Food & Beverage

Rise in Warehouse Automation Fuels Fire Risk, Too

November 16, 2017

A robotic material handling unit zips through a global toy manufacturer's six-story distribution center. As the unit retrieves an open-top plastic container filled with freshly molded toy planes from an automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS), sparks from a frayed electrical cable on the robot fly everywhere, igniting both the toy planes and the plastic container in which they are stored.

Brexit Uncertainty Is Already Causing Supply Chain Problems, Says Industry Body

November 16, 2017

Fortune

The achingly slow progress of the U.K.'s divorce talks with the European Union could already be having a serious effect on suppliers on both sides of the English Channel, an industry body has warned.

Hold the Rye: Promos Leave Restaurant Supply Chains Stretched

November 15, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

First, Subway restaurants ran out of rye bread. Then the corned beef started to dwindle.

Trump's Asia Trip Shows U.S. at Risk of Being Sidelined in the Region's Economic Future

November 15, 2017

Los Angeles Times

For all of President Trump's efforts to build personal relations with leaders and to reassure allies during his first Asia trip, the most significant thing that has happened may have been what did not happen.

Hurricanes Put a Damper on Retailers' Profits. Now They're Hoping for a Cold Winter.

November 15, 2017

The Washington Post

Blame it on the weather, retailers say.

Zara Announces Hardship Fund for Unpaid Turkish Workers

November 14, 2017

Supply Management

Fashion retailer Zara says it is working on establishing a hardship fund to reimburse a group of Turkish workers who were left unpaid when a supplier factory closed down.

The Decisions Behind Monsanto's Weed-Killer Crisis

November 14, 2017

Reuters

In early 2016, agri-business giant Monsanto faced a decision that would prove pivotal in what since has become a sprawling herbicide crisis, with millions of acres of crops damaged.

Australian Slavery Inquiry Told Fruit Pickers 'Brainwashed' and Trapped in Debt

November 13, 2017

The Guardian

A Malaysian journalist who went undercover to expose exploitation in Victoria's fruit picking industry said workers were "brainwashed" with religion and trapped in debt to keep them on farms.

CVS Adds Next-Day Prescription Delivery As Threat of Amazon Competition Looms

November 13, 2017

The Washington Post

Amid broad anticipation that Amazon will soon get into the pharmacy business and disrupt the business of selling prescription drugs, pharmacy giant CVS Health has announced it will launch a next-day prescription delivery service nationwide.

New Bluetooth Transmitter Provides Package-Level Visibility

November 10, 2017

Air Cargo World

Logistics and asset monitoring company RoamBee says that visibility, down to the package level, and end-to-end asset management are now possible with its "BeeBeacon" mobile monitoring technology.

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