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Supply chains

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    AP Møller-Maersk AS
    Maersk raises guidance for the third time since May on the back of Red Sea disruption

    Container shipping group forecasts higher profits for third time since May

    Containers on Maersk ship
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Asia manufacturing
    Chinese low-tech manufacturers hanging on by ‘their fingernails’

    Clothing, toy and furniture factories hit by anaemic orders, trade restrictions and growing competition

    A woman packs a pair of shoes in a factory in Jinjiang city in southeast China’s Fujian province
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Rolls-Royce boss warns of prolonged supply chain strains

    Tufan Erginbilgic says crunch could persist for another two years

    UltraFan is a new engine system being developed by Rolls-Royce
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Lex
    Singapore port congestion threatens to gum up global trade Premium content

    The longer bottlenecks last, the higher the risk of another inflationary jolt for the world

    Singapore’s container port
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    US retail
    US retailers paying premium to place big bets on holiday sales

    Shift in logistics forces importers to move shipments earlier in the year and drives up freight rates in the process

    A Pride month merchandise display is at the front of a Target store
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    News in-depthChinese trade
    Chinese exporters raise fears of Christmas freight crisis

    Red Sea attacks push up costs and put pressure on profits during critical season for trade

    The bare-chested employee works at a large desk
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    LexAirbus SE
    Airbus shows the limits of duopoly power Premium content

    Supply capacity is not an area where the European group can profit from the distress of its rival Boeing

    A partially finished A320 passenger plane at Airbus’s factory in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Airbus SE
    Airbus shares fall more than 10% as plane maker cuts profit forecast

    European aerospace and defence group blames disruption to its supply chain

    An Airbus A320 passenger aircraft prepares to land at JFK International Airport in New York
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    LexUK defence
    Hitting defence targets is not as simple as money Premium content

    Biggest UK defence groups rely on tens of thousands of global suppliers

    A tank on display at a BAE Systems stand at a security expo
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    News in-depthShein
    Shein sought to reassure US over China supply chain ahead of IPO

    Fashion group’s talks on Xinjiang cotton kept private to avoid being seen as unpatriotic by Beijing

    Shein’s 2023 “Endless Summer Show” and its logo
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Inter Ikea Holding SA
    Ikea examines US production boost amid global trade disruption

    Swedish retailer considers new factories in the Americas as movement of goods becomes costly and complex

    People shop in an Ikea store
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Inside BusinessDavid Keohane
    Rise of EVs gives Toyota a supply chain quandary

    With the transition from traditional engines accelerating, is the automaker’s legendary supply chain a liability or an asset?

    A worker works on a vehicle at the Toyota plant in Bidadi, Karnataka, India
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    Rana Foroohar
    Charting trade chokepoints: a how-to guide

    Understanding what our supply chains really look like could help make friendshoring a reality

    Matt Kenyon illustration of two people shaking hands against a backdrop of pie charts and statistical graphs
  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    European companies step up efforts to decouple from China

    Move comes as Brussels increases scrutiny of goods from world’s largest export economy

    Containers from China are taken between terminals in the Port of Duisburg, Germany
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    InterviewAP Møller-Maersk AS
    Christmas rush risks new supply chain crisis, warns Maersk boss

    Container shipping group raises financial guidance for second time in just over a month

    Container stacked on a Maersk vessel
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    Chinese businesses target Vietnam and Mexico as trade tensions with US rise

    Investment increases in countries that offer alternative supply chain route to US

    Containers being loaded on to a ship
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    News in-depthHealth
    Patients in England ration drugs as supply crisis hits

    People with cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and diabetes among those struggling with medicine shortages

    Cystic fibrosis sufferer Lucy Baxter
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    News in-depthBoeing Co
    How Boeing’s troubles are affecting its suppliers

    Makers of parts for the US’s largest aircraft manufacturer wrestle with uncertainty over demand and production

    A Spirit AeroSystems sign
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Tesla pushes suppliers to produce parts outside China and Taiwan

    Move comes amid rising geopolitical tensions and competition from Chinese rivals

    A white Tesla vehicle being manufactured inside the company’s Shanghai factory
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    The mounting strains on global shipping

    Pirate attacks, Middle East instability and drought are causing disruption and congestion at the world’s ports

    Montage of commercial ships in Singapore Strait and a line chart
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Container shipping
    Shipping rates spike as businesses expect more Red Sea attacks

    Companies prepare to ship goods for festive season early as attacks by Yemen’s Houthis force ships to take longer route

    Person watches a container ship docked at port
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Gillian Tett
    Forget macro and micro, it’s mesoeconomics that matters

    Understanding networks properly will help us to better grasp how the economy actually works

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a sphere of solid state circuits rolling towards an economist who is standing in its path.
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Automobiles
    BMW and JLR imported banned Xinjiang part to US, Senate probe finds

    Carmakers did not immediately take action after being told of component made by company linked to Uyghur forced labour

    Mini Cooper on production line
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Trade Secrets
    Autoworkers of the world, unite! (Ish.) Premium content

    US labour unions are using a German supply chain regulation to take on Mercedes

    A worker on a Mercedes production line
  • Saturday, 27 April, 2024
    Airlines
    Aircraft seat shortages hamper airlines’ efforts to upgrade planes

    Continuing supply chain bottlenecks come as carriers race to unveil new cabins to attract customers

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