The unprecedented transformation of consumer demand is driving cost and complexity into the supply chain. Keeping up in today's fast-paced business environment is forcing mid-market companies to analyze and implement responsive supply chain strategies that meet market expectations while driving greater profitability to the business. Despite reshoring and in-house efforts, outsourcing remains a reality for many supply chains.

Forget playing the blame game, the fraught implementation of container weighing rules came down to the fact that the container shipping industry has no single trusted information source.

With more than 100,000 freight carriers operating in North America, sophisticated shippers long ago realized the only way to successfully and efficiently procure transportation was by hosting regular bidding events.

The FDA has placed four Chinese and Indian generic drug facilities on the so-called "Red List" that bans them from shipping products to the U.S. for failing to pay required fees and not meeting identification requirements.

All the technology in the world won't protect you against the myriad of events that can severely disrupt a global supply chain.

Over the years, retailers have become very good at the supply chain - the process of getting goods from the manufacturing plant to the customer. But today, many retailers face a different challenge: taking those goods back, a process referred to as the "reverse supply chain."

Lee Young, director of supplier quality with ThermoFisher Scientific, discusses how technology and business-process change have helped the company to tighten up its risk-management program.

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), a global maritime and logistics service provider, has introduced its Partner Solutions Initiative.