The incident rate at general retail stores in the U.S. has grown from 4.1 accidents for every 100 workers in 2017 to 5.6 incidents per 100 workers in 2021.
The top business priorities for supply chain organizations over the next two years are increasing productivity and efficiency (29%) as well as improving resiliency, continuity, risk and security (29%).
The decision by the UAW to expand strike actions to Ford’s Kentucky plant on October 11, which employs 8,700 workers, signified the strike's largest single walkout.
A previous court decision to support a legal challenge by a group of executives to proposed hikes in salaries for other workers was overturned October 10.
Deanna Kaufman, vice president of Körber Supply Chain, addresses some of the biggest issues affecting supply chains today: data integration, people assets, cost reduction and the carbon footprint.
The walkout came after Unifor said that GM was “stubbornly refusing” to match the three-year deal the labor union had previously reached with Ford Motor.