• The New Geography of Supply Chains: Why Geopolitics Is Reshaping Network Design

    The New Geography of Supply Chains: Why Geopolitics Is Reshaping Network Design
    For most of the modern supply chain era, companies designed global networks around cost, scale, inventory efficiency, labor availability, and transportation performance.Geopolitical risk was acknowledged, but it usually remained outside the core operating model. Wars, sanctions, trade disputes, and political instability were treated as disruptions to manage rather than permanent conditions around which supply chains should be designed.That distinction no longer holds.Geopolitics has become a cor
  • Supply Chain and Logistics News Round Up (July 13th-17th 2026)

    Supply Chain and Logistics News Round Up (July 13th-17th 2026)
    The week of July 13th-17th highlights a pivotal shift toward digital integration and structural resilience across global supply chains. From the deployment of automated visibility networks like FourKites to the rise of AI-driven control towers in the energy sector, organizations are increasingly prioritizing real-time data to navigate complex operational constraints. This period also underscores the tension between immediate capital reallocation for AI infrastructure and the long-term necessity

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