HR & Labor Management

Thousands Line Up to Work for Amazon

August 8, 2017

The Washington Post

Amazon's one-day plan to hire 50,000 warehouse workers could shake up the labor market, economists say.

These Three Trends Will Reshape U.S. Manufacturing by 2030

August 3, 2017

Industryweek

As a growing number of consulting firms have taken up the gauntlet of U.S. manufacturing's challenges in recent years, manufacturing executives have been inundated with information and explanations on a variety of popular trends, from IoT to 3-D printing to the rise of robotics.

Procurement, Supply Chain Job Vacancies Are Rising This Year

August 3, 2017

Supply Management

The number of procurement and supply chain job vacancies in the U.K. rose by 22 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2017.

Two-Thirds of Corporations Ignore Corruption in Their Supply Chains

August 2, 2017

Forbes

A recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit has revealed a significant shortfall in the ethical performance of major corporations in supply chain management.

This Company Is Implanting Microchips in Its Workers

July 31, 2017

Los Angeles Times

You'll never forget your work badge if it's implanted in your flesh.

As Labor Shortage Grows, Farmers Race to Replace Workers With Robots

July 27, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Driscoll's is so secretive about its robotic strawberry picker it won't let photographers within telephoto range of it.

Japanese Smart Factory Represents the Future of Manufacturing

July 26, 2017

Industryweek

The top manufacturing facility of Toyota transmissions isn't based in Japan but in Durham, North Carolina. The AW North Carolina (AWNC) plant - a subsidiary of AW, which is based in Anjo City, Japan - churns out more than 600,000 automatic transmissions per year for models such as the Camry, Tundra, Tacoma, Sequoia and, most recently, the Rav4.

As Companies Relocate to Big Cities, Suburban Towns Are Left Scrambling

July 25, 2017

The Washington Post

In Oak Brook, Illinois, visitors to the McDonald's wooded corporate campus enter on a driveway named for the late chief executive Ray Kroc, then turn onto Ronald Lane before reaching Hamburger University, where more than 80,000 people have been trained as fast-food managers.

Online Retail Boom Means More Warehouse Workers - and Robots

July 24, 2017

NPR

There's a good chance something you've bought online has been in the hands of a "picker" first. These are the workers in warehouses who pick, pack and ship all those things we're ordering.

What Will Service Work Look Like Under Amazon?

July 21, 2017

The New York Times

At 9 p.m. Eastern time on July 10, Amazon initiated its annual show of force: Prime Day, a 30-hour exercise in the fullest possible expression of what Amazon can do.