Staying ahead of supply chain disruptions today is both art and science: the art of knowing the trends to prepare for, and the science of determining how to reduce risk and increase resilience.

The chairs of the CECC sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security urging the department to publish an order to detain all shipments from Liaoning and Shandong. 

Sources said the union and Ford took part in intense negotiations on October 24 and 25 in order to get a deal finalized.

Negotiations between the sides broke down during the weekend of October 21, which led to about 360 workers walking off the job shortly after midnight on October 22.

The contracts are part of a sweeping set of awards that will lead to the installation of as much as 6.4 gigawatts of clean energy.

Previously, the government had ordered the company to move its leaching and cracking processes out of the country by the end of 2023.

Bryan Boaz, Sean Brewer, Sandra Ellis, Leila Ford, Edward Quinn and Robert Zmudka are the new members, who will each serve a three-year term.

With the UFLPA and CTPAT in place, efforts are clearly being made to counteract the use of slave and forced labor in supply chains. But will it be enough?

Some are suggesting that the investigation is a way of China hitting back at the U.S. over its sanctions by targeting one of its biggest companies, Apple.

The government aims to initially make local manufacturing of solar cells mandatory, Power and Renewable Energy Minister Raj Kumar Singh said at a live-streamed event in New Delhi October 20.