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Volkswagen workers in Mexico empower union to call strike
Worker pay at Volkswagen’s plant in Puebla, Mexico, ranges from about $15 per day for new employees to more than $50 per day for veteran…
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Borderlands: Mexico records 692 commercial cargo thefts in April
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico records 692 commercial cargo thefts…
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Changing the supply chain doesn’t mean just one thing
The evolving automotive supply chain — and it is evolving, perhaps more than casual observers are aware — is forcing companies to rethink best practices…
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The time has come to abandon the just-in-time model
Next week on the Transmission podcast and FreightWavesTV show, I’ll be speaking with Dionis Teshler, the CTO and co-founder of GuardKnox. There are two things…
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Ford, VW face more work stoppages due to chip shortage
Ford and GM say the chip shortage could cost the automakers more than $1 billion in earnings during 2021.
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Borderlands: Why does innovation stop at the Mexico border?
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Why does innovation stop at the…
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Transmission: Auto suppliers will head south for better weather
There are a couple of trends shaking up the automotive industry in the years ahead. Outside of digitization and electrification, one trend often gets left…
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Mexican automakers hope to fire on all cylinders in 2021
After a disruptive year, Mexico’s automotive industry hopes to revive a manufacturing sector depressed by the pandemic, along with shortages of vital components and energy…
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Transmission: Olaf, Texas, and chip factories have same problem — they’re ‘Frozen’
Winter storm Uri was brutal for a lot of people, specifically in the Southeast and Southwest. With that being said, the auto industry experienced some…
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Texas blackouts cost Mexican manufacturers $2.7B
Texas announces suspension of natural gas exports to Mexico until Sunday.
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