Top supply chain conferences to keep on your radar in 2026

This year’s trade shows will showcase resilience strategies, technology adoption and talent development as companies contend with tariff volatility and other challenges.

By Kelly Stroh • Updated Jan. 30, 2026

Section 232 probe reignites tariff uncertainty for medtech firms

The White House has used the investigations in other sectors to implement tariffs, but the earliest any potential actions would take place is summer 2026, analysts said.

By Elise Reuter • Oct. 1, 2025

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Top 5 stories from Supply Chain Dive

Here’s how companies are navigating evolving global trade and tariff policies, rising costs and operational uncertainty across supply chain networks.

By Supply Chain Dive staff

Grocery Outlet names new supply chain leader

Scott Fremont started as chief supply chain officer for the grocery chain earlier this month following nearly 18 years with Target.

By Kelly Stroh • Sept. 30, 2025

How truck tariffs might play out for the industry

Potential impacts will largely depend on whether the policy affects truck parts and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

By David Taube • Sept. 30, 2025

US to begin furniture, wood import tariffs on Oct. 14

An executive order from President Donald Trump installs a 25% tariff on couch, sofa, chair and kitchen cabinet imports and a 10% duty on timber and lumber.

By Phil Neuffer • Sept. 30, 2025

Lilly to build $6.5B Houston factory for its first obesity pill

The pharmaceutical giant is also planning a $5 billion manufacturing site in Virginia, with two more U.S. facilities expected to be announced later this year. 

By Nathan Owens • Sept. 29, 2025

Yum Brands aims to unify supply chain under ‘one voice’

The KFC and Taco Bell franchisor is consolidating separate supply chains for its portfolio of restaurants to improve supplier relationships.

By Antone Gonsalves • Sept. 29, 2025

How supply chains drive revenue with elevated supplier collaboration

Savvy companies have come to view suppliers not just as sources of goods and services, but as key partners in driving innovation and value.

Sept. 29, 2025

Tariff front-loading buoyed manufacturing in H1, but costs are ahead: OECD

“The impacts of higher tariff rates are yet to be fully felt in the US economy,” according to a report from OECD, a global policy forum. 

By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 26, 2025

Trump sets tariffs on pharmaceuticals, trucks, furniture

The new levies, ranging from 25% to 100%, will go into effect Oct. 1, the president said Thursday.

By Phil Neuffer • Sept. 25, 2025

Campbell’s says tariff mitigation strategies can only go so far

Limited domestic tinplate capacity makes it difficult to source materials for canned goods in the face of steel and aluminum tariffs, according to executives.

By Phil Neuffer • Sept. 25, 2025

US opens investigation into medical equipment, device imports

As part of the Section 232 probe, the Trump administration will weigh the need for tariffs on goods such as surgical masks, blood glucose monitors and wheelchairs.

By Phil Neuffer • Sept. 25, 2025

Supply chains gear up for California emissions disclosures

Manufacturers are digging deep into their data to get ready for greenhouse gas reporting requirements from the Golden State.

By Mary Catherine O’Connor • Sept. 25, 2025

US investigates robotics, industrial machinery imports

The Commerce Department is evaluating national security risks of the industrial gear supply chain, potentially clearing the way for new tariffs.

By Antone Gonsalves • Sept. 25, 2025

Mars inks clean energy contracts for supply chain decarbonization

The confectionery company is teaming up with Enel on a trio of renewable purchase agreements estimated to annually generate 1.8 terawatt hours of clean energy.

By Zoya Mirza • Sept. 24, 2025

Lear taps Palantir software for manufacturing operations

The Tier 1 seat supplier will use the AI-powered platform for 5 years as it looks to accelerate industrial automation.

By Eric Walz • Sept. 23, 2025

White House asks Supreme Court to uphold Trump’s tariff powers

The government submitted a 49-page brief urging the high court to affirm Trump's broad emergency levies.

By Antone Gonsalves • Updated Sept. 22, 2025

Trump administration ponders adjusting scope of auto part, steel and China tariffs

Federal agencies are reviewing whether to expand the list of goods covered by levies enacted under Section 232 and 301.

By Phil Neuffer • Sept. 18, 2025

Business contracts with tariff clauses proliferate

Companies are using tariff-specific language to hedge against uncertainty in areas such as pricing and delivery timelines, contract management firm Agiloft said.

By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 18, 2025

Perdue Farms to lay off 300 workers at Indiana turkey plant

Production for the Thanksgiving staple has fallen to a three-decade low as poultry companies grapple with bird flu and changing consumer habits.

By Christopher Doering • Sept. 17, 2025

JM Smucker to raise coffee prices again in the face of tariffs

The food and beverage company is planning a hike for “early winter” that would make coffee over 20% more expensive than a year ago.

By Antone Gonsalves • Sept. 16, 2025

US kicks off consultation process for USMCA review

Shippers have 45 days to submit comments evaluating the free trade agreement governing cross-border trade between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

By Edwin Lopez • Sept. 16, 2025

Coca-Cola aims to help solve orange supply crunch with AI

The Minute Maid producer is a founding member of an MIT consortium working to combat citrus greening, a disease threatening orange production.

By Christopher Doering • Sept. 16, 2025

Why this manufacturer isn’t crumbling under tariff pressure

Cookie-cutter maker Ann Clark shifted to in-house production more than two decades ago and sources most inputs domestically.

By Antone Gonsalves • Sept. 12, 2025

Asos targets supply chain visibility upgrade

The apparel retailer tapped traceability platform TrusTrace to strengthen operational transparency down to the Tier 5 level.

By Kelly Stroh • Sept. 11, 2025