GS1 has released an update to its RFID Tag Data Standard that addresses a long-standing and practical problem in supply chain visibility: how physical items reliably connect to authoritative digital data. The new release, RFID Tag Data Standard (TDS) 2.3,…
Johnson & Johnson will invest US$4 billion in new pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the United States, linking expanded domestic production to a pricing and trade agreement with the Donald Trump administration. The plan includes a cell therapy manufacturing facility in…
The early headlines around Venezuela’s post-Maduro moment focus on geopolitics and oil diplomacy. Beneath that surface is a broader issue that supply chain leaders should pay attention to. What is unfolding is not simply a restart of oil production. It…
This past week’s supply chain technology developments reinforce a quiet but important transition. The market is moving beyond visibility tools toward systems that sense, decide, and act directly in physical supply chain environments. Investment flows, product launches, and leadership decisions…
ARC Industry Leadership Forum • Orlando, FloridaFebruary 9–12, 2026 • Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld Artificial intelligence is reshaping how industrial organizations run their operations and supply chains. The shift is real. The early experiments are gone. Today, companies are redesigning…
Supply chain teams entered 2025 facing persistent volatility across capacity markets, energy availability, labor, and environmental conditions. By the end of the year, certain patterns became clear. Technology investment shifted away from broad digital transformation rhetoric toward narrower, more predictable…
