By Alex Swart As the perishable food industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, investors are searching for … [+] solutions to widespread supply chain issues. Alex Swart Is there a use case for...
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ChatGPT Swears It Can Optimize Your Inventory. Let’s Examine.
Since the AI-bot ChatGPT busted onto the scene just a few weeks ago, it has elicited some sharp opinions. Some folks seem to be certain it will revolutionize the world, coming for many of our jobs alo...
To Succeed, Every Manufacturer Must Become A Lean, Mean Strategic Machine
Fast forward to today and, for the majority of manufacturing companies, the need to maximize … [+] efficiency, especially in light of ongoing economic and geopolitical uncertainty, remains a top...
6 Tips For Wooing Back Lost Retail Customers
Here are six ways to win back lost customer love. getty Seven in 10 relationships reportedly fail within the first year. Are retail-customer relationships any better? This is the right time of the yea...
US Air Force Pumps $30M Into Blockchain for Supply Chains
The US Air Force (USAF) has for a while experimented with blockchain solutions to manage cash flow and streamline data management operations. It was already collaborating with blockchain-as-a-ser...
Level Up Your Supply Chain In 2023 With 5 Key Business Strategies
As industries have learned, both consumer and business needs can change in the blink of an eye, and supply chains must also be ready to turn on a dime when demand for goods hits an imbalance. We are a...
Party City Files for Bankruptcy. Why the Party Won’t Stop for Other Retailers.
Party City ‘s decadeslong jamboree is coming to an end, now that the retailer has filed for bankruptcy protection following years of weak financial results. The company said it filed for voluntary cha...
Supply Chain Visibility. If It Seems Simple, Look More Closely.
The most significant risk to today’s supply chain is the supply chain leader’s entrenched beliefs in historical practices. Functional excellence and enterprise transactional efficiency dominate the di...
Despite Warning Signs, 95% Of Manufacturing Executives Say They’re Optimistic, According To A New Poll By Forbes, Xometry And Zogby
Despite nagging fears of a recession, manufacturing execs are optimistic about the future, with a majority planning to increase hiring and spend on technology. IT’s been a tough year for manufacturers...
Business Disruptions Wane as Some Industries See a Return to Normal
After more than two years of pandemic-related upheaval, businesses in many corners of the economy are seeing their Covid disruptions recede. Supply-chain disruptions have eased. A lack of semiconducto...
The Top 10 Shortages Of 2022 Based On Google Searches
There’s have been shortages of Children’s Tylenol and other medications due to the “tripledemic” … [+] wave of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV infections. But did this short...
Cash Flow Will Be Key in 2023 for Ford, GM, and Tesla Investors
Headed into 2023, automotive investors have a lot to worry about including rising interest rates, vehicle affordability, car pricing, supply chains, inventories, and, of course, the possibilities of a...
Recession Threatens Europe’s Auto Makers But Hopes For A Mild Downturn Revive
Digital generated image of financial line charts falling down because of coronavirus COVID-19 on … [+] blue background. getty Who’d be a shareholder in a European automotive manufacturer? It’s n...
Today’s Demand Processes Create Empty Shelves
Peaches in China. Baby formula shortages, and empty shelves currently for flu/cold medicines. What do they have in common? Empty shelves due to outdated processes. Each story is a call to action to re...
China And The US At Odds As Globalisation Falters And Strategic Autonomy Rises
388291 02: The Air Force’s Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Makes Aerospace History As The First … [+] Uav To Fly Unrefueled 7,500 Miles Across The Pacific Ocean From Edwards Air Force ...
Opinion: Opinion: The Fed should pause rate hikes since inflation has slowed — it won’t
The Federal Reserve should declare an immediate cease fire in its war against inflation and hold its benchmark interest rate steady instead of raising the federal funds by a half percentage point to a...
E-commerce Bots Boosting Prices, Causing Shortages, And Taking Advantage Of Crises
When TicketMaster melted down in November under the avalanche of Taylor Swift fans trying to get concert tickets, the company blamed bots. The site was supposed to open up only for 1.5 million Swift f...
Top 3 Predictions For The Manufacturing Industry In 2023
It’s an understatement to say our world has faced (and continues to face) significant challenges recently, and I’ve been thinking a lot about those challenges and what they may mean for the future of ...
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world’s most valuable company, say people ...
Economic Uncertainty, Higher Interest Rates Curb Demand For Used Cars, Trucks
Used cars for sale in El Cerrito, Calif. Getty Images Inflated used-vehicle prices have started to come down at the wholesale level, and that implies consumer demand may also have declined, due to hig...
Walmart Is Flexing Its Muscle Again
America’s biggest retailer has a new message for its suppliers: We’re not going to pay higher prices anymore. Walmart Inc. Chief Executive Doug McMillon delivered the warning in person last month in a...
Why Are Some Companies Still Short Semiconductor Chips When Others Are Swimming In Them?
The auto industry is still suffering from semiconductor chip shortages, while other sectors are … [+] swimming in inventory getty There have been many reports recently of softness in the semicon...
An American Helped Build a Business Inside China. Clients Want Him to Leave.
It took Jacob Rothman two decades to build a Chinese manufacturing business with his friends and family. Now the 49-year-old American executive says customers want him to make some of his grilling too...
Southern California’s Notorious Container Ship Backup Ends
The backup of container ships off Southern California’s coast that was at the heart of U.S. supply chain congestion during the Covid-19 pandemic has effectively disappeared. The queue of ships waiting...
Nokia posts forecast-beating net profit
Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a forecast-beating third-quarter net profit as demand for mobile networks and network infrastructure remained strong and supply-chain constraints eased. Nokia NOK, -1.94...
Boeing stock downgraded on ‘worse-than-expected’ supply-chain problems
Boeing Co. faces ongoing supply-chain challenges that will limit upside from jet deliveries and create an overhang on investor sentiment. That’s from analyst Ken Herbert at RBC, who on Friday downgrad...