Supply Chain Research

Manufacturers are finding creative ways to tackle the shortage of key components. Tesla is using firmware programming to offset a shortage of chips while Signify is providing radical transparency into inventories for its suppliers to build trust. Also: Farmers, wildcatters at risk as U.S.-China relations remain frosty; UPS’s ocean freight forwarding booms as e-commerce packages drag; Moderna faces vaccine supply chain challenge in testing; China to try another route to steel deflation; and U.S. Africa outreach doesn’t mention GSP, Kenya trade deal potential.