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Customs Union Q&A: What Is It — and Can the U.K. Manage Without It?

April 24, 2018

Theresa May has ruled out staying in a customs union after Brexit, but are her proposals workable?

Sorghum, Targeted by Tariffs, Is a U.S. Crop China Started Buying Only Five Years Ago

April 24, 2018

When China slapped import duties on U.S. sorghum last week, it targeted an annual trade flow worth almost $1bn that didn't exist five years ago.

Better Than Amazon? How Bradley Jacobs Turned a $63M Bet Into a $12Bn Transportation Empire

April 24, 2018

Forbes

Decades ago, Bradley Jacobs studied math and piano (classical and jazz) at Bennington and Brown before dropping out to make money. Now the balding 61-year-old CEO of XPO Logistics invokes that background to explain how he's parlayed sequential roll-ups in the gritty businesses of garbage collection, heavy equipment rentals and delivering stuff into a $2.6bn net worth.

U.K. Manufacturing Quality Hampered by Supply Chain Issues, Survey Says

April 23, 2018

Supply Management

Achieving quality in the supply chain is a major concern for manufacturers, and access to good raw materials is a growing issue, a survey of 200 U.K. manufacturers has found.

IMF Says the Global Smartphone Boom Has Reached Its Peak

April 23, 2018

Bloomberg

The global smartphone boom that’s helped propel Asia’s economic growth and reshape trade channels in recent years may have peaked.

Bringing Blockchain to the Coffee Cup

April 20, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Do you take your coffee with cream, sugar or blockchain?

Amazon Prime Reaches More Than 100 Million Members, CEO Jeff Bezos Says

April 20, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said the e-commerce giant has exceeded 100 million paid Prime subscribers and will continue to invest to meet "ever-rising" customer expectations.

How Crowdsourcing Can Help to Assess Financial Risk

April 20, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

How do you tell if your supply-chain partners are financially solvent? The crowd knows.

Will Livestock Exporters Release Unedited Footage?

April 19, 2018

Maritime Executive

RSPCA Australia has called for the immediate public release of unedited footage taken of conditions aboard the livestock carrier Maysora last week.

Electric Carmakers Face Growing Risk in Battery Supply Chain

April 19, 2018

Supply Management

Auto manufacturers could face potentially significant supply chain disruption when it comes to batteries for electric vehicles, according to an insurance broker.