Supply Chain

Behind almost every product sold is a supply chain struggling with harm to and exclusion of women, despite evidence showing that advancing gender equality improves business and human outcomes.

RFID has long been a useful tool for better supply chain management. It still is. While RFID is a comparatively older technology, industry analysts predict RFID use in the supply chain will keep growing.

Rising food prices are gobbling up our money for Thanksgiving dinner. Creative ways to save on your holiday meal.

Electricity and water supplies are hit across the country as strikes on civilian resources intensify

Glance out at the ocean near the Port of Long Beach and the view may look different than it did earlier this year – where are all the cargo ships?

The supply-chain disruptions over the past few years have put a lot more focus on the idea of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.

The past few years have highlighted serious deficiencies in prevalent supply-chain strategies and the major risk that disruptions pose to corporate success. Loss of sales and market share are the most visible and measurable impacts. McKinsey estimates that shocks lasting a month or longer are occurring every 3.7 years and companies can expect to lose 42% of one year’s EBITDA every decade due to supply-chain disruptions.

If there is one thing we've had a crash course in during the pandemic is the supply chain.We've basically learned it affects everything in our life. With recent hurricanes disrupting cargo ship routes, holiday demand creeping up on us, and continued semi chip conductors... how are we doing? Can the supply chain catch up? Zach Collier is an assistant professor and supply chain expert with Radford University. He joined the KRLD Afternoon News to discuss the constant changes.

When munching on a chocolate bar, sipping a cup of coffee, or putting on your cotton shirt, have you ever wondered if your favorite products may involve forced labor? Even when you are eating fruits and vegetables grown in America, would forced labor come to mind? If not, it should. In fact, we should pressure firms to take proactive steps to stamp out forced labor. 

From seaport docks in Los Angeles and Liverpool to rail yards in Chicago and warehouses in Europe and the U.S., clashes between cargo workers and management have been rising this year, adding complications and uncertainty to the flow of goods around the world.