May 2, 2022 The most pervasive outbreak of Covid-19 cases in China since early 2020 has led to quarantines, plant closures and work stoppages at several key points of export in the Far East. The lockdown in Shanghai, China’s logistics hub, has squeezed consumer spending, limited the import of raw...

U.S. importers, straining under a tapped-out supply chain, are increasingly offering top dollar for long-term shipping contracts that may not even be honored as they try whatever it takes to guarantee the arrival of their products. The pandemic-driven boom in demand for goods pushed both contract...

by Dave Kunelius, President and Jim Noble, Chief Operating Officer, MedSource Labs  When the global pandemic swiftly spread around the world in late 2019 and early 2020, it exposed the fragility of the global supply chain system within a few short weeks. The disruptions of critical medical...

Imagine placing an order in late 2021 that won’t be delivered until mid-2023. Yes, there are points where the world’s current shortages and supply chain snarls have gotten that bad. A staggering array of goods and materials have become expensive, delayed, or impossible to find—some of them...

Almost every day we are hearing and seeing how supply chain issues are affecting cars, new TVs and holiday shopping. Not only are American ports struggling to receive goods stuck at international ports, but, once goods arrive in the U.S., it is a struggle to get them to consumers due to trucking...