There’s an opportunity to improve food supply chain logistics and planning with a future-proofing mindset. No element requires more consideration and investment in this regard than transparency.

Brian Umbenhauer, leader for consulting with Deloitte Private, reveals the findings of the firm’s latest survey of private companies and their approach to managing global supply chains in a crisis.

As supply chains begin to ramp up again as COVID-19 restrictions ease, retailers should take the Suez Canal fiasco as a wakeup call to do three things: prioritize inventory visibility, optimize product assortment, and rethink and diversify their distribution channels.

Suresh Acharya, Professor of Practice in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, addresses the excess of COVID-19 vaccine doses in the U.S., and what to do about it.

For luxury brands weathering the COVID-19 pandemic, the staunch refusal to allow discounting might turn out to be a luxury they can’t afford.

Kent Mahoney, executive vice president North America with Proxima, discusses the hurdles that businesses are facing today in the form of severe labor shortages and rising wages.

COVID-19 is slowly abating. What damage did it do to our global supply chains?