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Half of Industrial Construction is Speculative
Half of the 96.7 million square feet in current industrial construction is speculative, according to new research by Jones Lang LaSalle. What originally began on the West Coast is now steadily increasing across the U.S., most notably in the Mid-West and […]
Guest Commentary: Avoiding the Costs of Non-compliance
by Jeff Ross During the mid-1990s, several of the country’s retailers initiated vendor compliance programs that included substantial financial penalties for failure to comply. Penalty-based compliance systems are now prevalent among large retailers, resulting in challenges to operational efficiencies within the shipping […]
Walmart uses its buying power to boost U.S. Manufacturing
In January of this year, Walmart pledged to buy an additional $50 billion in U.S. products over the next 10 years. Through their buying power, Walmart is giving manufacturers confidence to invest capital in the U.S. and play a role […]
Apple Joins High-Tech Reshoring Trend
Apple has announced plans to open a manufacturing plant in Mesa, Ariz., creating more than 2,000 jobs and part of an effort to bring some manufacturing jobs back to the United States. Although Apple currently uses some American suppliers, the […]
Guest Commentary – Supply Chain Mastery: Differentiator or Mere Table Stakes?
by Tom Rentschler In Forbes Magazine, publisher Rich Karlgaard, whom I’ve had the privilege of getting to know over the course of my career, challenged us in his recent Innovation Rules column to understand that winning companies “excel in both the […]
Supply Chain Vulnerable to Electronic Chip Tampering
By Dinah Wisenberg Brin The defense supply chain is vulnerable to potential malicious tampering of electronic chips used in key military systems, a new report from a Brookings Institution senior fellow warns, noting that chips also are ubiquitous in the […]