Powerful influences are driving major change in the global supply chain today, bringing new challenges to corporate real estate professionals as they strive to manage logistics and costs in an intensely competitive business climate. The worlds of supply chain and real estate are blurring more than ever before, but effective supply chain solutions depend on much more than real estate. The once-simple U.S. supply chain has evolved into a vast, global network of complex systems involving worldwide sourcing, manufacturing and consumption. As the economic recovery begins to accelerate, an in-depth understanding of the changing global supply chain is essential to developing innovative, successful global supply chain solutions.