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More Companies Offer Supply Chain Financing to Vendors

Shipping logjams and strains over inventories are raising the profile of supply-chain finance.

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How Smart Factory Automation Can Aid in Reshoring

By reshoring with automation technology, manufacturers can address the workforce challenges they’ve been experiencing for decades.

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Pakistan’s Belt and Road Revival at Risk as Gwadar Protest Brews

The leader of a local rights movement in the Pakistani coastal town of Gwadar is threatening to launch a large sit-in protest this week — potentially jeopardizing the government’s efforts to revitalize development around the Chinese-controlled port.

Think Like a Boss: CPOs Need to Step Up, Broaden Approach, Gartner Says

Chief procurement officers (CPOs) must collaborate with stakeholders inside and outside their organization — and begin thinking and acting like CEOs, say the authors of a new report from Gartner Inc.

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Yellen Touts ‘Friend-Shoring’ as Global Supply Chain Fix

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on “trusted” U.S. allies to strengthen trade relationships to shore up global supply chains disrupted by the pandemic, worsened by Russia’s war in Ukraine and threatened longer term by a reliance on China.

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Will War in Ukraine Force Permanent Change in Global Procurement Strategies?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing severe shortages of the building blocks of industrial production the world over.

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Manifest Las Vegas Announces 150 Speakers for 2023 Program

Manifest Vegas has announced 150 speakers for its 2023 LogisticsTech and Supply Chain trade show, taking place Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas.

Chinese Lithium Giant Pulls EVs Deeper Into Forced Labor Glare

A lithium producer for carmakers including BMW AG and Tesla Inc. is beginning work to assess battery metals projects in Xinjiang, deepening links between electric vehicle supply chains and a region at the heart of human-rights allegations against China.

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Watch: The Fallout From the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Michael Walsh, partner with the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, discusses the impact on supply chains to date arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and what further effects companies might experience in the months to come.

The Fallout From The Russia Ukraine Conflict

Boeing Badly Needs a Win at First Big Air Show After Lockdowns

As the aerospace world gathers in southern England next week for the first major commercial show since 2019, the stakes are particularly high for one half of the global planemaking duopoly.

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Supply Chains Unlikely to Stabilize Until 2024, Survey Finds

More than half of supply chain executives don’t expect a "return to normal" until the first half of 2024 or beyond, according to a new survey.

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White House Won’t Yet Step Into Rail, Port Talks as Clock Ticks

The White House is monitoring labor talks in the logistics industry as unions representing 115,000 rail workers and 22,000 West Coast dockworkers negotiate fresh contracts, but won’t get directly involved in either bargaining process now, its supply chain envoy said.

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