The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the inadequacies of many supply chains when it comes to ensuring the safe, secure and rapid delivery of drugs and other critical supplies in a health crisis.

Supply-chain executives in North America have a lot on their plates these days, to say the least.

Although the transportation industry was among the earliest adopters of mobile technology, upgrades have been lagging for the last decade.

Louis Rossi, director of business development with Comarch, explains why U.S. companies have been slower than those of other countries to adopt electronic invoicing — and how they stand to benefit by getting onboard with the technology.

Vanessa Akhtar, principal with management consultancy Kotter, offers advice for manufacturers on the right path to automation — one that includes human workers in the equation.

The pandemic didn’t launch the retail industry on the road to radical transformation. But it unquestionably sped the journey up.

5G will soon become the new technology standard for cellular networks, and the benefits for business in general, and the supply chain specifically, are immense.

The logistics industry, with its long history of manual processes, still has a lot of catching up to do.

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold around the world, it delivered a shock to the system that tested manufacturers’ ability to adapt to change.