Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Delp is NY-based, covering retail, fashion, and home products. When retailers start buying their suppliers, it's usually a ...

Boise Cascade is one of the largest plywood and engineered wood product manufacturers in North America, as well as a leading distributor of building materials. The company's two business lines are ...

For decades, vertical integration meant ownership. According to Michael E. Porter's seminal work Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, companies sought to reduce costs, ...

There is growing demand from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for contract manufacturing partners that are vertically integrated, according to a medical device manufacturer. Sonoco Plastics, a ...