Supply Chain

Sustainable Food Supply Chains: How They Are Transforming

Sustainable food supply chains are necessary for maintaining global social stability. Meeting the needs of an ever-expanding population is no easy task. In order to accomplish this, the food business must handle a number of intricate problems, including greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation, worker safety and fair pay, as well as consumer nutrition and health. […]

The Future is Decentralized: Here's What it Will Look Like

The last few years have seen the words blockchain, web 3, and decentralization thrown around like potatoes in a food fight. Everywhere on the internet, you go, people are touting the merits of decentralized finance, business, and information infrastructure. The future is decentralized in the eyes of many entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts, but what does […]

China's Supply Chains Must be Stabilised, Vice Premier Says

China’s supply chains must be stabilised amid COVID-19 outbreaks, with local governments helping key companies get back to work, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Vice Premier Liu He as saying. Growing COVID-19 flare-ups are snarling China’s logistics chains, clogging highways and ports, stranding workers and shutting countless factories. The disruptions are already spilling over […]

Global Renewable Power Prices Soar on Heavy Demand, Chaotic Supply Chain

Prices for wind and solar power in major global markets have climbed nearly 30 percent in a year as developers have struggled with chaotic supply chains and surging costs for everything from shipping to parts to labor, according to a report published on Wednesday. Contract prices for renewables jumped 28.5 percent in North America and […]

ABB Expects Supply Bottlenecks to Continue in Short Term

ABB expects supply chain shortages to remain a drag on growth at the start of 2022, the Swiss engineering group said on Thursday, after posting fourth-quarter earnings that were better than expected. The maker of fast chargers for electric vehicles and industrial drives for factories reported a jump of 18 percent in orders as demand […]

China power shortage inflicts anarchy into tech supply chain

China is facing the worst power shortage in its history as the electricity crunch and authorities force manufacturers to cut down on production, an act that could unleash chaos within the tech supply chain. Companies are bracing themselves for what could be the pinnacle of production after COVID-19 merely ravaged the industry. Now, another factor […]