The coronavirus pandemic is offering manufacturers a rare opportunity to reduce their dependence on sourcing from China.

A three-step guide to smart sourcing, maximizing profit and managing ongoing compliance.

Here's how to rebalance your fleet, secure freight capacity, boost visibility and more with your existing supply-chain technology.

Freight-payment levels provide a good snapshot of current economic activity, and judging by the trend detected by U.S. Bank for the first quarter of this year, the news isn’t good.

The concept of sole sourcing is as old as that of strategic sourcing. Call it vendor consolidation, volume concentration, or reduction of part-number proliferation, the endgame is always the same: reduce the number of vendors at the part and enterprise levels, to help drive cost efficiencies.

In the last three weeks, I’ve spoken with senior executives of dozens of companies about how they’re managing business continuity during the COVID-19 crisis. Their insights have been consistent.