aircraft engine manufacturer and services management provider Rolls Royce has announced a corporate restructuring that involves a job reduction that impacts upwards of 4600 positions representing over 8 percent of its existing workforce.
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The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, through this channel of the Supply Chain Matters blog provides a clarification regarding a previous released Research Advisory.
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Supply Chain Matters provides Part Two highlights of the 33rd Annual Global Trade Day conference presented by The John H. Chaffee Center for International Business at Bryant University in Smithfield Rhode Island. Highlighted is the session related to technological advances impacting global supply chains.
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Electric automaker Tesla has informed employees of a 9 percent overall reduction in workforce, primarily impacting salaried positions. The implication is that Tesla’s new management structure will continue to have a high dependency on existing employees, and in various degrees of talent and expertise to rally and address the ongoing challenges.
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Reuters reports that a major U.S. based labor watchdog group, China Labor Watch, criticized both Amazon and global contract manufacturing services provider Foxconn over what is described as harsh working conditions at an assembly factory in China.
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Last week there was a noteworthy development regarding import and export operations involving U.S. ports. Dockworkers within East and Gulf coast ports reached a tentative six-year labor contract agreement with port operators, ahead of the September contract expiration date.
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