Despite manufacturing shutdowns and supply chain interruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the semiconductor industry continues to exhibit steady growth. The latest…
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Market OutlookNews
Pharmacies and Healthcare Stores Industry Declines Slightly: Report
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyWith U.S. GDP dropping 1.2% in the first quarter of 2020, and a further drop of between 8.5% and 11% expected in…
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LogisticsOperationsSupply Chain
Logistics Needs New Levels of Supply Chain Resilience to Succeed: Report
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyThe Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released its 31st annual State of Logistics Report earlier this week. The report’s theme…
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Market OutlookNews
Short-term Pandemic Emissions Reductions Could Actually Delay Shift to Clean Energy
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyIn the decade between 2010 and 2020, carbon dioxide emissions rose approximately 1% per year. While renewable energy production was steadily becoming…
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OperationsProcurementSupply ChainTechnology
Blockchain Increasingly a Strategic Priority: Report
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyThe disruptive technology known as blockchain has been in use for more than a decade now. It has evolved from technology that…
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Market OutlookNews
Pandemic Has Negative Impact on Truck Transport Growth in 2020: Report
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyIt took a few months, but by mid-April of 2020, the truck transport industry began to hurt from the impact of the…
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Market OutlookNewsTechnology
Increased Demand, Rising Labor and Energy Costs Drive Growth of Robotics Technology Market: Report
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyThe design, build, and maintenance of robots and the other increasingly intelligent machines that run our factories and warehouses and help us…
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CareerNewsResources
Supply Chain Roles Become Strategic Imperatives: Annual Survey
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyWith the exception of buy local and farm-to-table movements that track every step of the supply chain process that moves products from…
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LogisticsNewsOperationsTechnology
BMW’s Logistics Robots to Use High-End AI and Visualization Technologies
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyIn a first pilot project, the BMW Group has equipped logistics robots and smart transport robots (STR) developed in-house with high-performance technology…
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BusinessNewsSupply Chain
Disruptions to Global Supply Chain Operations the “New Normal”
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyThe growing complexity of global business networks that rely on multiple supplier tiers to deliver finished goods means supply chain and IT…
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Technology
AI-Driven Spectrum Sharing Optimization for 5G-NR Network Gets $2.7M Funding
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyThe slow rollout of 5G and the huge investment in infrastructure to make it happen mean spectrum sharing is a necessity. Major…