Global Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Is Drawing New Talent From More Generations, Industries

January 10, 2021

Supply-chain management has perhaps never been more relevant as the U.S. works to distribute COVID-19 vaccines — drawing a new batch of talent interested in innovating the industry.

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Watch: Why Does ESG Matter to Supply Chains?

January 8, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A discussion about the importance of applying environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations to global supply chains, with Jonathon Karelse, chief executive officer, and Y Nguyen, governance and risk management practice lead, with NorthFind Management.

Ship Orders Slump 50% With Owners Unsure Which Green Fuel to Use

January 8, 2021

Bloomberg

Orders fell almost 10% in 2019 and then more than 50% in 2020 to the lowest in at least two decades, IHS Markit data show. If activity doesn’t pick up, that could lead to a dearth of vessels and a spike in freight rates in a few years.

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Watch: How U.S. Trade Policy Will Change in the Biden Administration

January 7, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Damon Pike, international tax principal and leader of the customs and international trade practice of BDO, discusses what are likely to be the differences and similarities between the Trump and Biden administrations’ approaches toward trade.

Slave Labor Discovered Among Brazil’s Top Beef Supply Chains

January 5, 2021

Bloomberg

A few feeder farms to some of Brazil’s top beef producers have used slave labor, according to a new report, adding urgency to government and corporate promises to clean up the meat supply chain.

Brexit Is a New World Businesses Still Need to Figure Out

January 3, 2021

Bloomberg

British businesses probably didn’t expect to start 2021 worrying about wooden pallets after a year of grappling with the coronavirus and a meltdown in the economy.

COVID-19 Delivers a Wakeup Call for Supply-Chain Risk Management

January 1, 2021

Riskmethods

The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on global risk-management strategies. Many companies learned in 2020 that their supply chains weren’t prepared for a disruption of such massive scale. Now, they’re determined not to get caught short again.

Ten Ways COVID-19 Has Changed the World Economy Forever

December 30, 2020

Bloomberg

Economic shocks like the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 only arrive once every few generations, and they bring about permanent and far-reaching change.

Brexit Deal May Be Too Little, Too Late for U.K.’s Car Industry

December 29, 2020

Bloomberg

The auto industry dodged disaster when the U.K. and European Union sealed a post-Brexit trade accord, but not before carmakers announced factory closures and called off plans to make several new vehicles in the country.

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Watch: Will the U.S. Rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

December 27, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Matthew Goodman, senior vice president and holder of the Simon Chair in Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the prospects of the Biden Administration bringing the U.S. back into the Trans-Pacific Partnership.