Supply Chain Blog
Illustrative scene, not a real company case: a late inbound component arrives with too little stock to cover every order. AI suggests reallocating the limited supply and changing the production sequence, but the planner cannot…
Strategic advantage comes from expanding what a supply chain can see, compare and learn from, not simply adding another AI tool. More choices, not more noise A port delay can leave a planning team debating…
The wrong kind of growth In August 2026, African airlines added 14 percent more cargo capacity while demand grew 3 percent. Their cargo holds were 36.5 percent full, the emptiest of any region on earth,…
A terminal built to move boxes between ships has had to create something it was never designed to need: a road gate. There was no exit for trucks, yet movements rose from about 100 a…
A shopper walks into a supermarket and sees gaps along the shelves. The spaces expose the white backing, with a few packets pushed forward. Nothing appears broken. The lights work and tills are open, and…
In July 2026, a terminal in Dar es Salaam handled 46,582 containers, more than three times the 13,779 it handled in May 2024. The striking detail is not the speed of that change, a 3.4…
EU imports of hybrid cars from China rose from 3,800 units in October 2024 to about 50,000 in July 2026, more than thirteenfold in twenty one months. A battery electric car from a carmaker can…
On October 2, the chief operating officer of the world’s largest sportswear company told employees that Nike is walking away from owning a large part of its own fulfillment and distribution network, something it has…
A fully laden crude supertanker, longer than the Chrysler Building is tall and as wide as an American football field, arrived off the Texas coast with its communications dead. Investigators also found evidence that outsiders…