The Supply Chain Matters blog welcomes new readers and provides a background of what this blog is about, the focus of our content coverage areas and topics. We especially welcome new visitors during the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic seeking added knowledge and insights on industry and global supply chain impacts and implications.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights Amazon’s significant resources expected to be deployed to maintain online sales growth in the upcoming holiday fulfillment surge period
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog features This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech, a synopsis of noteworthy technology focused investment developments. Technology and services providers mentioned in this update include Echo Global Logistics, UPS and Roadie, Stord, Locus Robotics, TrueCommerce, LevaData, Google Cloud and E2open.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights and comments on the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Low or No Cost Traceability Challenge, demonstrating cost effective means to support end-to-end supply chain item level traceability.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights three published forecasts addressing expected retail sales for this holiday fulfillment period, along with the likely implications for supply chain management teams
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog reflects on Procter and Gamble’s latest report of Q1-FY22 quarterly financial performance and the implications of these results for investors, lines of business teams and supply chain management communities.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights additional announcements of strategic supply network moves made by existing or new players in the automotive and truck industry. These investments are to prepare for scaled-up availability and production of electrically or hybrid powered electrical vehicles (EVs) over the coming decade.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a recently published survey of how U.S. consumer sentiments associated with ongoing continuous supply chain disruptions are changing buying sentiments and what that implies for brands and their associated supply chain management teams.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog indicates this week will be recognized as a milepost. It is when global economists and financial institutions began to coalesce and formally quantify that continuous supply chain disruptions and inflationary forces, are doing harm to businesses and the global economy.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights breaking news that the White House has announced that the Port of Los Angeles will commence 7×24 round the clock operations in order to clear current shipping backlogs.
by Bob Ferrari
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a report indicating that Apple is facing the need to cut its planned 2021 production targets for the newly released iPhone13 because of semiconductor chip shortages.
by Bob Ferrari 