Supply chain

Changes in the way we eat are introducing new risks into the food supply chain. Frequent testing and recalls can protect the public.

Even though inflation has subsided, interest rates are heading down, and the labor market is loosening up, many business owners say the problems that emerged over the last few years haven’t gone away.

It was easier for companies to transition to making PPE at the height of the pandemic than it was to produce something as sterile and specific as IV fluid.

If the strike drags on, some imported items could run low. How quickly that happens depends in part on retailers' and consumers' ability to stock up.

For months, shippers have been insuring against strike delays by sending their cargo to the other side of the continent.

We tour a North Carolina plant where melted glass is pulled into the hair-like strands that power fiber-optic cable.

The economy — and life —has changed a lot since.

Peter Goodman of The New York Times discusses the complex inner workings of our fragile system and why it broke down during the pandemic.

Wholesalers supply both retailers and manufacturers.

United and Southwest have also paused hiring because of the delivery delays. Higher airfares could be on the way.