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Watch: The Important Components of Successful Last-Mile Delivery

Speed and accuracy of delivery enhance the customer experience, says Kushal Nahata, chief executive officer and founder of FarEye. Visibility is what ties it all together.

The Important Components of Successful Last-Mile Delivery

Biden Pledges $35 Million to Boost U.S. Rare Earth Extraction

President Biden announced the U.S. will give $35 million to MP Materials Corp. to process heavy rare earth elements in Southern California as part of a bigger push to challenge foreign dominance in a critical field.

A truck with raw ore at open-pit mine in California. Photo: Bloomberg.

'These Waters Are Hot': U.S. Auction Opens Up Offshore Wind Rush

When the U.S. last auctioned big plots of ocean to companies that wanted to build offshore wind farms a few years ago, it raked in a then-record-setting haul of $405 million. That’s set to be obliterated Wednesday, when two dozen companies compete to bid on lease areas off the coasts of New York and New Jersey as the scramble to decarbonize the nation’s electric grid heats up.

Wind turbines at an offshore wind farm. Photographer: Shutterstock.

Soaring Diesel and Gasoline Prices Are Bleeding Into Shipping

The cost of marine fuel is up 23% since the beginning of the year.

Shipping containers sit on the deck of cargo ship One Crane, docked at the Port of Rotterdam, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Photo: Bloomberg.

Unethical Firms Risk Massive Bills in EU Supply Chain Crackdown

Global firms from mining to fashion risk massive compensation payouts in a proposed European Union crackdown on human-rights abuses and environmental breaches set to be unveiled this week.

A close-up view of garments hanging in a store. Photo: Canva.

Can Blockchain Solve the Problem of Food Recalls?

Food-borne illnesses can be deadly. Yet when people hear about a food recall — even for something serious like E.coli — they usually determine whether or not they recently purchased that item and move on, not stopping to consider what the situation implies about the U.S. food supply chain.

A person slices uncooked salmon on a cutting board. Photo: Huy Phan/ Pexels.

Podcast | How Inventory Management Can Fix Broken Supply Chains

Inventory management poses a huge challenge to retailers today — but it’s also the key to matching supply with demand in difficult times.

A worker surveys inventory on a warehouse shelf. Photo: C Technical/ Pexels.

Guacamole’s Days Are Numbered as USDA Maintains Ban

Avocados will soon run out at smaller restaurants that don’t have the buying power of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

Chips and guacamole. Photo: Getty.

Watch: The Road to Retail Recovery

Mark Pilkington, author of the new book Retail Recovery: How Creative Retailers Are Winning in Their Post-Apocalyptic World, describes the “new normal” of an industry undergoing the shift to a multi-channel model, one that’s radically transforming the relationship between sellers and buyers.

The Road to Retail Recovery

Burning Cargo Ship Drifts in Atlantic With Porsches, Audis Aboard

The Felicity Ace, a massive Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying thousands of Volkswagen Group vehicles, caught fire and was left unmanned.

The 650-foot-long Felicity Ace car carrier caught fire and was abandoned off the coast of the Azores. Photo: Marinha Portuguesa.

U.S. Factory Output Rises as Firms Navigate Supply Constraints

Production at U.S. factories rose modestly in January, suggesting manufacturers are gradually working through pandemic-related shortages of materials and labor that hobbled output in the prior month.

Employees are at work in an industrial factory. Photo: Getty.

Amazon Warehouse Workers Prepare for Historic Union Vote

Workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have begun the rerun of a historic union election after the U.S. labor regulator ordered a new vote.

An employee packs a box at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center. Photo: Bloomberg.

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