Blockchain to help automakers tame tangled chip supplies

Vehicle and semiconductor makers to join hands on tracking system

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An electric engine of Mitsubishi Motors is displayed at the Geneva International Motor Show. As more chips are integrated into autos, managing the supply chains has become more complicated. © Reuters

YOICHIRO HIROI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Ford Motor was once the model of a vertically integrated company, handling everything from growing timber to assembly finished vehicles in Michigan. Fast forward 100 years and the current auto industry is completely different -- dependent on supply chains that sprawl across the planet and myriad industries.

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