Supply Chain

The high cost of local materials makes suppliers and buyers question the real value of the duty savings.

The question that comes up at least once a day is ‘When will the pandemic end?”With no one able to forecast the end, we're left...

“The New Normal?” It’s been the theme of multiple webinars and articles since we first realized that we were facing a global pandemic – one...

The shutdown of retail worldwide this spring has resulted in a rampage of late payments to suppliers at unprecedented levels. In Asia, China and Singapore...

Even the pundits are wondering what might be next as the impossible-to-predict path of the pandemic seems to defy all logic and reason.At that point...

In an age where almost every aspect of life has gone digital (most recently work and school), trade shows seem to be one thing where...

For the last two years the focus has been on AI, block chain and Internet of Things (IoT). Those technologies remain important, but there are...

Surging freight rates are exporters' newest angst.

Digital twins have long been  used in engineering to identify vulnerabilities by performing ‘digital stress tests’ on a structure or a system.  They also allow...

Despite the fast growth of e-commerce, warehouse automation has been slow to develop. Much of the opportunities here – in cost savings and speed -...