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A concept called “just transition” is cropping up in sustainability circles, and if it gains ground, it could become part of corporate pledges akin to those that commit companies to net-zero operations by a certain year. Such an outcome has significant implications for supply chain sustainability.

In these Covid-ravaged times, the last thing companies need is more bad news, but like it or not, the storm clouds of a global economic recession are gathering on the horizon.

Automation is transforming supply chains, but the societal cost in terms of inequality may be high.

The furor over a whistleblower’s accusations that Facebook profits from allowing its platform to spread disinformation has spotlighted the role of social media in propagating falsehoods online. A prime example is how such untruths hamper the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

On this episode, MIT’s Yossi Sheffi discusses his new book on the race to develop the COVID vaccine. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Paradoxically, truck drivers are both scarce and underutilized; optimizing drivers’ time can address both problems.

In this short-term program, you’ll receive the advanced preparation needed for a career in smart manufacturing.

October's New England Supply Chain Conference (NESCON 2021) sets an ambitious and compelling vision for 2030.

A resilience-building approach to compare and contrast supply chain disruptions, especially how the Covid-19 pandemic fits into supply chain management’s risk universe.

While companies should understand and mitigate their exposure to supply chain risk, we believe that many become obsessed with risk assessment at the expense of building resilience — the more important objective.

Corporations, in a bid to meet consumer demand, are now following the same hoarding trends that consumers practiced at the beginning of the pandemic.

The pandemic took the world by surprise, and it is understandable that our immediate response was far from perfect - however, failing to deal effectively with its aftermath is less excusable.

Inflation is one of the headwinds facing the US economy and consumers, and inflation is fueled, to some extent, by the national shortage of truck drivers; this shortage raises truck transportation prices, which show up in higher prices for every product.

The demand for supply chain professionals is currently at an all-time high where companies increasingly rely on their integrated supply chain networks internationally.