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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

From the use of archived data on tapes for sales analysis, Wal-Mart went to a system that made each individual sale from each Wal-Mart outlet available for scrutiny in fewer than seven minutes. Premium orange juice for example has a storage life of about 65 days. Did the warehouse automation work? Perhaps it did. Did it matter?

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How Manufacturing in the US Continues to Grow Despite Fears Over Higher Costs, Lower Percentage of GDP & Election-Year Woes

GlobalTranz

According to Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. The first recovery was from 2001 to 2007, but it was halted with the Great Recession of 2008. Now, some evidence does suggest a slight slowdown in specific manufacturing sectors, such as the auto industry, explains Joel Kotkin of Forbes magazine. reports Chriss W.

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A post-TPP America

247 Customs Broker

in November announced holds on Commerce Undersecretary for International Trade nominee Gilbert Kaplan and Commerce Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis nominee Nazakhtar Nikakhtar. Delaying actions like this mean there’s less potential for the U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,