In a difficult economy, the most obvious action item on executive agendas is cutting cost. Yet businesses often fail to make good on that relatively straightforward objective.

Doubts about China as the ideal place to manufacture cheap consumer goods for the West have been voiced for years.

With every advance in communications technology comes a fresh vulnerability that opens the user to cyberattack. So it goes with 5G mobile connectivity.

Are global supply chains finally shaking off the after-effects of the pandemic? The latest findings from GEP’s Global Supply Chain Volatility Index suggest that might be the case.

Automation has been touted as the key to ramping up warehouse efficiency in the face of a shortfall of labor. But it comes with its own set of problems.

Including same-day delivery options is good for business, bringing long-term, strategic benefits that should counter the typical six-figure cost of setting it up.

When it comes to assessing supply chain risks, planners generally don’t place natural disasters at the top of the list. But with the growing number of extreme weather events, that could change in the coming years.

Now that data is mostly out there, in the cloud, it seems easy to imagine that it’s “clean.” Time to think again.

A select number of ocean carriers and shippers are racing to meet decarbonization goals for international transportation over the next few years. And they need help.

The world’s major ocean container lines can’t get enough of big new ships — never mind the threat of severe overcapacity and a resulting downward pressure on freight rates.