chip shortage

ULSD rises slightly, semiconductor shortage could get worse and more 3PLs suspend shipments to and from Russia.

Companies stymied by the chip shortage have figured out a way to keep operating while cutting their losses.

The recent chip shortage crisis isn’t helping matters.

On this episode of Transmission, AIT’s Rich Grant discusses the challenges facing shippers in the automotive sector.

The chip shortage has been going on long enough to generate some survey data, and there are some positive things to be found there, but overall the picture is bleak. The general trend seems to be that the impact will be massive and it will last at least through most of 2021, but there are […]

On the Transmission show this week, we speak with Dan Hearsch, managing director at AlixPartners, about the difference between a shortage and a crisis. In the auto supply chain world, that distinction means a lot as automakers continue to scramble to source the semiconductor chips they need to keep building cars. Hearsch told us that […]

The evolving automotive supply chain — and it is evolving, perhaps more than casual observers are aware — is forcing companies to rethink best practices when it comes to getting cars out of the factory and into customer hands. Some are focusing on making their supply chains more independent while others are trying to find […]

Ford and GM say the chip shortage could cost the automakers more than $1 billion in earnings during 2021.

The fallout from the semiconductor chip shortage continues, and since it’s affecting the production of vehicles across the globe, it should be no surprise that automakers will be making fewer electric vehicles in the coming months, just as they’re making fewer internal combustion engine vehicles. Exactly how many fewer vehicles the industry will build this […]

You know that your corner of the automotive industry isn’t exactly niche anymore when mainstream media outlets start encroaching on the topic.

General Motors is extending temporary shutdowns at three assembly plants, including one in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.