The extension of agricultural industry to manufacturing and service industry is the development direction of the rural industrial integration. Empirical evidence demonstrates that industrial chain ...

“Going into 2025, we need an industry-wide assessment of how our value chain functions because technical and regulatory forces will conspire to make our strategic position less defensible.” In the ...

A perfect storm of events is triggering a fresh look at the supply chain. New challenges including Industry 4.0 technological changes, unpredictable tariff and trade scenarios, and rising commodity ...

Mining has become exceptionally effective at driving efficiencies within individual functions. Procurement teams negotiate harder. Operations pursue productivity improvements. Processing plants ...

From the C-suite business leader to the multitasking entrepreneur, the temptation to compartmentalize business functions can be overwhelming. Having visibility and control of your business is ...

When companies view suppliers from inside their specialized niches, it is tempting to imagine the business world will continue as-is, with just minimal improvements each year. But in the automotive ...

Recent declines in the price of oil, along with more than a decade of steeply rising costs in upstream oil and gas, have influenced E&Ps toward more focused and cautious capital spend. Some E&Ps have ...

Editor’s note: This is the second article in a four-part series on actions supply chain leaders can take to improve cross-functional collaboration and create new more flexible and resilient supply ...

On first inspection, the card payments industry appears to be a mismatch of service providers covering similar functions. However, each firm has an important role in the card payment process. From ...