Supply Chains in Crisis

Coronavirus: Supply-Chain Disruption Looks Like Natural Disasters

Tesla and Sony’s Problems Show Shanghai’s Big Restart is Faltering

May 12, 2022

The official line coming out of Covid-hit Shanghai is that business is returning to usual despite the ongoing lockdown, yet hundreds of manufacturers in the city aren’t operating at anywhere near to full capacity, if they’re up and running again at all.

Shanghai Supply Chain Crisis Makes a Case for AI

May 12, 2022

Vasudevan Sundarababu, SCB Contributor

The closure of supply chain operations in China is yet another blow to an already fragile global supply chain. More will follow.

Seeing Beyond the Unforeseen: Dodging Supply Chain Disruptions

May 12, 2022

Rob Schoenthaler, SCB Contributor

Is it possible for a manufacturer to find secure footing in a world that seems to be shifting daily?

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Watch: Four Ways That Businesses Can Prepare for the Next Black Swan Event

May 11, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Barry Kukkuk, chief technology officer with Netstock, details four steps that companies can take to prepare for the unpredictable.

Baby Formula Shortage Sparks Democratic Inquiry, GOP Attack

May 11, 2022

Bloomberg

Democrats are scrambling to address a baby formula shortage, as Republicans add it to their election-year criticisms of the Biden administration.

Supply Worries Send Gasoline Prices to Record Highs

May 11, 2022

Bloomberg

The gasoline market is starting to run out of control — just like diesel before it.

Could Data Standards Solve the Supply Chain Crisis?

May 10, 2022

Corey Bertsch, SupplyChainBrain Contributor

A lack of data sharing is one of today's most glaring issues in supply chain management. But just as important is that every stakeholder is on the same page — working with the same kind of data at the right time.

More Than Half U.S. Firms in China See Lockdowns Hitting Revenue

May 10, 2022

Bloomberg

China’s stringent Covid Zero strategy has damaged foreign businesses’ confidence, with U.S. firms in the country slashing investments and lowering revenue projections as lockdowns hit operations and supply chains.

Will Truckers’ Protests Be the Thing That Finally Breaks Supply Chains?

May 9, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The slew of protests earlier this year by U.S. and Canadian truckers against COVID-19 protection measures caused some annoying traffic jams in a handful of cities. But whether they signal a serious, long-term threat to an already-challenged supply chain is questionable.

G-7 Leaders Commit to Banning Imports of Oil From Russia

May 8, 2022

Bloomberg

Leaders of the Group of Seven most industrialized countries pledged to ban the import of Russian oil in response to President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.