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The Increased Role of Visibility in Supply Chain
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Without end-to-end visibility into products, processes and data, global supply chains can’t monitor and mitigate costly disruptions. So why are so many still flying blind?
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E-Commerce Aggregators Are Spurring a New Kind of Gold Rush
Investors are pouring billions into successful global marketplace sellers and businesses, providing back-end resources to expand internationally.
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Alphabet Jumps Into Drone Air-Traffic Control With Flight App
Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery venture, Wing, is releasing free software for U.S. drone users to get permission to fly near sensitive areas such as airports.
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How E-Tailers Are Greening the Last Mile
Demand for last-mile delivery services is booming around the world — expected to jump nearly 80% globally in the next decade. Here are a few ways e-commerce and logistics companies are aiming to reverse their environmental impact.
Packages are unloaded from a FedEx Corp. truck in New York City. Photo: Shutterstock.
The Year of Disruption: Valuable Lessons for Retailers
As supply chains begin to ramp up again as COVID-19 restrictions ease, retailers should take the Suez Canal fiasco as a wakeup call to do three things: prioritize inventory visibility, optimize product assortment, and rethink and diversify their distribution channels.
An LNG-powered container ship operated by CMA CGM SA is docked at the Port of Singapore. Photo: Bloomberg.
Northwest Heat Wave Triggers Blackouts and Buckles Highways
The rare and powerful heat wave shattering records across the U.S. Northwest is taking a bruising toll on the region’s infrastructure, buckling highways, hobbling public transit and triggering rolling power outages.
The sun rises over power lines near Imperial, California. Photo: Bloomberg.
Watch: The Current Plight of Auto Manufacturers
Ambrose Conroy, founder and chief executive officer of Seraph, discloses the findings of the firm’s latest weekly Auto Shutdown Report.
The Current Plight of Auto Manufacturers
Cargo Congestion Argues for Early Christmas Shopping This Year
Here are six shipping signals to watch in the second half of the year.
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U.S. Job Market Begins a ‘Weird Summer,’ With Choppy Recovery
The U.S. labor market is entering one of its strangest summers ever, with a powerful economic rebound generating record demand for workers just as roadblocks distort employment and wage levels.
A FedEx Corp. employee unloads a delivery truck. Photo: Bloomberg.
Watch: What to Do About the Vaccine Surplus in the U.S.
Suresh Acharya, Professor of Practice in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, addresses the excess of COVID-19 vaccine doses in the U.S., and what to do about it.
What To Do About The Vaccine Surplus In The Us
U.K. Faces Food Shortages as Worker Scarcity Gets Worse
From abattoirs to restaurant kitchens, the U.K. food sector is facing a massive challenge this summer: there just aren’t enough workers.
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Do We Really Need Slavery to Reduce Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels?
If you knew the solar panels you were about to install on your house or company headquarters were made with slave labor, would you still buy them?
A woman walks in Xinjiang, China. Photo: Bloomberg.
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