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U.S. Exporters Complain of Being 'Blanked' by Ocean Carriers

As if the global economic downturn weren’t bad enough, U.S. exporters are confronted by a raft of vessel cancellations that hinder their ability to fulfill what overseas sales they’re still able to make.

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How Smart Contracts Speed Up Demand Sensing and Fulfillment

As consumer demand and buying patterns rapidly undergo changes in a digital economy, the supply chain that supports these emerging needs has to be both responsive and lean — and that’s a difficult balance to achieve.

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Three Steps to Managing Supplier Risk and Force Majeure

How should your company assess and manage supply relationships and mitigate existing and future disruption caused by the coronavirus?

The Silver Lining of COVID-19: A Call for U.S. Manufacturing

The pandemic has offered the biggest wakeup call for American manufacturers since World War II.

Source: Bloomberg

Battered by Trade War and COVID-19, What’s Next for Asia?

In the face of plummeting external demand and supply-chain disruption throughout the region, insolvencies are expected to jump 25% or more this year.

Source: Bloomberg

Three Benefits of Collaborative Freight Technology in a Pandemic

The COVID-19 crisis is creating a sharp divide between the haves and have-nots of cloud-based logistics management.

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Five Areas Where Procurement Officers Deliver Value

How strategic sourcing has become a competitive advantage for CPOs and their companies.

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Three Ways to Adapt Supply Chains in the Age of COVID-19

The best way to deal with volatile conditions is to know what’s happening in real time at the most vulnerable touchpoints of your supply chain.

Source: Bloomberg

Another Attempt to Produce Rare-Earth Minerals in the U.S.

American companies across the board are striving to reduce their dependence on China as a source of manufacturing, but one industry sector is especially keen to bring production back to the U.S.

Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder. One of several rare earth elements, neodymium is critical to the motors used in electric vehicles. Photo: Bloomberg.

What Supply Chains Can Learn From Military Planners in Times of Crisis

This three-step process used by U.S. armed forces can identify, analyze and mitigate threats to an organization.

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COVID-19 and the Death of the Post-World War II Economy

While traditional higher education will remain a valuable asset, we are witnessing the death of our post-World War II, post-Industrial Revolution economy, where workers earned a steady paycheck for 40 years with a corporate entity, then retired comfortably at 65 with few or no hiccups.

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Three Phases of Supply-Chain Resilience

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed a lack of resilience in organizations and societies — and, more specifically, in global supply chains.

Source: Bloomberg

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