Before dawn six days a week, Norma Ulloa left the two-bedroom apartment she shared with four family members and boarded a bus that took her to a stifling factory on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles.

Terrorist attacks on supply chains have increased 16 percent year-on-year, according to the British Standards Institution.

The supply chain talent pool is failing to keep up with changing requirements as technology and digitalisation reshape the industry, according to a survey.

Global business tycoons and politicians from 48 countries committed to ending human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery last month at a landmark gathering of high-profile leaders in the Australian city of Perth.

If you ask the manufacturing and chemical sectors what their greatest blessing has been in recent years, the answer will generally be the plethora of natural gas that has been made accessible to them - and how this has decreased their cost of doing of business.

Move over, Alexa. Wal-Mart is going high-tech in its fight against Amazon.com.

Emerging technologies on Gartner Inc.'s "Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2017" reveal three megatrends that will enable businesses to survive and thrive in the digital economy over the next five to 10 years.