With the release of the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index (GMCI), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte Global) and the Council on Competitiveness (the Council) in the US build upon the GMCI research, with prior studies published in 2010 and 2013.

As it ramps up production of a new jet engine, Pratt & Whitney needs to do more than shore up its supply base, it is changing its recruiting tactics, according to its senior director of supply management.

Is your organization suffering from supply chain knowledge and skillset gaps? Here are five strategies to get back on track.

The ‘Future of Work’ white paper discusses major structural shifts that are currently reshaping the world of work such as globalization, diversity, technology, new production patterns and people’s new expectations regarding job and career, the paper provides suggestions on how…

On behalf of myself and our Supply Chain Matters team, I would like to extend our sincere best wishes for a joyous Holiday Season and Happy and Rewarding New Year. Once again we share a 2012 holiday classic from U.S. National Public Radio (NPR) that reports on what supply chain resources Santa Claus would need […]

China’s role in the global economy keeps expanding, and over the past 25 years, it has gone from 11th largest to second, the country’s economy is now 60% that of the US, and that means its role in determining global…

Driven by the “One Belt, One Road” initiative to recreate the ancient Silk Road, the overland and maritime trading route connecting Asia and Europe, China’s non-financial direct investment abroad grew 54 per cent in the first nine months of 2016…

A lot of transportation and logistics focused social and business media headlines have been painting a picture on the large numbers of drones will be the future of parcel delivery.  Our Supply Chain Matters response has been one of skepticism to this notion principally because drones serve a specific purpose related to certain limited in […]