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Biden Races Clock But Holds Few Tools in Supply Chain Crisis

While Republicans point to the supply chain as further evidence the president is mismanaging the economy, the issues are deep-rooted.

Photo: Bloomberg.

Long Beach Port Chief: ‘Shop Early’ as Snarls to Last All Year

Americans should buy their holiday gifts early this year, as the container glut plaguing ports and the supply chain will persist through at least year-end, the head of California’s Port of Long Beach said.

Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

CEVA Logistics Strengthens Presence in Central Asia, Opens New Office in Uzbekistan

CEVA Logistics, a third-party logistics provider, announced the opening of a new office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, further extending its responsive logistics services in Central Asia.

U.S. Online Holiday Sales Seen Growing at Slower Pace This Year

This holiday season, e-commerce growth is expected to be the lowest in at least six years as comparisons get tougher amid widespread adoption of online shopping and consumers’ eagerness to return to stores.

An online shopper retrieves their package from the doorstep. Photo: Getty Images.

Alphabet to Test Drone Delivery for Walgreens in Texas

Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation is expanding to a Walgreens in suburban Dallas where it will make airborne deliveries of toothpaste and other goods to residents of nearby towns.

Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation, Wing LLC, delivers a package at a home during a demonstration in Blacksburg, Virginia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: We Need an Infrastructure Bill. But Will There Be Money to Spend?

Kenneth Roberts, chair of the construction law group with Venable LLP, explains why the need for an infrastructure bill now is dire — but will the promised funds for construction and maintenance actually materialize?

We Need an Infrastructure Bill. But Will There Be Money to Spend?

California Governor Eyes Expansion, Automation to Ease Port Congestion

An executive order signed Wednesday asks state agencies to identify “priority freight routes,” and find sites that can be used for short-term storage of container cargo.

Shipping containers in the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

‘People Are Hoarding’: Food Shortages Are The Next Supply Chain Crunch

There’s plenty of food. There just isn’t enough processing and transportation capacity to meet rising demand as the economy revs up.

A Walmart Inc. shopper walks by empty shelves. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Is American Manufacturing Due for a Resurgence?

Shay Scott, executive director of the Global Supply Chain Institute, and professor in the University of Tennessee’s Master of Science in Supply Chain Management online program, weighs the factors that might influence American manufacturers to reshore production from Asia to the U.S.

Is American Manufacturing Due for a Resurgence?

Music, Barbecues, Wi-Fi: Managing Morale for Those Idled at Sea

With many of the world’s 400,000 merchant mariners still struggling to take time off and go home, seafarer fatigue remains a problem heading into the second holiday season of the pandemic.

Container ships moored off the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports in Long Beach, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: How Fast Fulfillment Changed Retailing

Sanchoy Das, professor in the Engineering Department of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, explains how “fast fulfillment” has come to dominate e-commerce, to the point where online shoppers expect nothing less.

How Fast Fulfillment Changed Retailing

The Blending of Human Capital and Robots in a World of Automation

Automated processes not only have the ability to solve supply chain problems such as labor shortages and changing customer demand, but can in fact improve the safety and quality of life for the human worker.

A warehouse employee loads packages into a shipping container. Photo: Bloomberg.

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