News
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Walmart Canada expands grocery pickup options
New mobile functionality now active and automated pickup towers coming soon →
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Small businesses call for quick end to rotating strikes at Canada Post
Concern that a prolonged strike could chew into profits ahead of the busy holiday shopping season →
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Sky’s the limit as Calgary opens testing area for drones
City has set aside a 50-hectare site in its industrial southeast →
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Who’s on the move: October 22, 2018
Appointments, promotions, moves and changes in the supply chain sector this week →
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Who’s on the move: October 22, 2018
Appointments, promotions, moves and changes in the supply chain sector this week →
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Canada Post hit by rotating strikes in Victoria, Edmonton, Windsor and Halifax
Strikes began Monday at 12:01 a.m. local time →
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Conveyor injures student on work placement
K-G Spray-Pak Inc. fined after guilty plea in Ontario court →
Why the ‘gig’ economy may not be the workforce of the future
Uber drivers and other gig economy workers are earning half what they did five years ago
Women lead trucking industry charge
Confronted with a worker shortage and outdated attitudes, women are leading a push to foster more female big-riggers
General Average and the case for cargo insurance
The Maersk Honam tragedy reminds exporters, importers, international freight forwarders and other stakeholders of the risks in international trade
Products
Visual temperature monitoring
TOKYO – NTT DOCOMO, INC. and NTT DOCOMO USA, Inc. have launched an IoT-driven temperature- and humidity-monitoring service for industrial refrigerators and freezers in the United States. Customers can use smartphones or PCs to monitor the temperature and humidity of…→
Freight dimensioning
QubeVue's PalletPro 4x4 is accurate on any parcel or pallet shape→
Long-load order picker
Combilift has introduced what it calls the first long-load order picker in the world. →
Biodegradable safety gloves
Showa has brought a chemical-resistant single-use nitrile glove to market→
Opinions
Leading Edge: Time for a career shift? By Ross Reimer
Taking Stock: Transitions By Emily Atkins
Learning Curve: Containing transportation costs By Tracy Clayson
Supply Chain Smarts: Your storage racks By John Ferrari
2018 Ep 3 | Cost Challenges
Reason for Optimism?
2018 Ep 2 | Outsourcing Trends
Events
24
2018
Collaborative Robots, Advanced Vision & AI (CRAV.ai) conference
Collaborative robots. Advanced vision technologies. Artificial intelligence. The automation industry is yet again facing a time of tremendous change and disruption. Don’t be left behind. At this two-day Collaborative Robots, Advanced Vision & AI (CRAV.ai) conference, you will learn about…
20
2018
Hypermotion 2018
November 20-22, 2018, Frankfurt, Germany
28
2018