Heightened customer expectation, constrained resources and generational differences in purchasing are among the changes in the supply chain that companies must respond to, says Wonil Gregg, vice president of customer engagement at DCPerform.

The new generation of consumers is changing demand patterns, making them more unpredictable than ever before.Succeeding under these conditions begins with three simple changes.

Taiwan accounts for around 65% of global semiconductor supply, and nearly 90% of the smallest and most sophisticated chips.

Officials locked down an assembly plant in Zhengzhou, on November 2, for seven days, and it is now operating at a significantly reduced capacity.

In the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for many consumer products surged. But few industries experienced an explosion of activity like the furniture business.

Disruption in the supply chain brought on by the pandemic showed that transformational leadership is required over the next few years, says Michael Burnette, fellow at the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee.

The issue arose November 1, when U.K. customs introduced an overnight change to the tariff code required to qualify for duty-free imports from the EU.

Germany's foreign minister said it showed what the international community could achieve if it refused to be blackmailed by Russia.

Retailers have invested heavily in predictive analytics to drive accurate purchasing. Yet they still have significant overstock problems.

About 94% of the 9,980 aviators casting ballots voted against the proposal, the Air Line Pilots Association said in a statement November 1.