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White House Spurns Intel Plan to Boost Chip Production in China

The Biden administration spurned a plan by Intel Corp. to increase production in China over security concerns, dealing a setback to an idea pitched as a fix for U.S. chip shortages.

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Watch: The Fast-Developing World of Supply Chain Financing

An increasing number of organizations are relying on their supply chains to fund operations, says Dale Rogers, On Semiconductor professor of business at Arizona State University, but what is the effect on suppliers?

The Fast-Developing World of Supply Chain Financing

Battle Over Independent Truckers’ Employment Status Wages On, Awaiting High Court Ruling

The recent debate over who is an independent contractor versus a direct employee promises to have a big impact on commercial truckers.

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Optimize Existing Labor to Meet Customer Demand

Many organizations have begun to invest in applications to make warehouse operations more efficient and deliver better customer service. But each of these technologies entails a unique set of complexities.

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Georgia Port Pins Hopes on Rail to Move 80,000 Containers

At the Port of Savannah, one of the busiest U.S. trade gateways, containers are stacked up like colorful children’s building blocks stretching as far as the eye can see.

A truck carries a shipping container at the Georgia Port Authority Mason Mega Rail Terminal in Garden City, Georgia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Podcast | Are U.S. Manufacturers Making a U-Turn on Reshoring Plans?

It wasn’t too long ago that we began seeing signs of a return of manufacturing from China back to the U.S. Has someone flipped the script?

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Food Giants Try Carbon Labels to Solve Their Climate Problem

Nestle SA, Pepsico Inc. and 25 other companies are backing a project that calculates a product’s environmental impact from farm to store and then grades it with a color-coded label. It’s the first time a partnership this big is working to find a one-size-fits-all way to assess the supply chain.

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Trucking Profits Soar as Their Customers Grapple With Shortages

While a global supply chain crisis is crimping sales for companies from Apple Inc. to Caterpillar Inc., transportation firms are riding an unprecedented profit boom.

A truck carrying a J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. intermodal container enters the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Permanent Changes Are Coming to Automotive Supply Chains

Richard Kilgore, associate professor of management and business administration at Maryville University, describes the plight that automakers are currently facing, due to multiple causes of disruption in the supply chain.

Permanent Changes Are Coming to Automotive Supply Chains

Rise of the Robots Speeds Up in Pandemic With U.S. Labor Scarce

American workers are hoping that the tight pandemic labor market will translate into better pay. It might just mean robots take their jobs instead.

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Zero-Carbon Shipping Plan Targets Container, Iron Ore Routes

The Clydebank Declaration on green shipping was unveiled Wednesday at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, and signed by 19 nations including the U.S., U.K., Japan, France and Germany.

A banner advertises the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: To Reshore or Offshore?

Total cost of ownership is the single most important reason why you might want to reshore your operations, says Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative.

To Reshore or Offshore?

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