Browsing: Power Shift

Supplier performance is one of the most consequential parts of supply chain management, yet it is also among the hardest…

Private fleets facing a stubborn shortage of qualified truck drivers are increasingly treating safety as a retention problem as much…

The United States is increasingly borrowing ideas from the auto industry to help solve one of modern air defence’s hardest…

The Iran conflict is being watched in energy markets for its effect on crude prices and shipping through the Strait…

India’s push to build a domestic semiconductor industry has gained another logistical backer, after the government-backed India Semiconductor Mission and…

Automotive supply chains are entering a different operating era. The familiar pattern of annual plans, monthly reviews and weekly adjustments…

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has broadened its smart container programme and the Horizon visibility platform, pushing further into the kind…

Across Africa’s mining sector, the debate over productivity is shifting. The old focus on pushing harder, lifting throughput and adding…

The recent air traffic control failure at UK airports offered a stark reminder that modern supply chains can be highly…

By the time SAP Taulia’s CFO urged finance leaders to rethink working capital on 1 September, suppliers had already spent…

Medical-device manufacturers are being pushed towards tighter oversight of suppliers just as the definition of a “critical” vendor is widening.…

Best Buy has raised its annual forecasts after a quarter in which pricier computers helped lift sales, but the more…

Samsung Electro-Mechanics is tightening its grip on suppliers as it pushes deeper into AI infrastructure and automotive electronics, sending chief…

America’s data-centre building spree is running into a labour wall as much as a materials one. In a survey released…

Recent events in West Africa have shown that the weakest point in a farm-to-factory chain is often not production, but…