Richard Cabrera, executive vice president and head of middle-market banking with Umpqua Bank, details the permanent changes that businesses will be making in their inventory strategies as a result of COVID-19 and the subsequent supply chain meltdown.

Supply-chain efficiency depends heavily on the connection between the quote-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes, says Ash Abhyankar, servant leader at Conexiom.

This year’s higher-than-normal general rate increases for parcel shipping caught many companies by surprise.

An increasing number of organizations are relying on their supply chains to fund operations, says Dale Rogers, On Semiconductor professor of business at Arizona State University, but what is the effect on suppliers?

Total cost of ownership is the single most important reason why you might want to reshore your operations, says Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative.