The machines can load and unload trucks, move goods and do other repetitive tasks but are stymied by some, like picking items from a pile.
Category: Supply Chain
Growing Cannabis and Opium Poppies May Be Key to U.S. Securing Access to Medicine
After supply chain disruptions that made critical medicines scarce, a federal effort is underway to ensure domestic stocks of pharmaceutical ingredients.
Ports Rush to Reopen After Dockworker Strike Is Suspended
Days after tens of thousands of longshoreman along the East and Gulf Coasts walked out, their union and their bosses reached a tentative agreement on wages.
Dockworkers’ Strike Halts Commerce at Newark Port, Affecting the Supply Chain Ecosystem
The strike by longshoremen has halted commerce at Newark and other ports on the East and Gulf Coasts, affecting an ecosystem of supply-chain workers.
Beneath the Potential Strike at U.S. Ports: Tensions Over Innovation
Port operators have long embraced automation, while dockworkers view it as a threat to their livelihoods.
Exploding Pagers Deliver a Supply Chain Warning
The attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon are likely to generate greater momentum for moving factory production closer to home.
The Floating Traffic Jam That Freaked Us All Out
The coronavirus pandemic schooled the world in the essential role of global supply chains. Have we learned anything from it?
The Race to Reroute Goods From Baltimore: Trains, Trucks and Tractors
Since the collapse of the Key Bridge, other East Coast ports have absorbed the cargo previously handled in Baltimore, but some parts of the supply chain like trucking are struggling.
Poor Nations Are Writing a New Handbook for Getting Rich
Economies focused on exports have lifted millions out of poverty, but epochal changes in trade, supply chains and technology are making it a lot harder.
How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality for the 737 Max
Problems have plagued the manufacturer even after two fatal crashes, and many current and former employees blame its focus on making planes more quickly.