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Seven Ways to Recruit Supply-Chain Employees During the Pandemic

While some businesses have seen a sharp decline in demand, others have experienced drastic increases, and are in the process of adapting to changes throughout their supply chains. In either case, many need immediate support.

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India Looks to Lure More Than 1,000 U.S. Companies Out of China

India is seeking to lure U.S. businesses as the Trump administration steps up efforts to remove global supply chains from China.

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Reopening Stores After COVID-19: A Checklist of Questions to Answer

Consider staffing levels, security checks, customer safety, fulfillment procedures and more.

Re-opening Stores After COVID-19: A Checklist of Questions to Answer

Farms Are Turning to Waiters and Convicts to Harvest Fruit

As travel restrictions disrupt life for hundreds of thousands of migrant workers crucial at this time of year, growers and governments around the world are renting planes and rallying students, waiters and even prisoners to fill the gap.

Photo: Bloomberg

Virus Update: April 2020

Supply-chain news and insights on the novel coronavirus and global response to the outbreak in April.

The Impact of the Pandemic and Recession on Supply-Chain Hiring

Before the coronavirus pandemic struck, companies were having a difficult time finding enough qualified candidates to fill positions in supply-chain management. With unemployment at 3%, many jobs were going unfilled. Now, with the economy in freefall as a result of millions of shuttered businesses, the situation has changed radically.

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Trump’s Sweeping Meat Order Is No Quick Fix for Supply Crisis

Skepticism abounds over how quickly meat supplies can start flowing again.

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

Factories Fire Up in Europe to Pull Economy Back From the Abyss

Factory doors are reopening after nations from Denmark to Germany began easing restrictions on public life, with Italy, France and Spain to follow. But it won’t be a sudden return to business as usual.

Source: Bloomberg

Embracing Robots to Bridge the Labor Gap

Manual operation is still the norm for 80% of distribution centers, but the model is quickly becoming unsustainable.

Source: Bloomberg

Business Continuity in the Age of COVID-19

Working from home, employees may be wasting time and money mailing contracts to customers, sending samples to prospects or managing even routine shipments — while businesses quickly lose enterprise visibility. A cloud-based multi-carrier management solution can help maintain centralized control.

Business Continuity in the Age of Covid-19

Man and Machine: The Future of Fulfillment

Robots present advantages that, combined with human brain and brawn, make for optimum operations that improve the lives of workers, too.

Man + Machine: The Future of Fulfillment

Robots and Long-Tail Strategy: Growing the Business Without Adding Labor

The coronavirus pandemic has made it clear that humans make supply chains vulnerable to failure. Greater reliance on automated solutions will be a given from here on out.

Robots and Long-Tail Strategy: Growing the Business Without Adding Labor

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