Each year ChainLink Research conducts research to provide insights into the business challenges companies are confronting and what strategies and solutions they plan to use to address those challenges. This year is no different: your views are needed.

Peas and carrots, strawberries and cream, risk management and supply chain management. OK, that last pair doesn't have the same ring to it, but I'm sure supply chain professionals are more than aware of the intrinsic relationship between the two.

Just as KFC's China sales began to improve, the spread of bird flu is once again threatening the chicken restaurant's recovery, this time ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday, typically a busy period for the chain. The New Year begins on Friday, Jan. 31.

Harvard University's FXB Center for Health and Human Rights contradicts claims that slavery and child labor have been eliminated from the hand-made carpet industry in India.

Is trade compliance nothing but a headache? Or can it be good for business?

As companies go global in their operations, they need new solutions for managing risk that can traverse countries and link in thousands of worldwide suppliers. Cloud is coming to the rescue where internal systems can't. Here are three cloud supply chain niche solutions that are gaining traction, and why.