ReutersMore from ReutersGlobal Supply Chain ManagementIllegal Fishing, Harm to Amazon Forest Are Linked to Tax Havens, Study SaysScientists called this week for greater transparency over the use of tax havens by companies involved in activities that have harmed the world’s oceans and the Amazon rainforest.August 16, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementBrazil's Farmers Dump Sugar for Soy As Trade War Boosts Chinese DemandLast year, Brazilian farmer Gustavo Lopes sized up his sugarcane plantation against his soybean fields.August 14, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementRecord Number of People Charged for Slavery in U.K., But Convictions StallA record number of people were charged with modern slavery offences in Britain this year, prosecutors revealed on Thursday, but activists said the number of convictions had not increased significantly since a tough new law was introduced in 2015.August 9, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementTrade Tensions, Labor Shortages Loom Over U.S. FactoriesU.S. manufacturing activity slowed in July amid signs that a robust economy and import tariffs were putting pressure on the supply chain, which could hurt production in the long term.August 2, 2018All TechnologyHoneywell Eyes Supplier Shift to Avoid Tariff HitU.S. industrial conglomerate Honeywell International Inc said on Friday it had started sourcing some of its components from countries other than China to counter growing costs related to a tariff war between the world’s two largest economies.July 23, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementManufacturing, Mining Power U.S. Industrial ProductionU.S. industrial production increased in June, boosted by a sharp rebound in manufacturing and further gains in mining output, the latest sign of robust economic growth in the second quarter.July 18, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementChina's Chickens Need to Lay a Billion Eggs a Day. Here's How They're Going to Do It.Behind a row of sealed red incubator doors in a new facility in northern China, about 400,000 chicks are hatched every day, part of the rapidly modernizing supply chain in China’s $37bn egg industry, the world’s biggest.July 10, 2018All LogisticsWorld’s Shortest Supply Chain? Belgian Supermarket Tries Farm-to-Table Growing on Its Own RoofTrying to create the shortest supply chain possible, a supermarket in Brussels is selling produce grown on its own roof only hours after being harvested.July 5, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementAmazon, H&M and Other Multinationals Are Pressing to Soften Indian State's Plastic BanMultinational companies like Amazon Inc and H&M are lobbying to soften a ban against single-use plastic imposed by an Indian state last week, according to four sources familiar with the matter.June 29, 2018All LogisticsTrump Tariffs Force Companies to Rework Supply ChainsFrom global manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson Inc to small tech startups, companies are scrambling to rework supply chains built for an era of stable, open trade policy that is now under threat.June 26, 2018Previous PagePage 3 of 11Next Page
