The Future of Digital Supply Chains

By 2025, more than 50% of supply chain organizations will have a technology leadership role reporting directly to the chief supply chain officer.(Gartner’s survey, February 2021) This percentage will...
digital manufacturing, QAD Tomorrow, decision-making, automation

QAD Tomorrow: the Digital Road to Better Decision-making

The opportunities around Digital Manufacturing are as varied and broad as the interpretation of the phrase itself. As much as I love the advent of robots, automation, and technology around the...
automotive battery, lithium battery, electric vehicles, automotive, battery

Emerging Lithium Battery Titans

The automotive market is trading in the internal combustion engine (ICE) for battery-powered electric vehicles. And with it is coming a new league of industry influencers and innovators who will take...
Foreign-Trade Zone, FTZ

What is a Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)?

The United States Foreign-Trade Zones program was established in 1934 when Congress passed the US Foreign Trade Zones Act. The act allowed for the creation of “Foreign-Trade Zones” — that is,...