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The Growing Cost of Blind Spots in Modern Supply Chains

As uncertainty has become the new norm for supply chains, previously tried-and-true crisis management strategies are no longer equipped to keep up with the pace of today's disruptions.

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Supply Chains Crave Digitization — But Not the People to Make It Happen

Supply chain leaders love to talk about their push for “digitization” of key processes. But their hiring patterns aren’t always lining up with that rhetoric.

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Climate Change Threatens the Future of Food Supply Chains

Already in 2025, we've seen the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on the price and availability of essential foods.

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U.S. Companies’ Responses to Tariff Threats Vary Wildly

U.S.-based companies are also likely to suffer because of reciprocal tariffs imposed by America’s trading partners in retaliation, threatening profit from exports.

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Will the Trump Tariffs Put an End to Nearshoring in Mexico?

Don’t expect the Trump tariffs to trigger a boom in domestic manufacturing in the U.S. — or an end to the growth of “nearshored” production capacity in Mexico.

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The Big Gamble on Tariff Policy

Prices will rise, maybe wages will too. The question is whether Trump’s new tariff regime will pay off.

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U.S. Faces De Minimis Dilemma as Supply Chains Brace for Impact

Ending de minimis requirements altogether could mean more paperwork, longer processing times, and higher costs for everyone from shippers to consumers.

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Trump Tariff Uncertainty Puts Businesses in a Bind

Some argue that Trump is simply using threats of injurious trade penalties in order to win smaller, different concessions. Others see a far more dramatic agenda at play.

Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Photo: Gage Skidmore, Flickr

U.S. Pharma Companies Weigh a Shift to North America — and Possibly the U.S. — for Drug Production

Can the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain come home — or, at least, get closer to it?

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The Fight for Control of the Panama Canal

Although Trump has repeatedly said he wants the U.S. to retake the Panama Canal, his actual goals could fall well short of that.

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Two Years After East Palestine Disaster, Fight for Rail Safety Continues

Leaders announced the reintroduction of the Railway Safety Act, which was first proposed in Congress the month after the derailment in 2023, but died in committee months later.

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Will Relatively Stable Freight Rates Stay That Way in 2025?

Shippers are holding their collective breath to see how a rash of uncertainties surrounding the U.S. and global economies will impact freight rates in 2025.

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