Global Supply Chain Management

Mobile Power Plants Are Taking to the High Seas

Europe Is Desperate for LNG While Asia Has More Than It Needs

December 20, 2021

Asia’s relentless buying of liquefied natural gas earlier this year has left the region so well stocked for winter that spot shipments are being diverted to energy-hungry Europe.

How to Manage Cross-Border E-Commerce Costs to Booming Latin American Market

December 20, 2021

A.J. Hernandez, SCB Contributor

Latin America's e-commerce market offers great potential for international retailers, but comes with a complex, cross-border learning curve.

Carbon-Reduction As a Competitive Advantage: Look to Your Supply Chain

December 17, 2021

Peter Maier, SCB Contributor

Businesses now find themselves confronting an inevitability: that the health of their bottom and top lines depends on how adeptly they manage the costs associated with the overall environmental impact of their products, services and actions.

Supply Chain Crisis Is Especially Detrimental to Middle America

December 16, 2021

Frank Kenney, SCB Contributor

Amid ongoing supply chain issues, how can companies — midwestern and otherwise — take on disruptions and mitigate risk?

Automakers to Battle Chip Crisis for Years, Report Says

December 16, 2021

Bloomberg

Carmakers like Volkswagen and General Motors should brace for the global semiconductor shortage to last beyond next year and redesign cars so they need fewer of the high-tech components, according to analysts.

Supply Chain Hell Ignites Economic Boom Along U.S.-Mexico Border

December 15, 2021

Bloomberg

Wedged up against the southern edge of the Rio Grande, the sprawling desert city of Juarez has seen its share of economic booms over the years. But perhaps none quite like the one that’s taken hold today.

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Watch: Lessons to Be Learned From the Microchip Shortage

December 14, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Bill Currence, president and managing partner of Cornerstone Consulting Organization, discusses the factors that are both beyond and within the control of manufacturers suffering through the current supply chain crisis.

How Cloud Analytics Can Speed Up Digital Supply Chain Transformation

December 12, 2021

Stijn van Impe, SCB Contributor

While the COVID-19 pandemic has rattled supply chains around the world, it has also been a boon for the adoption of cloud analytics.

How a Translator Helps With International Supply Chain Contract Negotiations

December 12, 2021

Maya Ronen, SCB Contributor

When building a supply chain, it’s almost inevitable that businesses will look overseas. That often means dealing and negotiating with foreign languages.

Vanishing Ships Underscore Supply Woe: Crisis Peak Is a Mirage

December 10, 2021

Bloomberg

A line of more than 80 container ships waiting to dock at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, was cut in half in late November — or so it seemed. Turns out the vessels disappearing from the queue were merely hiding from it, loitering in the Pacific out of reach of the official count.