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October 27, 2025
Why Supply Chain Resilience Starts with Supplier Health
The lessons have been expensive and repeated: reactive risk management doesn’t work. From semiconductor shortages to logistics collapses, supply chain leaders have learned that by the time a supplier’
Majority of Companies Hiking Prices to Cover Tariffs: KPMG
A majority of American businesses intend to or have already raised their prices, while also implementing other company-wide adjustments, in order to cope with the impact of President Donald Trump’s ta
One-fifth of suppliers topple into financial distress as pessimism grows
At least 20 percent of automotive suppliers are in financial distress and their leaders are more pessimistic about business conditions than they have been in years, two recent studies show.
Tariffs, Rising Costs and Relying on Supplier Relationships
“The tariff story is now one of two tales — the economic one, which rightly or wrongly is ostensibly about trade imbalances, and the punitive one the administration is swinging around.
Why Corporate Payments History Falls Short As A Financial Health Indicator
The assumption is clear enough: Firms that pay slowly are presumed to be financially weak, and those that pay on time are considered financially strong. But this belief falls short.
