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11 articles tagged supply chains.

Global Economy Braces for Slower Growth Amid Rising Inflation. Meridian business.Business

Global Economy Braces for Slower Growth Amid Rising Inflation

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank express cautious optimism, but warn of significant risks ahead.

By Halston Reeve · Jul 26

Global Economy Faces Challenges as Inflation and Trade Tensions Persist. Meridian world.World

Global Economy Faces Challenges as Inflation and Trade Tensions Persist

The global economy is grappling with high inflation rates, exacerbated by supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions.

By Halston Reeve · Jul 23

Global Economy Faces Challenges as Inflation and Trade Disputes Persist. Meridian business.Business

Global Economy Faces Challenges as Inflation and Trade Disputes Persist

The world economy continues to grapple with rising inflation, supply chain disruptions, and geopolitical tensions impacting trade flows.

By Halston Reeve · Jul 20

AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Freight Buyers Learn to Price Optionality", covering freight, shipping, trade, supply chains on The Meridian Hub.World

Freight Buyers Learn to Price Optionality

The cheapest route is not always the best route when disruption can turn a saving into a missed sale.

By Sara Qureshi · Jun 24

AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Cheap Logistics Was Always Borrowed Time", covering opinion, logistics, trade, supply chains on The Meridian Hub.Opinion

Cheap Logistics Was Always Borrowed Time

The era of moving goods as if distance and risk were free is ending. Honest pricing of logistics is overdue.

By Diego Arroyo · Jun 21

AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Supply Chains Reward the Boring", covering opinion, supply chains, logistics, trade on The Meridian Hub.Opinion

Supply Chains Reward the Boring

The most valuable logistics operation is not the cleverest one. It is the one that does the same reliable thing every single day.

By Diego Arroyo · Jun 20

AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Resilience Is Becoming the New Efficiency", covering opinion, trade, resilience, supply chains on The Meridian Hub.Opinion

Resilience Is Becoming the New Efficiency

For a decade, lean was the goal. Now the region's most durable businesses are paying for buffers, redundancy and the ability to absorb a shock.

By Diego Arroyo · Jun 19

AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Energy Buyers Are Paying for Certainty", covering energy, procurement, supply chains, gulf on The Meridian Hub.Business

Energy Buyers Are Paying for Certainty

In a volatile region, price is only one part of procurement. Delivery confidence, compliance and documentation are becoming strategic advantages.

By Mira Faraj · Jun 18

AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Shipping Delays Are a Working-Capital Problem", covering shipping, working capital, inventory, supply chains on The Meridian Hub.Business

Shipping Delays Are a Working-Capital Problem

Late goods do not only irritate customers. They trap cash, distort inventory decisions and make finance teams more conservative.

By Anika Patel · Jun 16

AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Defense Spending Is Now an Industrial Capacity Story", covering defense, industry, supply chains, security on The Meridian Hub.World

Defense Spending Is Now an Industrial Capacity Story

Budget promises matter less if factories, suppliers and skilled workers cannot turn them into usable equipment on time.

By Sara Qureshi · Jun 16

AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Middle Corridor Is Now a Customs Story as Much as a Rail Story", covering middle corridor, trade, customs, supply chains on The Meridian Hub.World

The Middle Corridor Is Now a Customs Story as Much as a Rail Story

Infrastructure has dominated discussion of the Middle Corridor. The next constraint is more bureaucratic than physical.

By Rafael Mendez · Jun 8