Apple adds suppliers in China despite efforts to spread out production, underscoring country’s major supply chain role

Apple added eight Chinese suppliers and removed four contractors on the mainland during its past financial year ended September, the first time since 2021 that the US tech giant introduced more suppliers from the country than it cut, according to its newly published supplier list. Despite Apple’s recent efforts to diversify its supply chain and … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Vietnam as US tech giant’s supply chain shift stirs unease in China

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has kicked off his two-day visit to Vietnam, as the US tech giant’s efforts to diversify its supply chain comes into focus again, just weeks after the CEO concluded a tour in the company’s key market of China. On Monday, Apple announced on its Vietnam website that it would “increase … Read more

Auralee is one of the coolest Japanese fashion labels. Meet the designer behind it, Ryota Iwai

Nonetheless, he sat down with the Post in Tokyo to discuss running a slow fashion brand in a world used to instant gratification. A look from Auralee’s autumn/winter 2024 collection. Photo: Auralee How would you describe your design process? What’s unique about our brand is that we make everything from scratch, so every collection starts … Read more

‘American Flannel’ Book by Steven Kurutz Looks at U.S. Manufacturing

It’s a sobering statistic: in 1980, around 70 percent of the clothing worn by Americans was made domestically. Today, that figure is 2 percent. That was the impetus for Steven Kurutz, a longtime Styles reporter for The New York Times, to write a book chronicling a few of the last remaining companies producing apparel in … Read more

Opinion | China’s edge in the AI robotics race lies in the Greater Bay Area

The strategic significance of embodied AI places it at the forefront of the global technological race. In analysing the supply chain, our findings highlight the pivotal role China’s Greater Bay Area, with Shenzhen at its core, plays in the country’s embodied AI supply chain. This dominance underscores the area’s critical contribution to China’s competitive edge. … Read more

tvs: TVS SCS extends contract with Rolls-Royce for parts distribution centre in Singapore till 2029

Mumbai: Supply chain firm TVS Supply Chain Solutions on Tuesday announced that its contract with Rolls-Royce for parts distribution centre in Singapore has been extended by five years to 2029. The Singapore facility of the TVS Supply Chain Solutions caters to the Asia Pacific markets of Rolls-Royce power system business unit, according to the company. … Read more