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Companies Stockpile Drugs, Chocolate as They Brace for ‘Hard’ Brexit

Some of the world’s biggest companies are drawing up plans for the unplannable: a March divorce between Britain and the European Union, in which even some basic parameters have yet to be hammered out.

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Forced Labor in Paraguay: The Darkness at the Bottom of the Global Supply Chain

Experts believe that action is urgently needed to expose horrifying labor conditions across Paraguay’s Chaco region.

0919 Forced Labourin Paraguay

How to Find Your Perfect Manufacturing Match

Choosing a manufacturing supplier is a lot like marriage: Finding the right match and ensuring a level of compatibility can be the key to happily-ever-after.

Deal or No-Deal Brexit: How the British Food and Pharma Industries Can Survive

Following a tumultuous summer of Brexit discussions, a number of lingering questions surround the future of the British economy, as well as the U.K.’s trade relations with the rest of the world.

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When Your Prescription Drug Is Tainted With a Chemical 'Used to Make Rocket Fuel'

Wayne Pearl, like millions of people with high blood pressure, takes the widely prescribed generic drug valsartan.

Elon Musk’s Lofty Goals for Tesla Made This Supplier Recoil at Risk

A little more than two years ago, Elon Musk and other Tesla Inc. executives met with a Mexican auto-parts supplier to discuss an opportunity some companies would kill for.

0910 Elon Musks Lofty Goals

Rail Industry Looks to 3-D Printing to Keep Old Trains Moving

Advances in 3-D printing have been hyped in a number of futuristic applications, like cutting-edge applications in airplane design or parts of rocket engines. But 3-D printing is also making strides in railroads, which hasn’t been considered new-fangled since the 19th century.

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U.S.-China Trade War Threatens Car Parts Makers

The U.S.-China trade war threatens to make September a very slow month at E.D. Opto Electrical Lighting Co.’s auto-parts factory in the eastern Chinese city of Zhenjiang.

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The Factory of the Future Is Already Here

We’ve been talking about “the factory of the future” for so long that it’s beginning to seem like an ever-receding horizon. But at least one electronics-manufacturing executive believes the future is already here.

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Five Ways Blockchain Will Juice Supplier Management

There was a time when we used old-school ledgers to track our business relationships, and they were written with absolute clarity to deliver absolute trust.

Report: Supply Chain Efficiency Could Cut Food Waste by $700Bn

The scale of the problem is staggering. Each year, 1.6 billion tons of food worth about $1.2tr are lost or go to waste — one-third of the total amount of food produced globally. To put the figure in perspective, that is 10 times the mass of the island of Manhattan.

Adhere to Supply-Chain Business Rules to Enhance Collaboration

The supplier-buyer relationship is dynamic and in a constant state of change. We have seen first-hand how successful suppliers position themselves to capitalize on the partnership.

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