In the procurement field, there is a gap between the strategic and technological skills professionals need and the ones they currently possess. Closing these gaps through talent management initiatives is a top priority for many organizations.
The world seems to be falling apart at the seams—consider this a warning to supply chain managers in the “post-global” era. The US and China have a “trade war”, which really means a series of tit-for-tat tariffs.
The Reshoring Institute has released the results of the 2019 Survey of Global Manufacturers “The Changing Trends of Reshoring in the United States,” and published it for download here: https://reshoringinstitute.org/annual-survey-of-manufacturers.
A new report found that a five-year intervention campaign to protect workers in India backed by the Freedom Fund – which works to mobilize the knowledge, capital and will to end slavery – was effective at reducing debt bondage and other forms of exploitation, cutting the…
When heads of state and government meet at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this week, an important session will focus on making sustainable supply chains “Cruelty Free.”
August saw another intensification of the trade conflict between the United States and China. Then, in mid-September, the attack on Saudi Arabian oil production facilities resulted in an oil price spike. Both are bad news for the global supply chain managers coming at a time…
When Oracle OpenWorld 2019 gets underway in San Francisco on September 16, the world's largest and most prominent business and technology conference will feature significant announcements for the global supply chain community.
Hong Kong is a major center for supply chain and logistics operations with its deep-water port and air freight consolidation centers. But for the past four months, Hong Kong has been embroiled in weekend protests that have become increasingly more violent and crippling the…
As a hurricane is about the make landfall, the Defense Logistics Agency's supply chain is ready to roll into action
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