HR & Labor Management

'Virtually Entire' Fashion Industry Complicit in Forced Labor

Do We Really Need Slavery to Reduce Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels?

June 28, 2021

If you knew the solar panels you were about to install on your house or company headquarters were made with slave labor, would you still buy them?

VIDEO

Watch: How Can Companies Cope With Rising Labor Costs?

June 28, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Kent Mahoney, executive vice president North America with Proxima, discusses the hurdles that businesses are facing today in the form of severe labor shortages and rising wages.

Biden Balances Climate Need With Human Rights in Chinese Solar Ban

June 28, 2021

Bloomberg

The Biden administration’s narrowly focused ban on Chinese solar products is designed to confront supply chain slavery without stifling the fast-growing use of renewable energy in the U.S.

Labor Shortage, Need for Speed: Why Robots Will Multiply in the Warehouse

June 20, 2021

Rich Thompson, SCB Contributor

Warehouse automation is becoming more mainstream and affordable for smaller and middle-market e-commerce businesses.

VIDEO

Watch: How Will America Return to Work? A Legal Perspective

June 17, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A discussion of the major legal issues that are arising as employees return to the workplace, with Lindsey Conrad Kennedy, labor and employment attorney with Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC.

A Retailer's Guide to Optimizing Post-Covid Labor and Operations

June 17, 2021

Christine Feuell, SCB Contributor

Adapting to the rapidly changing landscape will require many retailers and distributors to look twice at their tools, technologies and fulfillment strategies.

Three Technologies That Optimize Service Delivery

June 16, 2021

Sarah Nicastro, SCB Contributor

The discipline of service delivery has seen big changes in customer expectations during the pandemic.

THE SCB PODCAST

Podcast | E-tailers Scramble to Keep Up With Population Shifts

June 11, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Shifting U.S. population patterns, caused in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic, are posing a new challenge for e-tailers looking to stay close to customers.

The Rising Role of Chief Supply Chain Officer

June 11, 2021

Ed Jennings, SCB Contributor

Recent high-profile events — from COVID-19 to the Suez Canal debacle — have brought the role of chief supply chain officer (CSCO) into the spotlight.

Finally, Weary Seafarers Are Coming Ashore for Covid Vaccines

June 3, 2021

Bloomberg

Ports around the U.S. are rolling out vaccines for seafarers, extending a lifeline to thousands of mostly foreign workers who’ve spent the pandemic isolated aboard ships ensuring goods kept trading across a battered global economy.