Industry

Technology in the supply chain - does it threaten jobs? Globally, things are changing fast, and so is the way we do things. The emergence of concepts influenced by technology such as ‘drop and collect’, digital logistics that facilitates paperless, high-speed, and secure dispatch/delivery of parcels through a widespread parcel shop network are today’s reality. Ten years ago, much of this progress was only a dream. These innovative concepts enable us to serve our clients better, faster and more efficient. They improve the level at which we produce and meet demand. They have an incredible impact on the quality of our...

PREPARAR AL CAPITAL HUMANO: FACTOR ESENCIAL PARA EL ÉXITO DE LA TRANSFORMACIÓN DIGITAL     Ciudad de México 2019 - Las organizaciones en todo el mundo están focalizadas a ejecutar su digitalización, pero según Hays México, consultoría líder en reclutamiento especializado, existen muchas consideraciones que los líderes deben tener en cuenta antes de comenzar ya que la transformación digital es compleja, y deben asegurarse de que, junto con su fuerza laboral, estén preparados. Dirk Hahn, Director Estratégico de Hays Group, explica: “Ya sea que se utilicen analíticas predictivas para anticipar comportamientos o implementar chatbots impulsados por la inteligencia artificial para...

The Coffee Industry Considers Its Own OPEC: CEO Daily Do we need an OPEC for coffee growers? Cartels, of course, distort the market and hurt consumers. In its heyday, OPEC diverted massive amounts of money away from everyone who drove cars to the few lucky nations sitting on oil reserves. But in the case of coffee, the money would flow downhill—to people working on coffee farms and suffering from the lowest prices in decades. It’s not an easy thing to organize. Some 30 countries sell coffee beans, and for a cartel to be effective, most would have to agree to act in unison. Any...

Trump's executive order will shake up the kidney-care industry The president ordered the US Department of Health and Human Services to develop policies for in-home kidney treatment. With the US spending billions each year to treat kidney disease, President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed new ways to address patient care and reduce the costs of treatment [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] The administration of United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday set goals to move more kidney-disease treatments into patients' homes and increase transplants while reducing US reliance on more costly dialysis clinics. Trump signed an executive order underscoring these goals, and the...

Sandvik looks to industry to identify space applications for diamond composite Sweden’s Sadvik 3D printed this diamond to help show potential customers its new diamond composite material. Credit: Sandvik This article originally appeared in the June 10, 2019 issue of SpaceNews magazine. The Swedish engineering firm Sandvik is looking for space applications for the 3D-printed diamond composite it unveiled at a recent additive manufacturing conference. “We are material experts and additive manufacturing experts,” said Anders Ohlsson, Sandvik additive manufacturing delivery manager. “When it comes to applications, we come up with ideas but we need to work together with the experts...