All posts tagged with logistics

(Natural News) Management at grocery chain Whole Foods likely had no idea that working for Jeff Bezos and Amazon would be so hectic, so frenetic, and such a bad idea. Since Bezos’ online retail behemoth Amazon bought out Whole Foods, the workers have found they can’t keep up with the insane pace demanded by the […]

(Natural News) Imagine going to your local grocery store and being greeted by empty shelves, with item after item on your shopping list nowhere to be found. That might be par for the course if you live in Venezuela, but well-stocked stores are something that most Americans take for granted, particularly those who shop in […]

(Natural News) Any time the topic comes up of using robots for logistics, warehouse workers are told there is no need to be concerned because robots cannot completely replace humans. While we’d all like to believe that’s true, the 24,000 workers who have found themselves redundant at Amazon as its robot workforce grows would surely […]

(Natural News) The devastation to Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria more than a week ago continues to provide object lessons in the necessity of becoming a prepper full-time and not just as some passing fad. You may recall that the storm completely knocked out the island’s entire electrical power grid. Besides that, there has […]

(Natural News) First it was pilotless drones. Soon it could be driverless cars. And if the tech firms involved with their development are successful in achieving their goals, it will eventually be unmanned “ghost” ships as well that, according to new reports, could add yet another logistical mode of transfer to the human-less product delivery […]

(Natural News) Price gouging is now rampant across the Texas flood zone, according to multiple local news reports, with cases of bottled water selling for $99 and a gallon of gas now fetching as much as $10. Dozens of hotels stand accused of hiking room rates by as much as 300%, and more than 500 […]

(Natural News) Food fraud is a serious problem, and it’s estimated to cost the global food industry around $40 billion each year. It’s not just a costly problem; it can also be a deadly one, as the 2008 crisis with melamine-tainted milk that killed at least six babies illustrated. Two out of five Chinese people […]