Coronavirus

Index increased to 45.8, up from the May index of 25.8.

Retailers encouraged to pursue alternative commerce solutions to provide a customer experience that meets expectations.

Consumers have been forced to navigate new channels to find goods, and merchants have to pivot to try new sales and delivery channels.

Council advises upskilled workers will ensure the resurgence in manufacturing is faster and will boost labor productivity, economic growth, and global competitiveness.

Food services, aerospace and pharmaceutical sectors report the greatest impact and will be making the most changes to operations post-pandemic.

Practices intended to help manufacturers meet or exceed existing guidelines from federal agencies while mitigating operational and business risks outside the scope of such guidance.

High-margin, stable revenues from aftermarket services may help buoy manufacturers’ performance.

Warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing companies look to autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to operate efficiently while maintaining the social distancing guidelines.

The COVID-19 crisis is a human tragedy with almost 50% of the world’s population locked down and many lives at risk. It’s also an unprecedented real-life stress test for operations and supply chains.

Company officials explained the plans for Express Delivery, which offers delivery options for more than 160,000 items from the company’s food, consumables, and general merchandise offerings, were “accelerated in the wake of the coronavirus,” with the service going through a pilot program in 100 Walmart stores going back to mid-April, with plans for it to expand to almost 1,000 stores early this month and then in almost 2,000 stores in the weeks following.

Completed in five weeks, the project is the result of a collaboration between the engineering and manufacturing industry and the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE).

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Mark Yeager, Redwood Logistics CEO and Senior Advisor with CI Capital Partners. Yeager provided insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on logistics and supply chain operations on myriad fronts.

A connection to purpose carries significant weight when it comes to employee experience.

ELFF report: Materials handling equipment investment likely to remain negative, all other industrial equipment investment growth likely to contract.

Data released this week by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not for profit research organization, focused on the continued impacts of COVID-19 business disruptions on the trucking industry. This follows an ATRI release issued last month.