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Brian Alexander is the senior vice president, commercial at Symbotic, a Massachusetts-based robotics and automation company. He brings more than 20 years of supply chain experience to Symbotic’s team, having previously served as chief…
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Specialty hauler Estes Logistics is reaping the rewards of a 15-year collaboration with logistics technology vendor Descartes Systems Group. Using the tech developer’s cloud-based logistics platform and mobile technology solutions, Estes…
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Warehouse and distribution center (DC) leaders are boosting their employee engagement strategies as recruiting and retention remains a leading industry challenge. Gartner research released today shows that gamification tools are at the…
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Our nation has been blessed with abundant natural resources. Some are more important than others.Critical minerals are among the most vital. These are essential raw materials needed to make semiconductors, electronics parts, and critical…
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To hear the famed Alabama football coach Nick Saban tell it, one of the biggest challenges that an individual or a team can face is not the failure that delivers disappointment, but the success that encourages complacency, Saban told…
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But disruption is nothing new for supply chain pros. And in many cases, they can apply lessons learned from past disruptions—known as “black swan” events—such as port strikes; the earthquake in Fukushima, Japan; the blockage of the Suez…
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Import volumes into the U.S. dipped slightly in August, indicating that the traditional surge of drayage activity spanning late Q3 to early Q4 will not materialize for the 2025 peak season, according to a report from third party…
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Import volumes into the U.S. dipped slightly in August, indicating that the traditional surge of drayage activity spanning late Q3 to early Q4 will not materialize for the 2025 peak season, according to a report from third party…
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The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) today called on Congress to boost infrastructure spending, releasing a report that tallied the economic costs of congestion on manufacturers and set a group of core infrastructure policy…
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Maritime container carriers are slowly returning to sending their ships through the Red Sea and Suez Canal after avoiding the war-torn waters for nearly three years, as Hapag-Lloyd AG this week announced plans to join Maersk A/S in…
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