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How Fleets Are Adapting to Late-Stage Pandemic Trends

Regional reopening patterns will affect truck acquisitions, mileage, financing and more.

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Smart Sourcing Bots Are Taking On Air Freight Procurement

One area that’s especially ripe for transformation is in the sourcing of air-freight shipping, for which demand continues to skyrocket as capacity remains scarce.

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Watch: How One Fast-Food Chain Is Surviving the Pandemic

Andrea Sordi, clinical assistant professor at the University of Tennessee’s Global Supply Chain Institute, weighs the risk and rewards involved in Taco Bell’s decision to introduce a major new product to its menu during the pandemic.

How One Fast-Food Chain Is Surviving the Pandemic

A One-Two Punch: The U.K. Grapples With the Pandemic and Brexit

The conclusion of an agreement for Great Britain’s exit from the European Union probably couldn’t have happened at a worse time, coming as it did on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Watch: The Current and Future State of the Restaurant Industry

Justin Marx, chief executive officer of supplier Marx Foods, discusses how his restaurant customers are faring in the pandemic, as well as their prospects for recovery in the months ahead.

The Current and Future State of the Restaurant Industry

The Semiconductor Shortage: Five Steps to Ensuring Supply-Chain Resilience

Supply chain failures continue to make news. What can third-party risk-management programs do to ensure that their vendors are resilient to continuing change?

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China’s Tech Revolution Aims to Cut Dependence on West

For U.S. politicians, China’s potential to dominate sensitive cutting-edge technologies poses one of the biggest geopolitical threats of the next few decades. President Xi Jinping is similarly worried the U.S. will block China’s rise, and is unveiling plans for greater self-sufficiency.

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Watch: How Brexit Caught Logistics Leaders by Surprise

Susan Boylan, director analyst in the Logistics Strategy and Operations Team of Gartner, Inc., describes the key changes in tariffs, immigration rules and customs clearance procedures that U.K. logistics providers are grappling with right now as a result of Brexit.

How Brexit Caught Logistics Leaders by Surprise

How Ethical Supply Chains Will Survive the Pandemic

Ethical brands must carefully select risk framework and standards that enable them to pivot supply-chain operations if needed.

Source: Bloomberg

Three Benefits of Automating Accounts Payable

Automating accounts payable and procure-to-pay (P2P) processes can help cut costs, optimize cash flow and provide real-time visibility into outstanding payables or potential disruptions.

PPE Is Here to Stay, and That’s Not a Bad Thing

Bringing PPE manufacturing capability to the U.S. is not a fool’s errand.

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New Link Traces Beef From Amazon Rainforest to Grocery Stores

Meatpacking powerhouses like JBS and Marfrig Global Foods have borne the brunt of watchdog efforts to root out illegal deforestation in Brazil’s beef industry. But a new report is transferring attention further down the supply chain.

Source: Bloomberg

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