Sweetwater Sound, LLC didn’t waste any time preparing for this year’s fourth quarter. By the end of May, the nation’s largest online seller of musical instruments and professional audio gear was already finalizing orders and distribution plans for the coming peak sales season.

China’s chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, after U.S. sanctions on local champions from Huawei Technologies Co. to Hikvision spurred appetite for home-grown components.

Assumptions are central to demand planning, but not all assumptions are created equal.

Warehouse work has been transforming at an amazing rate over the past several years and operators are constantly looking for new, innovative ways to deliver immediate, impactful improvements in productivity and accuracy.  

Pandemic and war have upended American supply chains. The next shock may come from the U.S. campaign against human-rights abuses in China.

The global semiconductor shortage that’s bogged down the auto industry for almost two years is showing signs of easing, at least for now.

Surging battery prices and shortages of metals and materials are likely to last for some time, Toyota Motor Corp.’s chief scientist warned, trends that could weigh on the world’s embrace of electric vehicles.

Daimler Truck Holding AG sees promising signs of moving past the prolonged chip shortage that has beset manufacturers globally, the head of the company’s Mercedes truck brand said.

With transportation issues hitting the headlines time and again, every enterprise understands that developing resiliency in the supply chain and in logistics is key to grow revenue, manage sustainability, and satisfy customers.