To alleviate the pressure on an increasingly burdened supply chain, could gigantic barges on inland waterways offer a way forward?Amidst the backdrop of a rapidly transforming logistics landscape, the U.

Retail return policies were liberal during the pandemic, but those expensive returns come with a price tag to the bottom line. Can retailers find a happy medium?

The ASM provides the best current measure of current U.S. manufacturing industry outputs, inputs, and operating status. Based upon analysis of the data from 2018, using 2019 as a base year since it was before the start of the pandemic, percentage changes for 2020 and 2021 were calculated in the manufacturing data. Analysis of these percentage changes over this time period show that many widely held beliefs about the severe negative impact on manufacturing activity and inventories in 2020 and 2021 are not supported by the actual data.

Negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters have been tense, and talks have been further amplified on social media. There’s still hope on the horizon, as UPS is willing to return to the negotiating table. The US is no stranger to major supply chain issues, but what can be done to mitigate this one?

Prof. Shukla is quoted in an October 2022 article in the Epoch Times explaining the causes behind a decrease in U.S. imports and the nearshoring supply chain pivot from Asia to the United States.