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ATA hauls bottled water, Toys for Tots collects children’s gifts as emergency officials assess next needs.

We are entering a new industrial age. Smart technologies are transforming how we produce goods, connect to customers, and conceptualize the business. It’s time for supply chain executives to embrace their role as business change agents and to implement the advanced mindsets and capabilities for leading in the Age of Intelligent Machines.

The recent supply chain crisis has led some to question whether companies have taken “Lean Thinking” and just-in-time inventory too far. In reality, it may be that we are not fully understanding and applying Lean concepts properly.

The pandemic-driven surge in e-commerce has left virtually no aspect of the retail supply chain untouched, forcing retail leaders to rethink everything. A new survey by the MIT CTL examines some of the changes they've made and the challenges that remain.

Ocean carriers protest new oversight, but shipper and retail groups applaud bill’s potential to cap detention and demurrage fees.