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Ford has been praised by a women’s entrepreneur advocacy organisation for its efforts to increase the number of women-owned suppliers within its supply chain.

Outsourcing in the US technology industry has declined for the third straight year, according to a new consultancy report.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has stated that the technology giant is committed to improving conditions for workers in its supply chain and ensuring that suppliers not meeting standards risk losing business.

A US trade association has issued a new technical standard designed to combat the increasing volume of fraudulent and counterfeit electronic parts entering the aerospace supply chain.

The growing impact of sustainability “megaforces” will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades, a report has predicted.

Apple said yesterday that it has authorised inspections of selected suppliers, in a move to quash allegations of poor working conditions at Far Eastern companies in its supply chain.

ZincOx Resources, which has been working for the last six years developing technology that will be allow waste produced from steel mills to be turned into zinc, has announced that it is opening up a plant in South Korea with this technology in place…

Led by precious metals, commodities rallied in January with many commodities reversing the slump seen in the second half for 2011, according to market experts.

Global companies are moving supply chain risk up the corporate boardroom agenda, new research reveals.

McDonald’s, the fast-food giant, has announced that it will work with pork suppliers to remove the use of gestation crates, which are used for female sows while they raise their piglets after concerns were voiced about the welfare of the pigs in t…