It's a classic chicken-and-egg dilemma. Small and medium-sized companies can't get access to the trade financing they need in order to grow - because they're small.
The Pentagon is taking initial steps to more closely enforce so-called "Buy American" laws, elevating a series of Depression-era statutes that require manufacturers to rely on U.S. materials when they make guns, equipment, uniforms and food for the nation’s military.
The supply chain management (SCM) market will exceed $13bn in total software revenue by the end of 2017 - up 11 percent from 2016, according to a recent forecast by Gartner. It is on pace to exceed $19bn by 2021, as software as a service (SaaS) enables new revenue opportunities.