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Survive and Thrive Amid Disruption: eBook

Here's where to focus to build a more flexible and resilient supply chain.

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Watch: Lessons From China After the Lockdown

Thomas O’Connor, senior director analyst with Gartner, relates the lessons that manufacturers and retailers can learn from China, which is just now emerging from lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Lessons From China: After the Lockdown

Another Attempt to Produce Rare-Earth Minerals in the U.S.

American companies across the board are striving to reduce their dependence on China as a source of manufacturing, but one industry sector is especially keen to bring production back to the U.S.

Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder. One of several rare earth elements, neodymium is critical to the motors used in electric vehicles. Photo: Bloomberg.

What Supply Chains Can Learn From Military Planners in Times of Crisis

This three-step process used by U.S. armed forces can identify, analyze and mitigate threats to an organization.

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The Race to the Freezer: Europe’s Food Glut Has Nowhere to Go

Demand for cold-storage space has surged after bars, restaurants and sports venues closed, leaving their suppliers hunting for new customers or somewhere to store the unsold food. Products like vegetables and meat that are usually sold fresh are now competing with frozen food staples for the same storage space.

Shelves of assorted fresh vegetables in a supermarket. Photo: Matheus Cenali/ Pexels.

Trimble and Kuebix Launch New Capabilities to Simplify Finding and Filling Truckload Capacity

Trimble and Kuebix announced today new capabilities for its Community Load Match platform, a solution that facilitates collaboration between shippers and carriers to optimize how freight moves throughout the supply chain. Kuebix is a Trimble Company and part of the Transportation Sector.

Watch: Legal Issues Caused by the Pandemic

Ron Leibman, head of the transportation, logistics and supply chain management practice at McCarter & English LLP, outlines some the legal issues and complications that are likely to arise as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Legal Issues Caused by the Pandemic

Podcast | Three Things We Must Do to Prevent a Great(er) Depression

Even if the coronavirus pandemic is winding down — and we’re not entirely sure that it is — we still face the prospect of a deep and prolonged economic downturn.

A surgeon wears a 3D printed face shield while inspecting a patient. Photo: Bloomberg.

COVID-19 and the Death of the Post-World War II Economy

While traditional higher education will remain a valuable asset, we are witnessing the death of our post-World War II, post-Industrial Revolution economy, where workers earned a steady paycheck for 40 years with a corporate entity, then retired comfortably at 65 with few or no hiccups.

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Historic EU Recovery Plan Has Green Strings Attached

Meeting the climate-neutrality goal is a key pillar of a 750 billion-euro ($824 billion) economic recovery plan unveiled by the European Commission.

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Three Phases of Supply-Chain Resilience

The COVID-19 crisis has exposed a lack of resilience in organizations and societies — and, more specifically, in global supply chains.

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200,000 Ship Crew Stuck at Sea Facing ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

Even as countries try returning to some semblance of pre-pandemic life, ongoing restrictions are wearing thin a crucial human link in the global supply chain.

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