In a linear value chain, the one we are moving away from, it is largely a take-make-discard system that is not sustainable. The circularity we seek in our industrial processes may seem like a new ...

ESG challenges in complex value chains. Industries with vast, multi-layered value chains, like agri-food, face some of the world’s most complex, sensitive, and high-impact sustainability challenges.

Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration: Develop your cross-functional collaboration capability to increase the value of your supply chain to the enterprise. Influence at the Highest Levels: Increase ...

Dinar Kale. The Open University. The pharmaceutical value chain model depicted in Figure 1 covers a full range of activities that are required to bring a product from conception to final consumer.

Aggressive reshoring of supply chains risks significant GDP loss, warns OECD Modelling shows localising manufacturing too quickly could reduce global trade by 18% ...

A McKinsey survey shows packaging recyclability is top of mind for sustainability-backing Americans, although convenience and ...

Global research and consulting firm McKinsey & Company recently announced it has acquired supply chain firm SCM Connections in a move that McKinsey said will “strengthen our expertise in supply-chain ...

edie is delighted to be hosting a one-day summit on supply chain sustainability in London on 17 September 2025, with tickets available at an early discount rate until 6 June. edie’s Sustainable Supply ...

Dominic Barton is the global managing partner of McKinsey & Company. He is a coauthor of Talent Wins: The New Playbook for Putting People First (Harvard Business Review Press, 2018).

Reprint: R1009C The citizen sector, composed of millions of groups worldwide that are attempting to address critical social needs, has long been regarded as understaffed and inefficient. But it ...

ABSTRACT: The internationalization of multinational Entities (MNEs) remains a central theme in global business strategy, driven by a complex interplay of economic, political, and strategic factors.