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Ottawa is increasing its ‘friendshoring’ focus to improve supply chains: analysts

Canadian Manufacturing

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen coined the term “friendshoring” a year ago, saying allies should rely on each other to make supply chains more resilient, and defang hostile actors from taxing or withholding goods. . “It’s essentially saying what we’ve been doing for the last 30 years of engagement is over.”

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Digitalization of the Automotive Industry: From Traditional EDI to Modern EDITrends

Seeburger

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a time-tested yet advanced technology for harmonized electronic document and information exchange. By implementing EDI, tedious manual data entry and conventional paper-based processes become obsolete, allowing business transactions to proceed with increased speed, accuracy and efficiency.

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Case Law Update: Disputes Relating to Supply Chain Disruptions Hit the Courts

Foley

Over the last two years, the widespread shortages, stoppages, and other disruptions affecting much of the global supply chain have led manufacturers, suppliers, and buyers alike to examine their contract terms for an available excuse for nonperformance. In Drummond Coal Sales Inc. Guilbert Tex, Inc. Tufco L.P.

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Unifor unveils its new automotive manufacturing policy

Canadian Manufacturing

The comprehensive policy document, entitled “Navigating the road ahead – rebuilding Canada’s powerhouse auto sector” is available on Unifor’s new website www.uniforautohub.ca. The document is the product of months of work by production and skilled trades members in auto assembly and auto parts manufacturing.

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Brexit deal poses ‘existential threat’ to UK car manufacturing, industry warns

E&T

In the document, the company described the agreement between the UK and the EU as a “threat to our export business and the sustainability of our UK manufacturing operations”. Stellantis, which employs more than 5,000 people in the UK, was responding to an enquiry into the supply of batteries for EV manufacturing in the country.

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A Fond Farewell to My Additive Friends

Modern Machine Shop

Photo Credit: Tim Simpson In addition to new standards, requirement documents for AM parts have been publicly released for aerospace materials systems by SAE International and for space flight by NASA. Me getting 3D scanned to create my “digital twin” so that I could be 3D printed.

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KlearNow’s Rebranding to KlearNow.AI Reinforces Its Position as a Global Logistics Leader in A.I. and M.L. Innovation

i4.0 today

Traditionally, supply chain management software resided only within defined, static ecosystems and silos ,” said Rick Tellez, KlearNow.AI is drastically improving the usability of digital data flows, and KlearNow.AI’s swift expansion in Europe and India emphasises the industry’s desire to digitise the entire supply chain.”