TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, is considering making electric vehicles at its highly anticipated Wisconsin plant that has been scaled.
Foxconn’s Chengdu Campus Recognized as Lighthouse Factory
Foxconn Technology Group announced that a second of the company’s factories, a factory based in Chengdu, China, has been recognised by the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) as a Lighthouse factory. The accolade is awarded to manufacturing leaders who have been successful in applying Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to achieve profitable growth without increasing their environmental footprint. Confronted with fast-growing demand and labour skill scarcity, Foxconn Chengdu adopted mixed reality, artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) technologies to increase labour efficiency by 200% and improve overall equipment effectiveness by 17%.
GM Is Shipping Full-Size Pickups With Worse Fuel Economy
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A parts shortage means that GM is shipping full-size pickups with a missing fuel economy module, and that means worse fuel economy. Anything to get pickups out the door! All that and more in The Morning Shift for March 16, 2021.
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1st Gear: Chip Shortage Means No Fuel Economy Module
Nothing stands between America and its pickup trucks. Not a global pandemic, certainly not a parts shortage! Even if this means sending trucks out the door with worse fuel economy, as Reuters reports:
Webinar in US to discuss trade, supply chain issues
MIDWEST FORUM: The event aims to establish a democratic and open business ecosystem, the nation’s representative office in Chicago said
By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwanese and US business representatives, politicians and academics are to discuss bilateral trade and supply chain security issues in a virtual summit next week, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago said yesterday.
The two-day event, titled “Taiwan-US Business Forum in the Midwest,” is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday next week in Chicago.
One day of discussion each would be allocated to the issues affecting the technology and the agriculture sectors.
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