Material Handling & Logistics

Amazon is threatening Walmart with its purchase of Whole Foods since 65% of Walmart’s U.S. sales comes from food and grocery sales....More

Called the “Responsible Labor Initiative”, the program will take a holistic approach to address all aspects of a worker’s journey since currently solutions have been fragmented across industries and regions....More

Adding robots to warehouses hasn't dented Amazon's hiring spree. The company had 351,000 employees at the end of March, up 43% from a year earlier. CEO Jeff Bezos in January pledged to hire 100,000 new workers over the next 18 months....More

Importers, exporters, container carriers, terminal operators, vessel owners and other stakeholders suffer from poor visibility and predictability around shipments and are losing money due to a lack of partner synchronization and insufficient data insight....More

Warehouse operators successfully halted taxes in the past, but cash-strapped states are searching for ways to shore up deficits....More

The fully electric, zero emissions YARA Birkeland container ship will set sail next year in Europe. By 2019 it will be able to work by remote control and at the start of the next decade it will be able to deliver on a fully automated basis....More