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Optimize Existing Labor to Meet Customer Demand

Many organizations have begun to invest in applications to make warehouse operations more efficient and deliver better customer service. But each of these technologies entails a unique set of complexities.

A warehouse worker scans inventory items as he picks an order. Photo: Bloomberg.

Rise of the Robots Speeds Up in Pandemic With U.S. Labor Scarce

American workers are hoping that the tight pandemic labor market will translate into better pay. It might just mean robots take their jobs instead.

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Is There a Solution to the Supply Chain Worker Shortage?

When federal unemployment benefits ran out in September, the thinking went, the resumes would come flowing in. So much for that theory.

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Meat Prices Continue to Surge With Worker Shortage

Of all the industries experiencing crunches for hourly labor, it’s hard to find one with a greater recruiting challenge than meatpacking.

A worker packages trays of ground beef chuck. Photo: Bloomberg.

Amazon Boosted Workforce by 75% During Covid — And It’s Still Hiring

Amazon’s global workforce surged almost 75% during the pandemic to help keep up with torrid demand, and the e-commerce giant is still facing shortages of workers, particularly in the U.S.

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Watch: Can Supplier Relationships Promote Corporate Social Responsibility?

Duncan Jones, vice president and principal analyst with Forrester Research, Inc., shares insights from the firm’s recent research into efforts by global brands to achieve corporate social responsibility goals.

Can Supplier Relationships Promote Corporate Social Responsibility?

West Coast Ports, Dockworkers Face 2022 Clash Amid Port Snarls

With a near-record 75 container ships waiting outside the U.S.’s largest port complex in southern California, unionized dockworkers have strengthened their indispensable role in the supply chain.

A dockworker monitors a shipping container being loaded onto a freight train. Photo: Bloomberg.

Podcast | 'Sourcing Can Change the World.' Here's How.

Can ethical sourcing practices really “change the world”?

Workers assemble products at the Logitech International SA factory in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

Amazon Says Labor, Fulfillment Costs May Wipe Out Holiday Profit

Amazon warned Wall Street that it will have to spend billions of dollars hiring workers, paying them more and even speeding partly empty trucks to their destinations to ensure that supply chain snarls don’t derail the holiday shopping season.

Amazon.com packages are piled behind a delivery van. Photo: Bloomberg.

White House Says Federal Vaccine Rule Won’t Strain Supply Chains

A requirement for federal workers and contractors to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 — which would affect a number of transportation companies that work with the U.S. government — won’t exacerbate a backlog of shipping and deliveries, according to the Biden administration.

Baskets of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site. Photo: Bloomberg.

Amazon Touts Drivers, Warehouses as Salve to Supply Chain Woes

Amazon.com is talking up the size of its delivery operation to ease public alarm that a supply chain crisis could strangle holiday shopping.

An Amazon Air cargo jet sits on a tarmac. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: The Mission of CSCMP: Report From EDGE 2021

Mark Baxa, president and chief executive officer of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, talks about the organization's priorities and goals for promoting the industry.

The Mission of CSCMP: Report From EDGE 2021

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