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Baby Formula Shortage Shows Risk of U.S. Industry Concentration

Decades of market consolidation in the U.S. have resulted in problems like the one millions of American families are now facing. Four companies — Abbott, Perrigo, Nestle and Mead Johnson — control 90% of the U.S. supply of formula.

A parent prepares baby formula in a bottle. Photo: Getty.

Supply Chain Managers Are Quitting in Unprecedented Numbers

Supply chain managers quit their jobs last year at the highest rate since at least 2016 due to a mix of burnout and a desire for fatter paychecks.

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Coffee Shipped by Sailboat Is the Whimsical Way These Companies Are Cutting Emissions

There’s never been a more dreamy way to have your coffee delivered than a sailboat across the Atlantic.

Coffee beans from Colombia. Photo: Getty.

If Tesla Isn’t Good Enough for an ESG Index, Then Who Is?

Tesla Inc.’s removal this week from an industry benchmark index is raising new questions about what ESG actually means to investors.

A construction worker pushes a cart past Tesla Inc. Model 3 vehicles at the company's Gigafactory in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Obsession With Cost Puts Supply Chains at Risk

Supply chain management strategies often center on a dominant but incomplete view of cost — to the exclusion of resilience.

Late U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is seen on a five dollar bill. Photo: Pexels.

Biden Invokes Emergency Powers to Try to Ease Formula Shortage

President Biden invoked emergency powers under the Defense Production Act to try and boost production of baby formula, while ordering the use of government planes for imports to alleviate shortages.

A can of Similac infant formula. Photo: Creative Commons.

Hospitals Ration CT Scans, Awaiting Dye From Shanghai GE Plant

Hospitals around the U.S. are postponing CT scans and rationing care while waiting on shipments of medical dye made in a Shanghai plant that just restarted production amid the city’s lockdown.

A radiologist analyzes CT scans of a patient's brain. Photo: Getty.

U.S., European Firms Rethink China Investment After Lockdowns

U.S. and European businesses are reconsidering their investments in China after the lockdown in Shanghai and restrictions in other cities caused major disruption to their operations.

Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, listens during a House Financial Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Photo: Bloomberg.

Four Steps to Developing a Scope 3 Emissions Program

It's a matter of when — not if — U.S. companies will be required to report carbon emissions, including those from their supply chains.

Smoke rises from cooling towers at a power station. Photo: Getty.

Fewer Nuggets, Smaller Salads: Shrinkflation Hits U.S. Restaurants

America’s restaurants are in the same boat as the rest of the country, battling the soaring food and fuel costs that recently helped send U.S. inflation to a 40-year high.

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From Sneakers to Teslas, China Lockdowns Upend Global Supply Chains

Here’s a breakdown of how the situation in China is intensifying global supply chain chaos.

Adidas sneakers on display. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S., EU Plan to Pledge Supply Chain Cooperation to Counter Russia

The U.S. and European Union plan to keep addressing supply chain and other disruptions as they project a unified front against Russia when high-level officials meet starting Sunday to discuss cooperation on trade and technology issues in Paris.

Gina Raimondo, U.S. commerce secretary, speaks during an event in Washington, D.C. Photo: Bloomberg.

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