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Palm Output Hit by Double Whammy of Floods and Scarce Labor

Palm oil production in Malaysia is being dealt a double blow from a persistent shortage of workers to harvest the crop and torrential rains that have triggered floods in key growing areas of the world’s No. 2 supplier.

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A Year of Poor Planning Led to Carmakers’ Massive Chip Shortage

Near-sighted planning, supply-chain complexities and a tradition of keeping inventories low caused the semiconductor shortage that is now forcing carmakers to idle production lines and straining their relationship with chip manufacturers.

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What Vaccine Supply Chains Must Do to Protect Against Cyberattack

The international coronavirus supply chain has become the latest target of cyber-espionage. The threat extends beyond pharmaceutical manufacturers to all of their suppliers and vendors, which provide potential points of entry for cyber thieves. In this conversation with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman, Mike Hamilton, Chief Information Security Officer with CI Security, discusses what needs to be done to protect the entire vaccine supply chain from hackers.

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Design a Procurement 'Center of Excellence' With These Three Steps

Leveraging the latest market intelligence, you can build resilience into your products and create a culture based on data-driven negotiations.

Vaccine Disparities Raise Alarm as COVID-19 Variants Multiply

Global gaps in access to COVID-19 vaccines are raising concerns that the continued spread of the coronavirus will breed more dangerous versions of the pathogen, weakening medical weapons and further crippling economies.

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Bloomberg.

Piracy Surge Off West Africa Draws Maersk Call for Action

Pirate attacks have pushed up insurance and other costs for shippers operating off West Africa, with some resorting to hiring escort vessels manned by armed navy personnel.

A crane carries shipping containers owned by AP Moller-Maersk A/S away from a ship. Photo: Bloomberg.

U.S., EU Battle Over Aircraft Subsidies, While Wine Industry Pays the Price

In the battle between the U.S. and European Union over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers, wine producers and importers have become collateral damage.

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How the Pandemic Has Altered AT&T’s Global Sourcing Strategy

COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains all over the world, and that of communications giant AT&T was no exception.

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How China Won Trump’s Trade War and Got Americans to Foot the Bill

President Trump famously tweeted that “trade wars are good, and easy to win” in 2018 as he began to impose tariffs on about $360 billion of imports from China. Turns out he was wrong on both counts.

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Struggling With Late Payments, Businesses Turn to Trade Credit Insurance

Every country in Western Europe has seen an increase in late payments during the pandemic, research shows, but trade credit insurance has helped a number of businesses manage their credit risks.

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U.K. to Fine Firms That Hide Chinese Imports From Uighur Labor

Companies with an annual turnover of more than 36 million pounds ($49 million) will have to publish a supply-chain transparency report or face fines.

A woman walks in Xinjiang, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Biodiversity, Supply Chain Rank Among Biggest ESG Themes in 2021

In a year when the pandemic sent the world into a tailspin, there was a silver lining for the world of ESG investing.

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