Despite the challenges higher fuel costs bring to industries, few companies have made significant efforts to address the issue. Fortunately, there are ways to mitigate the worst effects of the cost burden.

By deploying financial services technology at each stage of the supply chain, companies can speed up access to working capital.

While for some companies the concept of digital twins may be new, others in the manufacturing space have been using them for years now, proving not just their effectiveness, but also their ability to drive innovation in an increasingly competitive economy.

Companies seeking to decarbonize their supply chains will never reach that goal without the help of suppliers over which they assert no direct control.

Quantum computing has arrived. But is it mature enough to solve brutally complex supply chain problems?

For U.S. importers, the hurdles for proving that their supply chains are free of forced labor are getting higher all the time.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for global supply chains to return to some state of “normal” anytime soon.

Can all of the interests that make up an urban environment come together to solve the problem of freight congestion?

Ann-Marie Daugherty, executive vice president and president of supply tech with Inmar Intelligence, talks about the company's e-commerce post-purchase partnership with Doddle.

Disruption caused by the pandemic has served as a "rude awakening" among top executives about the need for new technology to create true visibility across international logistics, says Adolph Colaco, founder and chief executive officer of e2log.

With multiple layers of suppliers, artificial intelligence and big data can help companies get clean and useful information, says Jim Hayden, chief data scientist at Everstream Analytics.

Supply chains are in flux, and planners will need to deal with continuing challenges in the near future, says David Food, head of supply chain marketing at Board International.