Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
Analyst Insight: After three years of pandemic-driven disruptions, supply chain executives in aerospace and defense are now developing their 2025 strategies, which must contend with high inflation, ...
At a time when supply chain experts are preaching the benefits of diversified sourcing, an alarmingly small number of manufacturers seem to be practicing it. Everywhere we look today, we find ...
Amidst reporting that manufacturing firms are stockpiling intermediate inputs before potential tariffs and threats of a second East and Gulf Coast port strike, it’s important to emphasize that chronic ...
In March 2024, the Council adopted the European critical raw materials act, as demand for rare earths is expected to increase exponentially in the coming years. Critical raw materials (CRMs) are raw ...
The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY David Klanecky The ...
A supply chain is a network of all the entities involved in the creation and sale of a product. Supply chains stretch from the delivery of raw materials from a supplier to the manufacturer that ...
Supply and demand of critical materials to facilitate the transition to cleaner transportation is complicated. Are we prepared? NACFE has done a lot of work on battery electric vehicles (BEVs). By ...
It has been a wild ride for raw materials in the past 12 months, which can't have made U.S. manufacturers too happy. According to a number of studies, raw material concerns always have been and remain ...