Past Economic Downturns have Always Led to a Drop in Commodity Prices, IMF Data Shows; Not this Time

This Week: Prescription Drug Heist in Tennessee; Chinese Food Filling the US Breadbasket; Fuel Costs for Big Brown are Big Deal; Cheap Labor in Costa Rica

Is the Company Limiting Contract Ore to Sell More on Spot Market?; Potential Boycott in Works, but Ore Producers for Now Hold the Cards

What University Created the First Industrial Engineering Degree?

Rising Diesel Costs, Falling Demand Drive Sharo Rise in Trucking Firms Leaving Market; Capacity Issues Down the Road?

This Week: Shipping Container Shortage Uncontained; The Pennies Add Up; New Product Safety Requirements Increase Toy Manufacturing Costs; Steel Yourself for the Steep Rise in the Cost of Steel

Company Enjoyed Strong Growth Under 3M, but No Longer Fit 3M Corporate Strategy

Inventory Optimization Projects and Technology Involve Optimization at Three Levels: Policies, Inventory Deployment, and Customer Service; Different Questions, Different Answers

This Week: Effectively Zero Risk Management; GM on the Receiving End; Step Out of the Vehicle and Show me Your "TWIC;" Analyst Predicts Future Oil Prices will Keep Consumers Over a Barrel

The supply chain concept of the “Forrester Effect” is more commonly today known by what term?