As the title of this column suggests, things appear to be the same for quite a while in the oil/energy markets, while climate ...

Muhammad Ali was the greatest boxer, but he also learned tough lessons along the way about being just “good enough.” Supply chain managers can take… A resilient and agile supply chain is vital in ...

Organizations pursue dedicated fleets for several reasons. Dedicated fleets provide fixed capacity and enhanced service reliability, which are crucial in mitigating disruptions and ensuring timely ...

Amidst reporting that manufacturing firms are stockpiling intermediate inputs before potential tariffs and threats of a second East and Gulf Coast port strike, it’s important to emphasize that chronic ...

’Tis the season of giving back. I am on the board at the Supply Chain Management Institute at the University of San Diego and ...

Manufacturing output finished 2024 with another month of contraction, according to the new edition of the Manufacturing Report on Business, which was issued today by the Institute for Supply ...

Efforts, especially in the United States, to reduce the reliance on foreign trade have gained steam over the past decade. The concept of shipping manufacturing jobs overseas in search of cheaper labor ...

The digital world rarely sleeps, but it sprints around peak events. In the last quarter of each year, events like Black Friday, Amazon Prime Day and Cyber Monday are a high-stakes marathon for ...

If the supply chain enables industry, procurement is the key to its life. But, like many industries, procurement is facing a talent shortage. That is especially true in the public procurement space.