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More Food Shortages Loom With Outbreaks at 60 U.S Plants

A grim reality is playing out across the country as COVID-19 spreads beyond the meat plants that have captured the national spotlight.

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DB Schenker Develops a No-Touch Signature Capture Feature for Deliveries

DB Schenker recently developed a no-touch signature capture feature for deliveries, enabling safe documentation of deliveries while ensuring that everyone involved maintains the required coronavirus distance.

Automakers Are Ramping Up Production, Unnerving Factory Workers

American auto demand is coming back faster than expected, spurring Ford Motor Co. and others to crank up production.

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Watch: The Impact of COVID-19 on E-Commerce

James Thomson, partner with Buy Box Experts, discusses how e-commerce is being transformed by the coronavirus pandemic — and how consumer buying patterns might be changed permanently.

The Impact of COVID-19 on E-Commerce

U.S. Exporters Complain of Being 'Blanked' by Ocean Carriers

As if the global economic downturn weren’t bad enough, U.S. exporters are confronted by a raft of vessel cancellations that hinder their ability to fulfill what overseas sales they’re still able to make.

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Pandemic Shows a Low-Carbon Future in Dire Need of Batteries

Coronavirus has exposed a lack of investment in the big batteries crucial to unlocking solar and wind power.

Source: Bloomberg

If It’s Illegal, ‘Don’t Tell Me’: Chicken Price Fix Probe Ensnares a CEO

Toward the end of every year, chicken producers compete for massive contracts with grocery stores and fast-food chains across America. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work.

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Oil Traders Ask Why U.S. Inventory Math Isn’t Adding Up

Oil traders and analysts scrutinizing U.S. inventory data for signs of a market recovery are being confronted by an odd situation: the math just doesn’t add up.

Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: How Can States Start Opening Again?

Kathleen Iacocca, assistant professor of management and operations at Villanova School of Business, considers what will happen as states begin allowing businesses to reopen with the waning of the coronavirus epidemic.

How Can States Start Opening Again?

Watch: Balancing the Need for Automation and People in E-Commerce

Automation is essential to modern-day e-commerce, but humans remain in the picture. Art Eldred, client executive, systems engineering with Vargo, discusses the challenges involved in striking the perfect balance between the two.

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Oil Tankers Are Queuing Off China's Coast in Rapid Rebound

Queues of tankers have formed off China’s busiest oil ports as the vessels wait to offload crude for refineries that are quickly ramping up production amid a rapid rebound in fuel demand.

Photo: Bloomberg.

Ten Steps to Improve Operational Efficiency

Automated material handling solutions can improve fulfillment, labor and overall operational efficiency today and into the future.

Honey Well 10 Steps To Improve Operatitonal Efficiency

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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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