Having dealt with any number of supply chain threats in recent years, supply chain managers need technology solutions that will help them identify which challenges are in their future, says Pawan Joshi, executive vice president for products and strategy at e2open.

The pandemic and resulting congestion in the supply chain have retailers reconsidering their traditional approach to sourcing and inventory management, says Larry Parker, department chair of transportation and logistics management, supply chain management, reverse logistics and government contracting at the Dr. Wallace E. Boston School of Business in the American Public University System.

The right tools and processes will mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions — and even offer strategic competitive advantage.

Chief procurement officers (CPOs) must collaborate with stakeholders inside and outside their organization — and begin thinking and acting like CEOs, say the authors of a new report from Gartner Inc.

The number of attacks on global supply chains is skyrocketing. 

The U.S. could establish a more resilient supply chain and protect the economy from global disruption.
Without government aid, intervention and subsidy, however, this is no more than a pipe dream.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on “trusted” U.S. allies to strengthen trade relationships to shore up global supply chains disrupted by the pandemic, worsened by Russia’s war in Ukraine and threatened longer term by a reliance on China.