Why are CEOs allocating more of their valuable time to thinking about their supply chain?

The UK must push ahead with expansion of capacity with new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, according to the British International Freight Association, a trade group for UK freight forwarders and logistics services providers.

More predictions for the future of supply-chain management, courtesy of a panel of industry insiders at the fifth annual seer-fest sponsored by the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply-Chain Management Professionals:

Cloud adopters face serious risk in the next two years because of the strong possibility that their provider will be acquired or forced out of business, according to Gartner.

Best practices like just-in-time production, lean manufacturing and lean supply chain management have helped the world's premier automotive companies eliminate waste of all kinds: overproduction, waiting, unnecessary parts/product movements and processing, excess inventory, worker motions and defects.

While cell phones help everyone from truck drivers to fleet managers stay connected, they also offer a new way of doing business.