Disruptions will make digitization a priority in 2022

The acceleration in e-commerce, combined with the disruptions caused by the pandemic make the need for visibility into operations critically important

Federal agency ignored problems with PPE stockpiles before pandemic

The Public Health Agency of Canada couldn't handle demand for PPE when Covid-19 began because it ignored years of warnings that emergency stockpile wasn't properly managed, auditor general says

Pandemic highlights new logistics skill sets

Marathon directors, fast food managers unlikely heroes of vaccine delivery

UK logistics industry critical of government’s pandemic response

Robots replacing jobs, reduced reliance on China and consumers shunning fast fashion will be the long term effects of COVID on the supply chain, predict industry leaders

The big stress test

The Covid-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented disruption to global supply chains. It is also providing a rare window into the future.

Three quarters of organizations will make major post-Covid supply chain adjustments

Supply base expansion, reductions in globalization, and increases to inventory levels are solutions cited in survey

Distribution will change in a post Covid-19 world

Distribution models have been upended and that some operations will never re-open

Rapid assessment and design service

Locus Robotics has unveiled its Locus Rapid Assessment & Design Service for automation implementaton

Coronavirus hoarding

Why you can stop amassing toilet paper

Alberta sharing PPE with other provinces

Surplus ventilators, masks and gloves available thanks to planning and procurement policies