Extending and maintaining its global supply chain has been a thorny challenge at VF Corp. The company sources finished products from the Far East and Central America, and also uses VF-owned factories ...

It is no exaggeration to say that roller chains and associated drive sprockets can perform their jobs long, long after they are worn out. I’ve seen roller chains with rollers missing from the chain ...

Supply chains stretch across the globe, but are constantly brittle, subject to disruptions of all kinds. Economic issues, weather events, energy shortages, tariffs, cyberattacks, and wars lurk behind ...

When the R&D team at 48-unit Garlic Jim’s Famous Gourmet Pizza rolls out a new product, chief executive Dwayne Northrop immediately wants to know if it’ll make money. But that general rule was bent a ...