When the 27th annual BSR Conference convenes in San Jose, CA next week, the next generation of supply chain technologies will be a major area of focus.
Companies that want to innovate can't escape risk. The solution is to understand your organization's appetite, or tolerance, for risk and plan accordingly.
Most countries impose legal control on the export of goods from their jurisdictions, while international trade agreements often include additional regulations. Failing to observe new laws and sanctions can have severe consequences for importers, too.
When the Trump administration announced last Friday that it has secured a partial deal with Chinese negotiators to put a “pause” on the escalating Pacific Rim trade war, our nation's leading retailers were among the first to praise the move.
Economists and industry leaders are largely pointing to ongoing trade tensions with China as the driver behind the decline of U.S. manufacturing, there are still steps supply chain managers can take to mitigate risk.
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.”
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