TomTom, the world's biggest maker of car navigation devices, plans to buy its main map supplier, Tele Atlas, for 1.8 billion euros ($2.5 billion) to improve the digital maps used by millions of ...

When these astute suppliers increase their customers’ profitability, the customers give them much more share of wallet, and ease the pressure on the suppliers’ prices. Importantly, the improved ...

If the industry wasn't already deep in the throes of one crisis, a tornado strike on an important supplier plant in Seneca, S.C., this month would have handed it another — suddenly limiting the supply ...

A new mapping tool created by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and China’s Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) is ushering in a new era for transparency in China. The IPE ...

You might say the coronavirus pandemic is bringing about a seismic shift in attitudes toward supply-chain risk. To minimize future disruptions, many companies are revamping their business plans to ...

The world’s largest palm oil trader, Singapore-headquartered Wilmar International, has hatched a new plan to eliminate deforestation from its supply chain following sustained pressure from green ...

Collaboration with both customers and suppliers is essential for enhancing supply chain efficiency. Typically, demand data originates from customers, often taking the form of forecasts or firm sales ...

Dr. Robert Brooks explores why pharma must map its supply chains in emerging markets. In the last few years we have seen a whole raft of supply chain disruptions hit the pharmaceutical sector, but to ...