Just about everybody wants to revitalize the nation's crumbling transportation infrastructure. Too bad we can't agree on how to pay for it.

Shippers are bracing for a big increase in the cost of moving packages by ground service.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. doesn't do things on a small scale. So when it moved to expand its global sustainability effort, the retailing giant acted true to form.

If you're still not convinced that sustainability can be a big marketing tool for global brands, then take a glance at the latest "Conscious Actions" report from Hennes & Mauritz AB - known to clothing shoppers around the world as H&M.

Just two weeks before companies are required to begin filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the presence of conflict minerals in their products, confusion reigns.

My previous post covered the difficulty of tracing and ensuring the quality of automotive and aerospace parts. The job is just as tough for consumer packaged goods and food producers.

Think it's tough tracking finished goods from source to sale? Trying doing the same for the millions of parts that go into them.

We speak incessantly about the impact of "consumer demand" on manufacturers' supply chains. But do we really understand what that term means?

Carbon footprint: What a misleading metaphor that is.

No doubt about it - consumer packaged goods companies are drowning in data today.