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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Low inventory and volcano trip up US manufacturers

The economic consequences of the ash cloud could mount over time.

Now that a giant ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland is disrupting global air freight, some manufacturers are finding that this strategy is backfiring. Nissan suspended production at two Japanese auto assembly plants Tuesday and BMW was forced to idle three plants in Germany because of shortages of critical parts. Computer maker Dell is experiencing delays in getting notebook computers to European customers.

Source: finance.yahoo.com

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