China is making rapid progress in its chipset self-sufficiency charge, but the global chip shortage has highlighted the vulnerability of an overconcentrated supply chain to geopolitical tensions. Read more…
Huawei said its supply chain was under attack from the US and called on it to reconsider trade restrictions hurting suppliers globally. Read more…
Disruption to supply chains from the coronavirus pandemic could cause around a $42 billion revenue gap for smart device vendors. Read more…
By 2023, 90% of blockchain-based supply chain initiatives will suffer ‘blockchain fatigue’ due to a lack of strong use cases, says a new Gartner survey. Read more…
(Reuters) – Apple has cut production orders in recent weeks for all three iPhone models launched in September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing sources. A lower-than-expected demand for the new iPhones and Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s largest retailer Carrefour has adopted blockchain ledger technology to track and trace chicken, eggs and tomatoes as they travel from farms to stores, and will deploy it across all of its Read more…
That Bloomberg story about Chinese spy chips in the server supply chain highlights an issue even Huawei is worried about – international supply chains are so complex it’s getting harder to secure them. And vendor Read more…
If you wondered how blockchain technology could go beyond the realm of cryptocurrencies to help improve people’s lives, look no further than the shores of Lac Léman in Vevey, Switzerland, where Nestlé is accelerating its Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – The US trade ban on Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE wreaked havoc at wireless carriers in Europe and South Asia, and forced operators worldwide to consider broadening their supply networks, industry sources Read more…
The recent news that Tesla is developing a prototype for fleets of long-haul autonomous trucks was the latest example of how emerging technologies are poised to majorly disrupt the logistics industry. Technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous Read more…
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