The Washington PostMore from The Washington PostAll TechnologyApps, Autonomy and Ownership: Three Ways Driving Is Changing in 2018New SUVs and trucks are dominating this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. But there’s more happening in the automotive industry than big tires and four-wheel drive.January 19, 2018All LogisticsPizza Hut Says Driverless Delivery Will Actually Create More JobsLast week, Pizza Hut unveiled plans to launch a fleet of driverless delivery vans — a sign that automation has reached the world of greasy comfort food. Then the chain did something pizza makers rarely do: It offered an economic theory on Twitter.January 15, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementNew President, Same Story: Coal Is Losing Out to Natural GasJust a day after federal regulators nixed a major Trump administration proposal to shore up the struggling coal industry, the nation’s top energy forecaster predicted continuing, slow declines in U.S. coal production and in the burning of coal for electricity in 2018 and 2019, thanks to cheap natural gas and coal plant retirements.January 11, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementPharma, Under Attack for Drug Prices, Started an Industry WarIt’s not easy to get Americans mad at a behind-the-scenes industry they’ve barely even heard of, but pharmaceutical companies have spent most of this year trying.January 9, 2018Forecasting & Demand Planning'Not Built for This': What Fails in the Extreme Cold? Just About Everything.You can’t fight fire with ice. That’s a frozen fact that public safety officials are grappling with as extreme cold continues to grip Washington and much of the rest of the country this week.January 5, 2018Forecasting & Demand PlanningWill the Rapidly Shrinking Store Save Retail?With holiday shopping in full swing, Sears decided it was time to host a “grand reopening” for its department store at Fair Oaks Mall in Northern Virginia, complete with magic shows, jugglers, face painting and free cotton candy.January 3, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementAmerica’s Trade Wars Are Heating Up, As More U.S. Companies Sue for ReliefU.S. companies are bringing new trade lawsuits against their foreign competitors with a scope and frequency not seen in more than 15 years, government documents show, as a wave of new complaints builds under President Trump.December 28, 2017Global Supply Chain ManagementTrump Signs Executive Order to Expand Critical Minerals ProductionPresident Trump signed an executive order Wednesday instructing his deputies to devise "a strategy to reduce the Nation’s reliance on critical minerals" that are largely imported and used to produce everything from smartphones to weaponry.December 22, 2017All TechnologyNg Aims to Bring AI 'Electricity' to ManufacturingThe artificial intelligence researcher who called AI the new electricity is now trying to make sure every company is plugged in.December 20, 2017AutomotiveCattle Have Gotten so Big That Restaurants and Grocery Stores Need New Ways to Cut SteaksIf you’ve dined at a steakhouse recently or grilled rib-eye for dinner, you may have noticed a curious trend: Steaks are getting thinner.December 13, 2017Previous PagePage 8 of 16Next Page
