Freighters line up to enter the Panama Canal, which is facing historically low water levels due to drought. (Photo credit: searagen - adobe.stock.com) The COVID-19 pandemic has, for all intents and ...

For more than a year, companies have been confronting supply chain snafus. The hitches are particularly acute for manufacturers, which typically require sizeable volumes of numerous components. We ...

Supply chains are in a new era where disruption is the norm and agility defines success. 2026 looks set to build on 2025’s ...

Buffeted by all manner of disruptions – the pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, and trade wars to name a few, manufacturers have elevated Industry 4.0 from shop floor tactic to business-led strategy.

The legacy focus on low, per-unit cost of production that led to offshoring continues to haunt U.S. manufacturers through a cascading series of supply chain disruptions – shortages of materials, ...

The Global Manufacturing PMI showed the time taken for factories to receive goods from their supplier shortened on average in March. Although only modest, the second successive monthly improvement in ...

With market volatility and supply chain constraints at record levels, manufacturers find themselves in unfamiliar territory with their supply base. As a consequence, manufacturers may need to protect ...