BALTIMORE, MD, January 13, 2025 – A groundbreaking new study in the INFORMS journal Transportation Science reveals the severe and far-reaching consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on global food security. The research highlights an urgent need to address disruptions in the transportation of Ukrainian grains, which have caused dramatic price spikes and worsened food insecurity worldwide, particularly in vulnerable regions such as the Middle East and North Africa.
Cutting-edge chips, especially those designed to power emerging AI applications, tend to receive the most attention in the media and generate the most excitement. However, so-called “legacy” chips are just as important — if not more — to our daily lives.
January is National Blood Donor Month and, not coincidentally, a time when donations tend to ebb. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood for serious injuries, childbirth, cancer treatments and more, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Ukraine can't export most of its grain due to a Russian blockade of its Black Sea ports. As the new harvest season starts, fears grow that much grain needed in Africa and the Middle East will go to waste.
We have entered the busy summer travel season. Since Memorial Day, many flights have been canceled and delayed, disrupting business and leisure travelers, putting everyone’s patience to the brink. For example, American Airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights around Memorial Day weekend.
Gasoline prices at the pump are off their all-time highs, but they remain well above prices just six months ago. Filling an SUV gas tank can run well over $100. People are feeling the pain and looking for ways to balance their budget as fuel costs are taking a bigger chunk out of their paychecks.
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink issued a letter stating that globalization is ending. Is it really? The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development notes that 2021 was a record year for global trade. Recent discussions at the G7 meeting in Germany and the BRICS summit in China paint a more nuanced picture of whether globalization is ending or increasing.
In this Q&A, supply chain expert Zachary Collier looks at some ways supply chains are threatened today and how companies need to avoid a single point of failure in supply chains.
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