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UPS Readies Freezer Farms to Ship Virus Vaccine — If We Get One

August 4, 2020

United Parcel Service is building two giant freezer farms capable of super-cooling millions of vials of a COVID-19 vaccine, preparing for the day when it will need to deliver the medicine at high speed across the globe.

Case Study

How Technology Is Helping a Family-Owned Forwarder to Expand

August 1, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

A small forwarder in Puerto Rico had big dreams of expanding its services to meet the need of multimodal shippers, while complying with all document-filing requirements by government regulators.

Kodak Pivots to Drugs After Abandoning Photography, Crypto

July 31, 2020

Bloomberg

Eastman Kodak Co. is getting another shot at redemption.

Shortage of Safety Supplies Adds to Risks for U.S. Reopening

‘Covidpreneurs’ Hawk Body Bags Amid Mexico Shortages

July 28, 2020

Bloomberg

With millions of Mexicans out of work due to COVID-19, some are seizing on the pandemic to trade in medical and other equipment, solving shortages while also causing price spikes and supply chaos.

The World’s Supply Chain Isn’t Ready for a COVID-19 Vaccine

July 27, 2020

Bloomberg

The industries that shepherd goods around the world on ships, planes and trucks acknowledge they aren’t ready to handle the challenges of shipping an eventual COVID-19 vaccine from drugmakers to billions of people.

EU to Focus on Diversifying Crucial Supply Chains

July 15, 2020

Bloomberg

The European Union will seek to diversify its supply chains to cut reliance on other nations for crucial assets such as medicines, even as it works to strengthen trade ties with India, the bloc’s top diplomat says.

Europe Finds It’s Hard to Say Goodbye to Low-Cost China

June 30, 2020

Bloomberg

Already buffeted by U.S.-China trade tensions, the European Union has stepped efforts to produce closer to home in the wake of the global pandemic.

THE SCB PODCAST

Podcast | How to Break America’s Reliance on Manufacturing in China

June 26, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the need for breaking the United States’ dependence on manufacturing in China and other countries.

VIDEO

Watch: Keeping Up With the FDA During the Pandemic

June 25, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Claudia Lewis, partner with Venable LLP, describes how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revising its policies, practices and regulations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Here’s How a No-Deal Brexit Would Shock Virus-Hit U.K. Companies

June 19, 2020

Bloomberg

Trade talks between the EU and U.K. have struggled in recent weeks, increasing the prospect that Britain departs the bloc without a deal and that businesses face an extreme shock when the divorce takes effect.