FortuneMore from FortuneGlobal Supply Chain ManagementCritics Say Feinstein's Drone Safety Bill Much Too RestrictiveThe proposed Consumer Drone Safety Act calls for more guidelines about when and where drones can fly in the U.S.July 7, 2015All LogisticsLogistics Business Could Create 1.4 Million Jobs Over the Next Four YearsHow can a $1.3tr industry, getting bigger every year, be hidden in plain sight? Easy. The vast U.S. logistics business, which delivers 48 million tons of freight (worth about $48bn) daily and already employs roughly 6 million people, operates mostly behind the scenes.May 5, 2014Business Strategy AlignmentBoeing's Defense Business Takes a Hit, But the Manufacturer Is Fighting BackBoeing and its investors likely couldn't be happier with the first quarter 2014 earnings report: revenue rose 8 percent over the year-ago quarter, operating margins widened, and 2014 guidance got boost. The U.S. aerospace company ramped up deliveries for its 787 and 737 models to keep pace with demand, which in turn increased cash flow beyond analyst expectations. And a $374bn backlog of more than 5,100 aircraft guarantees that even if Boeing stopped booking new orders today it would take nearly a decade to deliver all the planes on order. But things don't appear quite so rosy in Boeing's Defense, Space & Security division.May 1, 2014SC Finance & Revenue ManagementImproving Economy Hits Discount Stores in the PocketbookThe most recent earnings for Dollar General and Dollar Tree were healthier than rival Family Dollar's, but each one missed Wall Street's estimates as the economy has begun to improve.April 15, 2014All LogisticsBMW's South Carolina Plant to Be Automaker's Biggest in the WorldAdd Spartanburg, S.C., to the list of manufacturing hotspots. That's where BMW AG last week announced it will invest $1bn to build the equivalent of a new factory to its already formidable U.S. production site. Following the expansion, BMW's U.S. complex will become the automaker's biggest, larger than any it operates in Germany, its home.April 4, 2014Business Strategy AlignmentCould Volvo's Fortunes Revive Under Chinese Control?Conventional wisdom suggests that the latest attempt to revive Volvo as an automotive brand faces very long odds. Under the umbrella of its corporate parent Geely, the Chinese automaker, Volvo's 450,000 annual sales aren't self-sustaining.November 14, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentIrony of Ironies, Chinese Telecom Equipment Company Is Pushing Global Cybersecurity StandardsHuawei, the Chinese telecom equipment maker that has been blocked from the U.S. market because of concerns about its alleged ties to China's government, is now pushing for global cybersecurity standards.October 23, 2013Business Strategy AlignmentSolar Power in Africa's Supply ChainIn the developed world, electricity is cheap and as available as the nearest outlet. But in off-the-grid Africa, energy poverty is endemic. With national grid expansion lagging well behind growth in demand, increasingly Africans are looking not to centralized, fossil fuel-based solutions, but to the sun.June 28, 2013All TechnologyDomestic Use of Drones Might Have $82Bn Impact on U.S. Economy, Report SaysLast month the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the unmanned systems industry's largest trade organization, released its first economic study detailing just how an expected $82bn in economic impacts resulting from the integration of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace will be spread across the 50 states.May 14, 2013Global Supply Chain ManagementThere are Good Ways and (Very) Bad Ways to Manage Crises - Like Horse Meat in Food You ServeMany balk at the idea of biting into Seabiscuit. The cultural taboo around eating horse is one reason why the public has had such a negative reaction to the news that certain European suppliers have been shipping beef contaminated with horse meat.March 1, 2013Previous PagePage 14 of 22Next Page
