Modern supply chains need end-to end optimization to manage resilience and an expanded set of responsibilities. As a result, manufacturers are now asking whether supply chain planning should begin ...

Forward-thinking companies are avoiding knee-jerk reactions and preparing to use a variety of approaches to protect their business from the effects of recent U.S. tariffs. These range from short-term ...

From manufacturing and logistics to finance and customer service, automation is redefining how work gets done.

Tariffs act like a sudden change to cross-market “transshipment cost”—they raise the effective price of moving components or finished goods across borders. Classic operations models predict that when ...

The 2025 geopolitical landscape—marked by tariff escalations, trade discussions, and regulatory shifts—has intensified pressure on global supply chains. Amid the turbulence, the ‘S’ in ESG has emerged ...

In the perishable product supply chain, there is always some kind of trade-off when trying to balance costs against transportation needs, inventory management, and overall efficiency. The goal, ...

Logistics leaders continue to grapple with managing warehouse labor costs as availability remains tight, demand for new types of skilled labor increases and automation workflows remain mostly ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Eric Schrader In a world ...

Effective July 1, 2023, the underlying Mergermarket data supporting the M&A Explorer was consolidated with Dealogic data to produce an even more complete picture of the M&A marketplace. M&A Explorer ...

Take my own industry, supply chain. According to Gartner, just 7% of supply chain teams currently make decisions in real time—and that means less agility, less resilience, and more disruption when ...

The supply chain has long been a challenge for hospitals, with its complexity now intensified by relentless cost pressures and frequent supply disruptions. In today’s world, about half of large health ...

In late 2022, Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health merged to form Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health. Since then, the 67-hospital system has had to shape its supply chain road map. “With the ...