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The U.S. Warehouse Capital Boomed During the Pandemic. Now It’s Facing a Slowdown

Data out April 4 showed U.S. supply-chain activity fell to the lowest in at least 6 ½ years in March, with low transport prices for goods driving the decline in the Logistics Managers’ Index.

An Amazon fulfillment center under construction in Ontario, on March 17. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg

Watch: Are Supply Chains Meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

Jan-Willem Jannink, managing director and global sustainable value chain lead with Accenture, details the findings of a recent survey of CEOs about their sustainability efforts.

Are Supply Chains Meeting The U Ns Sustainable Development Goals

Retailers Plan to Change to Made-to-Fit Boxes for Home Delivery

The made-to-fit packaging addresses a major environmental issue in online shopping, and a cumbersome expense in shipping out orders.

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Airbus Targets A350 Wide-Body Sale on Macron’s China Trip

Adding wide-bodies would bolster China’s global tourism capacity as it emerges from a three-year freeze on international travel because of its COVID-19 border shutdown.

An Airbus A350 passenger jet. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

Shock OPEC+ Output Cuts to Hit Demand, Rates for Oil Tankers

The production cuts will probably lead to a real loss in supply and tighten global oil markets because those doing the cutting are largely pumping at their quotas.

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Strengthening the Supply Chain in 2023: Is Sustainability a Solution to Disruption?

Practitioners in this field know that operating in a green manner will not only keep the planet sustainable, but also promote the long-term viability of the operation itself.

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Watch: How Is the U.S.-China Relationship Impacting Global Supply Chains?

Per Hong, partner and core member of the strategic operations and transformation practice of Kearney, describes the many factors that are affecting the flow of trade with China.

How Is The Us China Relationship Impacting Global Supply Chains

Post-Pandemic Change Management: Don’t Let This Crisis Go to Waste

The pandemic’s impact was larger than any one facility could mitigate, which exposed flaws within individual company operations.

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Drug-Resistant Bacteria Tied to Products Imported from India

The FDA has long been criticized for lapses in inspections of overseas manufacturing in China and India, which are the two major producers of drugs and raw ingredients for medicines.

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Supply Chain Cyberattack Could Have Hit Thousands of Victims Globally

The attacks are likely the work of a group named “Labyrinth Chollima,” one of the most prolific North Korean hacking units, more widely known as part of the “Lazarus Group.”

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U.S. Campaigned to Stop Chinese Bid on Key Port in Croatia

The Croatian government awarded a $3 billion contract to build and operate a container terminal to Maersk-owned APM Terminals, after canceling a tender that had been given to three Chinese state-owned companies.

The industrial and port city of Rijeka, with Krk bridge in the background. Photo: iStock.com/Marilena Dragoslavic

Sartorius to Buy French Biotech Polyplus for $2.6 Billion

The deal would bolster Sartorius’s portfolio of drug-delivery technologies, creating a deeper focus on the fast-growing field of viral vectors, which are tools used to deliver genetic material into cells.

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