Supply Chain Management

I have spent much of my career working with manufacturers in complex, mission-critical industries like defence, aerospace, and supply chain-driven industries. In these environments, supply chain resilience is not a buzzword; it is a strategic necessity. For years, global models that leaned heavily on low-cost production in Asia delivered short-term efficiencies but introduced long-term fragility.

The UK and India strengthen their collaboration on securing future technology supply chains with the launch of Phase 2 of the UK-India Critical Mineral Supply Chain Observatory. The initiative was formally announced during the UK-India trade deal signing ceremony, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer highlighted the role

Managing logistics operations is particularly challenging during disruption. Semiconductor shortages, geopolitical instability and pandemic-related bottlenecks have demonstrated how fragile the global electronics supply chain can be. It’s important now, more than ever, that resilience is central to logistics planning for electronics manufacturing. Logistics managers are on the front line when disruption occurs, whether that comes

Across the global supply chain, volatility is the new normal. Inflationary pressures, material shortages, and unpredictable tariff shifts have pushed many procurement leaders toward a ‘wait-and-see’ stance on capital investments. However, for supply chain and fleet operations, that hesitation is costly. A hidden ‘hesitation tax’ quietly eats into margins, compromises operational resilience, and weakens an

The US tariffs are accelerating the breakdown of hyper-globalisation, forcing companies worldwide to rethink their supply chain strategies. As protectionist policies take hold, supply chains are shifting toward localisation to mitigate risk and rising costs. Global trade is entering a new era, defined not by efficiency, but by resilience, regionalisation, and strategic reconfiguration, says GlobalData.