The company is acting after turmoil at its biggest iPhone manufacturing site, a Foxconn facility in Zhengzhou, China.

Is the balance of power in buyer-seller relationships finally shifting in favor of upstream suppliers? 

Upbeat comments from retailers including Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart signal that strains in supply chains have eased.

By understanding how drayage fits into the larger supply chain, shippers can take a more comprehensive approach and get ahead of problems like equipment shortages and bottlenecks.

A strategic shift in America’s industrial policy will eventually mean a faster, more responsive supply chain capable of delivering a larger chip supply.

The e-commerce behemoth is joining other big operators, including Microsoft, that are pushing into the effort to bring tighter control and efficiency to supply chains.

Itamar Zur, co-founder and CEO of next-generation shipping platform Veho, wants e-tailers to fundamentally reframe how they think about the returns side of the business.

The 2022 Manufacturing Agility Assessment painted a worrying picture of labor shortages and supply chain disruption.

Military operations have always had an urgency to their supply-line management, something that has not always been present in commerce.