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NEWS ABOUT: supply chain

supply chain stories: 6 news summaries

 Auto Suppliers Seek
Their Own Bailout

Trade groups warn industry could collapse from bottom up as Big 3 troubles filter down

Feb 26, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The auto industry is warning that it could collapse from the bottom up if the government doesn't immediately assist America's car parts suppliers, the Washington Post reports. Suppliers are struggling to use their unpaid billings to troubled automakers—usually 45 to 60 days behind deliveries—as collateral for operating loans,... More »

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General Motors • automaker • Ford • auto industry • suppliers • supply chain • auto bailout

Afghan Unrest Idles Pakistani Truckers Supplying NATO

Attacks on Khyber Pass route have drivers demanding a pay increase

Dec 15, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Last week’s attacks on American supply lines have Pakistani truck drivers refusing to drive into Afghanistan to resupply NATO troops, the Times of London reports. The route through the Khyber Pass was scheduled to reopen today, but the truckers union is holding out for a significant bump in pay.... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pakistan • Kazakhstan • truckers • Afghan border • supply chain

Auto Suppliers Panic as Detroit Collapse Nears

Owed billions by GM and Chrysler, many near failure

Dec 12, 08 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The looming collapse of GM and Chrysler is sending shudders all the way down the supply chain, the New York Times reports. America's auto parts suppliers employ 600,000 people—more than twice as many as the Big Three automakers combined—but many suppliers are already stretched to the limit... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • Ford • manufacturer • auto industry • US automakers • supply chain

Bush Pledges More Troops for Afghanistan

Gates confident new administration will honor promise to NATO

Apr 4, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US will boost the number of its troops committed to NATO's effort in Afghanistan in 2009, President Bush told fellow alliance members at this week's summit, Reuters reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates related the pledge to reporters as he left the Bucharest summit. He didn’t specify a figure,... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • War on Terror • NATO • US military • US troops • supply chain • George W. Bush • NATO summit

More US Troops Outfitting Themselves for Combat

With slow supply chain—and style—among concerns, market grows to $150M annually

Mar 6, 08 1:39 PM CST
(Newser) - US troops are increasingly augmenting their military-issue gear with higher-end commercial products to gain an extra edge—and look sharp, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The military has encouraged the trend, perhaps in response to the equipment shortages that have dogged the Iraq and Afghanistan war efforts, loosening procurement rules... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • privatization • House Armed Services Committee • Iraq war • supply chain • military gear • military equipment • Commando Military Supply • Tactical Tailor • Oakley • Gore-Tex • Operation Helmet • DefenseWatch • Iraq war spending

Heparin
Supply Chain Shaky in China

Troubles could trace back to vulnerable
raw materials

Feb 28, 08 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - With at least four US patients dead and hundreds suffering complications from the blood-thinning drug heparin, the New York Times follows the supply chain back to Chinese slaughterhouses that deal with the pig intestines that provide raw material for the drug. Though companies say the chain is secure, the Times... More »

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China • medicine • pharmaceutical companies • pharmaceutical • pharmaceutical industry • Heparin • Baxter International • blood thinner • Changzhou SPL • Scientific Protein Laboratories • supply chain • pig intestines

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