Discover how supply chain management optimizes production and distribution, reduces costs, and enhances efficiency from raw ...

From clothing to cars to canned peaches, American-made products are made of parts – often parts sourced from other companies in other countries. Supply chains are critically important to domestic and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. CEO of MISUMI Americas. Stanford MechE. Ford Alum. Father. Builder. This month, I'm excited to share the results of Fictiv’s 10th ...

Twenty-first century manufacturers post-COVID-19 have been facing significant challenges across their functions in supply chain, risk, operations, and customer experience. Threats by new (often more ...

For decades, engineers relied on a “design–build–test–fix” loop to bring new products to market. Engineers would create drawings or CAD models, send them to manufacturing, and wait for physical ...

Process manufacturers are under pressure. Growing pressure, in fact. (For our purposes, process includes companies in the rolled goods, woven goods, packaging, extrusion/injection molding and ...

Once a perennial global leader in drug discovery and development, the United States is no longer at the forefront of drug manufacturing. Over the past few decades, active pharmaceutical ingredients ...

Companies routinely operate their most valuable manufacturing know-how in jurisdictions where they hold no enforceable intellectual property rights.

For the last few years, the global supply chain has felt like it’s permanently on edge. One delay turns into another. A missing component stalls an entire production line. A factory halfway across the ...