Federal leadership on supply chains won’t solve everything, but it might help

The Canadian supply chain is experiencing “strain” as we have never seen it before.

Otto Motors and Siemens team up on AMR technology

Partnership will develop Industry 4.0 technologies

Canadian auto production hit especially hard by semiconductor shortage

To be an autoworker in Canada this year has meant living with a fair bit of uncertainty. “There’s no consistency,” said Mark Sciberras, president of the Unifor local branch…

Quebec manufacturers suffering extreme labour shortage

Quebec manufacturers have lost $18 billion in the last two years due to labour shortages which have caused them to turn down contracts, pay late penalties or even scale back their operations

Shortages, shipping, shutdowns hit Asian factory output

Shortages of power, computer chips and other parts, soaring shipping costs and shutdowns of factories to battle the pandemic are taking a toll on Asian economies. Data released Thursday…

China power cuts to further complicate supply chain woes

Global shoppers face possible shortages of smartphones and other goods ahead of Christmas after power cuts to meet official energy use targets forced Chinese factories to shut down

Plastic resin an example of Covid 19 supply chain crunch

Plastic resins – tiny plastic pellets used to make everything from bread bags to milk containers – are undergoing a triple whammy of high demand, tight supply and soaring prices.

Intel building two new U.S. chip factories

When fully operational in 2024, the new plants will manufacture Intel’s most advanced process technologies

Maersk selling container manufacturing unit

Reefer manufacturer, Maersk Container Industry (MCI), sold to China International Marine Containers Ltd. (CIMC) for US$987.3 million

Nulogy offers production scheduling free trial

The standalone release of the Production Scheduling Solution offers any contract supplier a free, 60-day test run