Diversion of future shipments to West Coast ports would become more difficult and costly if a stoppage was prolonged as ships back-up and remain unloaded, reducing available capacity.
Jason Alexander, industrial policy senior analyst with RSM US, discusses how businesses will navigate the coming year in the face of higher tariffs on durable goods.
As measuring performance shifts from profit alone to “profit, planet and people,” companies are assembling teams, assessing resources and determining what help will be needed to achieve sustainability and compliance goals. Read on for an analysis of what’s needed, and what’s available, to meet these goals.
Only 36% of manufacturers who acknowledge the critical importance of digital transformation
have successfully integrated artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations, including in the R&D process.
Trump has repeatedly said tariffs will create more factory jobs, shrink the federal deficit, lower food prices and allow the government to subsidize childcare. Economists disagree.
The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the consumer packaged goods industry. Learn how consumer packaged goods companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.
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