Tag - supply-chains

 
 

SUPPLY CHAINS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 3, 2022
Startups apply artificial intelligence to supply chain disruptions
A growing group of startups and established logistics firms has created a multibillion dollar industry applying the latest technology to help businesses minimize supply chain disruption.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 3, 2022
Supply chains snarl Taiwan tech firms as some strive to meet demand
Companies are reporting a strong market for products, especially in automotives and high-end computing, but difficulty in securing inputs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 26, 2022
Global supply chain crisis flares up again where it all began
Beijing's zero-tolerance approach amid an escalating virus outbreak brings the pandemic full circle, more than two years after its emergence in Wuhan upended the global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 15, 2022
Japan firms brace for more supply chain disruption after Ukraine war
Despite rarely procuring goods from Russia or Ukraine directly, Japan's manufacturers remain vulnerable to the war's far-reaching repercussions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2022
Ukraine invasion adds to chaos for global supply chains
Russia's military incursion is severing key supply chains and setting off a scramble among global companies to comply with new sanctions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2022
Canada critical to helping ensure global supply chain security
At the onset of COVID-19, there was a shortage of PPE supplies, demonstrating the link between security issues such as pandemics and the disruption of supply chains.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 12, 2022
World's damaged supply chains brace for painful recovery
Trade channels have become so clogged it could be into 2023 before the worst-hit industries see business remotely as usual — even without a turn in the pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2021
Is the global supply chain blockage here to stay?
Complex global supply networks work efficiently in normal times, but they are not prepared for COVID-19-like shocks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 17, 2021
Secretive Chinese committee draws up list to replace U.S. tech
China is accelerating plans to replace U.S. and foreign technology, quietly empowering an organization to vet and approve local suppliers in sensitive areas from cloud to semiconductors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 7, 2021
South Korea tech firms to provide U.S. with semiconductor data
The U.S. Commerce Department warned that the White House might invoke the Defense Production Act or other tools if South Korea firms don't respond to their data request.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2021
Washington is a weak link in the global chip supply chain
One of the big mistakes Washington has made during this chip shortage is to act like the U.S is the only victim and its needs usurp everyone else's.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2021
The great global supply-chain massacre
Will these supply shocks prove merely a temporary disruption to the global economy or are we witnessing a meltdown of the world-wide production system?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2021
Supply chain trouble might be the Grinch that steals Christmas
Retailers find themselves in an unusual situation of having to struggle to keep up with demand as vaccinated people socialize more and begin to splash their cash.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2021
Making supply chains more resilient
Some argue that rich-country governments' efforts to strengthen domestic and regional production networks reflect a new form of economic nationalism driven by fear of China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 28, 2021
Japan remade its supply chains after catastrophe. Here’s what it learned.
Japan's industrial network became more resilient after the tsunami and meltdown catastrophes of 2011, which inflicted more than $200 billion in damage to businesses.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2021
Supply chain review reflects new national security mentality
National security strictly defined should drive government action, not a desire to protect domestic companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 19, 2021
Toyota broke its just-in-time rule just in time for the chip shortage
In contrast to the rest of the auto industry, Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said it wasn't expecting a shortfall of semiconductors to affect its production.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2020
Vaccines use bizarre stuff. We need a supply chain now.
The rarity of horseshoe crab blood and shark liver oil mean proper measures need putting into place to enable mass production of vaccines.

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