2023’s peak season will have seen supply chain professionals both relying on tried-and-true peak season strategies and testing next-gen solutions.

While retailers and shippers may balk at the prospect of altering the functional status quo, making concrete changes to protect workers will pay dividends in the long run.

CEO Oscar Sevilla said in a December 6 letter to clients seen by Bloomberg News that “the macroeconomic factors working against Mercon have persisted for longer than expected."

Combined with AI & AR/VR, AaaS streamlines operations, reduces costs, and increases productivity.

Ninety-three percent of the workers in the warehousing/storage industry reported they were paid hourly while an additional 12% said they had to take on another job.

The investigation found children as young as five years old using machetes to harvest the cocoa beans that ended up in some Mars products.

Some of the new users include a Longwood, Florida-based watermelon grower, processor and brokerage as well as an Immokalee, Florida-based green bean, eggplant, squash and pepper grower.

The ocean carrier said the new service will be conducted via a fleet of nine vessels, all of which are operated by ONE.

Brick-and-mortar retailers are seeking out hi-tech ways of tracking the habits of flesh-and-blood shoppers while they’re in their stores.

The mine-sweeping force wouldn’t be considered a NATO operation but would be the first major combined action of Black Sea allies since President Vladimir Putin ordered the war on Ukraine.