Storms near the African coastline are playing havoc with the key route that vessels have been using to avoid attacks by Houthi militants in the Red Sea.
Organizations are struggling to secure the labor, knowledge workers and leaders they need to thrive — and logistics and supply chain-focused businesses have been hit particularly hard.
Several USB sticks with malware have been found plugged into computers on freight vessels in Norway, Greece and the Netherlands dating back to January.
Heather Wheatley, vice president analyst with Gartner, explains how companies can balance considerations of resilience and cost to protect against disruption in their supply chains.
How can supply chain leaders implement a sense of predictability in an unpredictable market? By investing in talent and technology, such as artificial intelligence, that can support modern-day challenges.
Many technologies today are outdated, as they were designed to handle supply chains functioning 30 or more years ago, says Amber Salley, vice president of industry solutions at GAINS.
Drug shortages in the U.S. have reached an all-time high. A total of 323 shortages were reported during the first quarter of 2024, suggesting that previous strategies had failed to reverse the trend.