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Four Ways Warehouse Voice Apps Safeguard Orders and Workers

Advanced voice technology can fast track peak-season productivity and ensure COVID-19 safety.

U.S. Sees First Hiccups in Push to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccine

The first hiccups in the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. included a holdup in delivering 3,900 shots to two states and the announcement that Pfizer would deliver about 900,000 fewer doses next week than are set to ship this week.

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Bloomberg.

No More Hunger: How to Feed Everyone on Earth With Just the Land We Have

By the end of this year, 270 million people could be living in famine conditions, up from an already staggering 149 million before COVID-19. Add in the disruptive effects of climate change and our planet’s ever-increasing population, and we’re looking at difficult times ahead.

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Reimagining Pharma Supply Chains Could Speed Vaccine Distribution in Months Ahead

The coronavirus pandemic has been a long and difficult slog, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

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GM, Ford and Most Airlines Are Lagging Behind Paris Climate Target

The vast majority of the world’s largest transport companies, including General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and British Airways owner IAG SA, are taking insufficient action to limit global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius.

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The Need for End-to-End Visibility in Food Supply Chains

Kevin Beasley, Chief Information Office with VAI, discusses the challenge that food producers, distributors and retailers face in achieving the level of supply-chain visibility that allows them to act quickly and precisely in the event of a product recall.

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U.K. Businesses Plead for Time to Avoid Brexit Cliff Edge

As trade talks have come down to the wire, companies have to try to adapt for life beyond Dec. 31 without knowing the fundamental rules of engagement.

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How a New Zealand Meat Exporter Is Navigating the Pandemic

It’s tough enough maintaining a reliable domestic food supply chain during the coronavirus pandemic. Imagine, then, the challenge of managing one that stretches nearly 8,000 miles.

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Island-Hopping Drones to Help Bridge Vaccine Equality Divide

For tricky distribution regions, remote-control aircraft could be the answer — having already worked well delivering medicine in hard-to-reach parts of Africa and Canada.

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Vaccine D-Day Begins With Rollout of First 2.9 Million Doses

The first COVID-19 vaccine arrived in record time, an essential step toward ending the pandemic. Now comes the hard part.

A worker moves a case into a temperature-controlled vaccine shipping container. Photo: Bloomberg.

eProvenance Uncorks VinAssure, an IBM Blockchain-Powered Platform to Optimize the Wine Supply Chain

IBM and eProvenance, a company specializing in monitoring and analyzing wine shipment conditions, recently announced the availability of VinAssure, an IBM blockchain-powered platform that offers a smart and secure way to track wines as they move through distribution from vineyard to consumer.

Podcast | What It Takes to Make Direct-to-Consumer Fulfillment Work

Retailers selling over the internet can’t hope to compete without a reliable and effective direct-to-consumer (DTC) model for fulfillment. But setting one up is anything but easy.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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