TechnologyBlockchain to help automakers tame tangled chip supplies
Vehicle and semiconductor makers to join hands on tracking system
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
December 11, 2020 02:52 JST
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.