April 4, 2022
U.S. self-driving truck companies have a golden opportunity in the form of a nationwide driver shortage, but their robot drivers still are not ready and neither are their biggest potential customers. The uncertainties surrounding autonomous trucking come at a critical …
March 17, 2022
A new report from Moody’s ESG Solutions drives home the point that climate change is here and now, and it is already causing death and destruction. The report from Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme, assistant vice president-outreach & research, for Moody’s ESG …
March 17, 2022
A rash of railcar thefts in the Los Angeles area may have given a different impression, but nationally the number of reported cargo thefts dropped by 15% in 2021 compared to the prior year, according to CargoNet’s annual Supply Chain …
March 3, 2022
Global supply chain pressures eased in February as backlogs and delivery times improved in several key markets and a measure of ocean shipping costs declined, according to new data from the New York Federal Reserve released on Thursday. The New …
March 1, 2022
Everyone knows about supply chain management nowadays. The pandemic, with shelves bare of TP and paper towels, and cargo ships backed up at ports, drove home for many what a supply chain is and the consequences when something goes wrong …
February 25, 2022
Most middle-market firms experienced a recovery following the height of disruptions caused by COVID-19 and remain mostly optimistic about the global economy, but other business risks loom large. According to a survey of 1,000 executives by Chubb and the National …
January 13, 2022
CHENNAI – Apple Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday, a company official said, over three weeks after it was closed because of protests over workers falling sick. The company official, speaking to Reuters …
January 4, 2022
Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a senior government official familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Foxconn plant, located in the state of Tamil Nadu, was …
January 3, 2022
SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets and food sometimes crawling with worms were problems to be endured for the paycheck. But when tainted food sickened over …
October 2, 2020
Agility Recovery, a Denver-based provider of business continuity services for banking and insurance companies, has acquired Chicago, Illinois-based Recovery Solutions. Recovery Solutions delivers audit-ready and Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council compliant business continuity services that help companies protect their people, …