Tag: purchasing
The chip crisis has a greater impact on car suppliers than car manufacturers
Suppliers in crisis The mixture of transformation, missing chips and rising raw material prices is particularly affecting automotive suppliers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf For many automotive suppliers in Germany, it is…
Apple is likely to deliver fewer iPhones due to the lack of chips
iPhone 13 The global shortage of chips apparently also affects Apple’s smartphone production. (Photo: AP) Apple is likely to lower its production targets for the iPhone 13 for 2021 by…
Apple is delivering fewer iPhones due to a lack of chips
iPhone 13 The global shortage of chips apparently also affects Apple’s smartphone production. (Photo: AP) According to a report, Apple cannot produce millions of smartphones due to global delivery bottlenecks.…
Elon Musk’s risky chip strategy has paid off
Elon Musk The Tesla boss understood earlier than others that semiconductor supplies are strategically important for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) It has been reading for years: Cars are becoming computers…
Hempel’s strategy for sustainable growth
Dusseldorf When Lars Petersson, CEO of the Danish paint and coatings manufacturer Hempel, talks about sustainability, he means a lot of things at once. Because the term, according to Petersson,…
Elon Musk’s risky chip strategy has paid off
Elon Musk The Tesla boss understood earlier than others that semiconductor supplies are strategically important for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) It has been reading for years: Cars are becoming computers…
More expensive raw materials fuel the price increases in the supermarket
Dusseldorf The prices for agricultural commodities continued to rise in September. The food price index of the World Food Organization (FAO) rose by a further 1.2 percent to 130 points…
More expensive raw materials fuel the price increases in the supermarket
Dusseldorf The prices for agricultural commodities continued to rise in September. The food price index of the World Food Organization (FAO) rose by a further 1.2 percent to 130 points…
Delivery bottlenecks also endanger German growth
British military fills gas station Before Christmas at the latest, there is a risk of supply shortages in Germany. (Photo: Reuters) With the television pictures from Great Britain, some Germans…
Material shortages in German industry are greater than ever
VW plant in Zwickau Almost all companies (97 percent) in the auto industry reported problems, according to the Ifo Institute. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The acute shortage of materials in German…
Start-up Interos wants to prevent delivery bottlenecks with an early warning system
Jennifer Bisceglie With her AI start-up Interos, Jennifer Bisceglie became a unicorn entrepreneur. (Photo: Interos) Dusseldorf Jennifer Bisceglie’s business model has become indispensable for internationally networked companies – at least…
Chip shortage: The auto industry has gambled away trust
ID.3 production by Volkswagen Many production lines are currently standing still because the automotive industry lacks semiconductors. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The automotive industry has vastly miscalculated. Actually, everything should be…
Recycling & regionalization: effects of the corona crisis
Container Ship Top managers see disrupted supply chains as one of the greatest risks to growth. (Photo: DEEPOL by plainpicture) Dusseldorf The more global, the cheaper, the better: the mantra…