With a flexible operation, Niagara can do minimum private-label orders of 20, 000 bottles, supplying a chain of Costcos or a single casino.

FORBES: Water, Water Everywhere

By supplying algorithms to balance all the variables of a supply chain, such as product prices, stock levels and customer demand, they are following in the footsteps of i2, the market leader in supply-chain management.

ECONOMIST: Chain reaction

There are a further 1, 200 people employed at the chain's dealerships, with some 4, 000 people supplying parts.

BBC: 'Vast majority' of LDV jobs to go

The NIA's Capability of the UK Nuclear New Build Supply Chain study said that with investment, British firms are capable of supplying 90% of the components for new nuclear plants, but the largest metal forgings and some specialist reactor parts would need to be imported.

BBC: Sizewell C proposal

It recently launched four agro-industrial businesses supplying staple products such as milk and maize flour, and its retail-food chain, Mercal, aims to cover 60% of the market.

ECONOMIST: Venezuela