Supply is falling. Demand is rising. Anyone with a basic understanding of economics knows what that means. And as the law of supply and demand decrees, used car prices are beginning to rise, according ...

There’s lots of copper in the ground, but demand is already outstripping usable supply – and the shortfall is likely to get ...

Friday's jobs report was shocking but not surprising. It was a useful lens through which to view the overarching economic reality heading into the final months of 2025. The big picture: We're living ...

In 2026, demand planning goes beyond simply estimating sales figures. It is a strategic approach designed to align your company’s production with market demands.

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) often is described as a cornerstone of the circular economy. And it is. By shifting the financial and operational responsibility for packaging waste to producers ...

Supply chains have had a tumultuous few years, beginning in 2020, when COVID-19 upended legacy global supply chains. More recently, the “TikTok-ification” of retail has companies like Shein and Temu ...

Beef prices are at or near an all-time high and the situation could take years to resolve. Here's why and how it happened.

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the September 2024 issue of Supply Chain Management Review. For more content like this, click here to subscribe to either the print or digital edition of ...

I use Phillips curve type regressions to assess the relative contributions of demand and supply forces to U.S. inflation during the pandemic era from February 2020 onward and the decade following the ...

Editor’s note: The following article is a joint project of professors in the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute. For more on the Institute, click here. Demand planners ...

Understanding housing demand dynamics through two indicators, income growth and population growth, provides important insights into housing affordability. Research shows that average U.S. income ...