This month's WannaCry ransomware attack was the latest chapter in a series of hacks and viruses launched by increasingly sophisticated criminals and hackers. The speed at which the malicious software racked up billions of dollars' worth of damage underscored the vulnerability of data-intensive operations, such as those of global logistics companies.

Both General Motors and Nissan have made cost-cutting a priority - but with very different results, according to this year's Supplier Working Relations Index study.

U.S. industrial production grew at the highest rate in more than three years in April, with all three major industry groups showing gains.

Pringles has been singled out as among the "worst packaging offenders" by the Recycling Association (RA).

Members of the U.S. seafood industry are fearful that Canada's approval of a new trade deal with the European Union will cause big problems for the American lobster business, just as the catch is hitting historic highs.

Companies like Ikea and Apple have been investing in their supply chains in order to avoid unknown and potentially environmentally damaging activities from their suppliers by purchasing forest, building wind farms, and taking over plastics recycling plants. Ikea has purchased forest in Romania and the Baltics, while Apple has invested in forest in the US, writes The Guardian.