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Grainger Adds Image Search to Mobile App
Just snap a photo and the app provides options for matching products in Grainger's inventory.
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Recognizing Supplier Quality Problems Before They Spread
Even a minor variation in sourced components or materials can be dire, delaying lifesaving product deliveries or threatening user safety.
Jul 2nd, 2020
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TP Makers Call Events 'Uncharted’
No single consumer product has been more impacted by the COVID-19 scare than toilet tissue.
Mar 18th, 2020
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Staples Approaches Office Depot Again With $2.1B Offer
Jan 12th, 2021
In this Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020 file photo, A row of 2020 Ford Escape sports-utility vehicles sits at a Ford dealership in Denver. A widening global shortage of semiconductors for auto parts is forcing major auto companies to halt or slow vehicle production just as they were recovering from pandemic-related factory shutdowns. Ford had scheduled down time next week at its Louisville, Kentucky, assembly plant, but moved it ahead to this week. The plant makes the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair small SUVs.
Semiconductor Shortage Forces Auto Production Cuts
Jan 11th, 2021
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US Factories Grow at Fastest Pace Since Mid-2018
Jan 5th, 2021
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Improving Traceability, Security and Compliance
Dec 10th, 2020
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise President & CEO Antonio Neri, right, rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Move Headquarters
One of the first companies in Silicon Valley, HPE's exit is a symbolic loss for Northern California.
Dec 3rd, 2020
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Reuniting: Home Depot Buying HD Supply in $8B Deal
The retailer originally divested HD Supply in 2007.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Online Shopping Surge Could Lead to Holiday Delivery Delays
Most carriers have already been at full shipping capacity for months.
Nov 12th, 2020
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Amazon Business Officially Launches Its Dash Smart Shelf
After a year of testing, the weight-sensing, WiFi-enabled auto-replenishment scale is available for customers and consumers.
Nov 4th, 2020
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Walmart Is Firing its Inventory Robots
For once, robots are being replaced by humans.
Nov 3rd, 2020
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E-Tailers Hope Wearable Measurement Suit Will Cut Costly Returns
With e-commerce purchases increasing, the costs of returns are enough to strangle profits.
Nov 2nd, 2020
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Man Gets Prison for Sabotage that Caused PPE Delay
The former vice president of a medical device packaging company was sentenced to a year in federal prison.
Oct 21st, 2020
In this May 10, 2020 photo, a shopper pushes his cart past a display of packaged meat in a grocery store in southeast Denver.
September US Wholesale Prices up 0.4% Amid Higher Food Prices
It reflected in part a 1.2 percent increase in food costs, the sharpest rise since a 5.6 percent spike in May when many food plants were shut down.
Oct 14th, 2020
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Snap-on Buys AutoCrib for $36 Million
Snap-on gains a well-known provider of industrial vending, as AutoCrib has been one of the pioneers of the technology since 1995.
Sep 29th, 2020
In this March 4, 2020 file photo, people walk out of an Amazon Go store, in Seattle. Amazon is rolling out a new device for contactless transactions that will scan an individual’s palm. The Amazon One, which will initially launch in two Amazon Go stores in Seattle, is being viewed as a way for people to use their palm to make everyday activities like paying at a store easier.
Amazon Pushes New Palm Recognition Tech
The company has ambitions to use the technology in offices and stadiums.
Sep 29th, 2020
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FAA Approves Amazon Drone Deliveries
But don’t expect to see a fleet of Prime Air drones overhead just yet.
Sep 1st, 2020
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Abandoned Tinsel Factory Found Stocked with Holiday Decorations
Last year the abandoned plant was sold to a real estate developer, sight unseen.
Aug 31st, 2020