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 provides highlights of a Nikkei report detailing Apple’s ongoing production and holiday fulfillment challenges for new iPhones. as well as the overall challenges being experienced by multiple high tech product producers.
by Bob Ferrari
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights yesterday’s major Amazon AWS systems outage and its impacts on multiple businesses including Amazon itself.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters highlights reports of a major corporate restructuring involving Samsung, placing the conglomerate’s electronics components and semiconductor business as the engine for future growth and profitability
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog kicks off its annual supply chain predictions content series by highlighting two important forecasts for global economic growth.
by Bob Ferrari 
Supply Chain Matters highlights a published report, citing informed sources, and indicating that Apple iPhone 13 demand appears to have slowed.
by Bob Ferrari
The Supply Chain Matters blog surveys November 2021 manufacturing and supply chain indices and current trending relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights published data on the 2021 Cyber Monday, Black Friday and Thanksgiving holiday shopping period. We further provide perspectives on the implications and what to expect in December.
by Bob Ferrari
In this Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up posting, we highlight two noteworthy developments concerning online retail platform provider Amazon.com. They include Amazon worker labor union vote do over and a bold prediction close at hand, that being the largest U.S. parcel services provider.
by Bob Ferrari
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s actions taken by the Federal Trade Commission, along with another White House meeting, each focused on ongoing supply chain disruptions.
by Bob Ferrari
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights initial reports of 2021 Thanksgiving and Balack Friday holiday sales and their implications on retail supply chains
by Bob Ferrari 