Global supply chains under new pressure following rush of problems

Pandemic aftershocks overwhelm global supply lines

One year after the coronavirus pandemic first disrupted global supply chains by closing Chinese factories, fresh shipping headaches are ...

Why Supply Chains are Getting More Complex – And why This is not ...

Complexity is continuously increasing. This poses a growing threat to our economy and logistics processes, in particular.

Here's Why COVID-19 Exposed Our Supply Chain ... - USC Today

Our supply chain is a complex web spanning every corner of the world. But throw in a global pandemic and the fast-moving, highly orchestrated ...

Supply chain shortages, large firms' market power, and inflation

The Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing geopolitical tensions have revealed the fragility of global supply chains. This column studies the link ...

Ten steps retailers can take to shock-proof their supply chains

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created the perfect storm to disrupt retail supply chains across verticals. Wild fluctuations in demand have ...

Covid pandemic is not the supply chains' only problem

The global supply chain that brings toys, clothing, electronics and furniture from Asia to the United States each year is clogged, ...

Six Key Trends Changing the Supply Chain Management Today

The business landscape is rapidly becoming more global. Largely due to improvements in communications, globalization is dramatically impacting ...

Supply chain disruptions and resilience: a major review and future ...

2016). Disruptions may occur upstream from interruptions in the supply-side (supplier/production failure, product quality problems, resource ...

Premarket stocks: What's next for supply chains after the holiday rush

What's happening: A new index from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that tracks pressure on global supply chains indicated a slight drop ...

Global supply chain pressures are easing — for now - Financial Times

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Military exercises in the Taiwan Strait do not bode ...

Why the Pandemic Has Disrupted Supply Chains - The White House

These are times of rapid transition for the U.S. economy. With the winding down of the worst of the pandemic, businesses have added jobs at a ...

What's next for supply chains after the holiday rush - WCVB

What's happening: A new index from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that tracks pressure on global supply chains indicated a slight drop ...

How has the global supply chain been returning to normal operating ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on global supply chains causing disruptions and delays in the delivery of goods.

Global Supply Chain Pressures and U.S. Inflation - San Francisco Fed

Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, global shipping and transportation costs surged, and delivery times and backlogs spiked to ...

What is the underlying cause for the current pervasive global supply ...

Plenty of people in the warehousing, manufacturing and transportation sectors hit a limit. The race for more productivity, in the form of ever ...

Supply chains: Still vulnerable - McKinsey & Company

The latest McKinsey Global Supply Chain Leader Survey suggests that problems like these remain the norm, not the exception, with nine in ten ...

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Freight Transportation ...

Beginning in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted maritime shipping and air freight services, leading to canceled sailings and flights, port delays, and ...

Causes and Consequences of Medical Product Supply Chain Failures

This can lead to mismatches in supply and demand, even under normal conditions. The challenges presented by decentralization during normal times become even ...

| Bullwhip Effect: Example, Causes, and Impact on Supply Chain

Manufacturers further up in global supply chains likewise increased production to keep up with the excessive increase in customer demand.

Supply chain disruptions persist following Russia's invasion of ...

After the pandemic-driven challenges of the past two years, the Ukraine conflict is now dealing more blows to global supply chains. The war in Ukraine is ...