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Two Million Hens Are Sweating It Out for Travel Passes in Hubei

March 4, 2020

At the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak that has claimed thousands of lives and stunned the Chinese economy, millions of maturing laying hens are awaiting the green light to relocate to egg farms.

Global Profit Warnings Are Spreading as Fast as the Virus

March 3, 2020

Bloomberg

The world’s biggest companies have started sounding the alarm.

Italy’s China Chill Runs Deeper Than Fears Over the Coronavirus

March 2, 2020

Bloomberg

Almost a year after Italy broke with its U.S. and European partners to sign up to China’s influence-extending Belt and Road initiative, relations between Rome and Beijing risk deteriorating rather than getting closer.

Coronavirus: Supply-Chain Disruption Looks Like Natural Disasters

February 27, 2020

Bloomberg

The longer businesses are closed the higher the likelihood that supply chains start breaking down.

China Pushes Factories to Resume Even as Death Toll Rises

February 25, 2020

Bloomberg

China is trying to get people back to work, risking a renewed spread of the coronavirus.

Will the Coronavirus Epidemic Serve as a Wakeup Call for Global Supply Chains?

February 24, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The coronavirus is not to be taken lightly. As of mid-February, the number of cases worldwide had risen to more than 64,000 globally, 63,000 of which were in China, with the death toll at almost 1,400 and climbing.

The Fabric of Industrial Change: Held Together by a Digital Thread

February 20, 2020

John Fishell, SCB Contributor

Supply chains can become fragile and broken. Managing abrupt changes in the manufacturing environment — both planned and unplanned — is among the key benefits of the digital enterprise.

U.S. Factories in China Are Open But Don’t Have Enough Staff

February 19, 2020

Bloomberg

Most U.S. factories in China’s manufacturing hub around Shanghai will be back at work this week, but the “severe” shortage of workers due to the coronavirus will hit production and global supply chains.

For Better or Worse, China’s Future Is America's Future

February 19, 2020

Helen Atkinson, SCB Contributor

This latest disaster in China is a major blow to the international supply chain. Businesses should brace for a sharp descent into unknown territory and, most likely, a recession.

Pipeline Protests Cripple Canadian Railways

February 14, 2020

Bloomberg

Protests against a natural gas pipeline are crippling Canada’s railways — key economic arteries in the sprawling, trade-dependent nation — and prompting cries of “insanity” and “ecoterrorism” from business leaders.