Global Supply Chain Management

Kobe Steel Says Senior Executives Knew About Data Tampering

January 2, 2018

Kobe Steel Ltd, at the centre of a data-falsification scandal that has shaken Japan’s manufacturing industry, admitted for the first time that executives were aware of the cheating, and reassigned three senior officials.

Opinion: Port Automation and Cyber Risk

January 2, 2018

Philipp Martin Dingeldey, maritime security analyst, Maritime Executive

To stay ahead of competing ports and technological developments, automation has been heralded as inevitable. Major transshipment hubs and aspiring ports bet their future on automation, which raises the impact cyber risks could have in the long-run.

China's Pollution Crackdown Hits Supply Chains

January 2, 2018

Supply Management

China has announced plans to roll out a nationwide system that will force polluters to repair damage to the environment or pay compensation by 2020.

Blockchain Is Pumping New Life Into Old Companies Like IBM, Microsoft

January 2, 2018

Industryweek

Blockchain is getting bigger at Big Blue.

Tech's Terrible Year: How the World Turned on Silicon Valley in 2017

December 28, 2017

The Guardian

When Jonathan Taplin’s book Move Fast and Break Things, which dealt with the worrying rise of big tech, was first published in the U.K. in April 2017, his publishers removed its subtitle because they didn’t think it was supported by evidence: "How Facebook, Google and Amazon cornered culture and undermined democracy."

America’s Trade Wars Are Heating Up, As More U.S. Companies Sue for Relief

December 28, 2017

The Washington Post

U.S. companies are bringing new trade lawsuits against their foreign competitors with a scope and frequency not seen in more than 15 years, government documents show, as a wave of new complaints builds under President Trump.

Canada Launches $100M Procurement Scheme to Back Start-Ups

December 27, 2017

Supply Management

The Canadian federal government has launched a C$100m scheme dedicated to increasing purchases from start-ups.

Factories Hum From Detroit to Dortmund As World Economy Improves

December 27, 2017

Industryweek

Factories from America’s Rust Belt to Germany’s Ruhr region to Japan’s Aichi prefecture are revving up production lines in a unified acceleration not seen in years.

As Energy Markets Evolve, Blockchain Powers Up

December 27, 2017

Reuters

Energy startups have been using blockchain to power electricity sharing in microgrid trials from Texas to Tasmania for a year or so.

Reinventing Supply Chain and Operations

December 27, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Joseph Selle, IBM's executive in charge of cognitive transformation and operations, is among technology experts who believe artificial intelligence is applicable not only across the supply chain but throughout every department and function in a company.