Executives are also interested in bringing their supply chains closer to home, with 43% of CEOs with a resiliency problem saying they are either already on-shoring or considering it.

Warehouse decision-makers face some genuine hurdles in moving toward the widespread adoption of automation and robotics. But the benefits make it well worth the investment.

For every day that the strike goes on, supply chains will need an additional three to five days to recover, the Railway Association of Canada estimates.

Many U.K. fishers are employed through an immigration “loophole” that allows them to be subjected to forced labor and restricted access to medical care.

The BCMEA introduced a revised proposal aimed at resolving skilled trade shortages while also addressing ILWU Canada’s hope to expand its jurisdiction over regular terminal maintenance workers.

Eurocontrol described recent protests as a “pre-warning” in a statement and said it was engaging in dialogue with the Union Syndicale Bruxelles to end the possible industrial action.

Until recently, most companies simply haven’t been interested in offering deep supply chain transparency. Now, they are beginning to realize the urgent need to do so.

Yellen said the U.S. is not looking to completely separate the world’s two biggest economies because that would destabilize the global economy and be “virtually impossible to undertake.”

Between January 2021 and December 2022, 102 allegations of abuse were linked to Chinese companies’ overseas investments in the transition minerals sector

While it represents an important step toward combating forced labor and protecting human rights, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act has the side effect of increasing day-to-day complexity for importers.