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  • Second-chance hiring continues to gain traction among major manufacturers

    Second-chance hiring continues to gain traction among major manufacturers

    By Shefali Kapadia Drew Crowe had been incarcerated multiple times and was stuck in a vicious cycle, as he described it: getting “locked up,” lacking skills and having no idea how to craft a resume or secure a job. Crowe found a turning point when a manufacturing employer hired him to work as a third-shift Read more

  • How Chicago’s outskirts rose to national intermodal dominance

    How Chicago’s outskirts rose to national intermodal dominance

    By Shefali Kapadia A truck drives out of an Amazon fulfillment center in Joliet, Illinois. Another hauls an intermodal container into a nearby BNSF’s Logistics Park. And another pulls into a Lineage warehouse to pick up a refrigerated load. It wasn’t always like this in Joliet, located in Will County to the southwest of Chicago. Read more

  • Meet The World’s Top Companies For Women 2025

    Meet The World’s Top Companies For Women 2025

    By Shefali Kapadia When Karin Hoeing first joined BAE Systems, a U.K.-based global defense, security and aerospace company, nearly eight years ago, she was the only woman on the executive committee. But that wasn’t the only thing that made her stand out: She is German, unlike her mostly British and American male peers at the Read more

  • AI commerce portends potential fraud

    AI commerce portends potential fraud

    By Shefali Kapadia The idea of a robot automatically buying a consumer the perfect new pair of jeans is no longer a futuristic pipe dream. It’s a reality occurring now through the advent of agentic commerce, in which AI agents make purchases on consumers’ behalf. In fact, Mastercard cardholders will have agentic AI shopping access in time for Read more

  • AI is slowly transforming the cold chain, the supply chain that handles your ice cream and deli meat

    AI is slowly transforming the cold chain, the supply chain that handles your ice cream and deli meat

    By Shefali Kapadia When a shipment of refrigerated or frozen goods arrives at one of Lineage’s automated warehouses, machines spring into action. Computer-vision technology scans pallets and logs data on customers, product types, and item descriptions. AI-driven algorithms combine shipment data with historical information to predict when a truck will take the goods out of the warehouse. Read more

  • Packaging suppliers respond to QSR diners hungry for a better experience

    Packaging suppliers respond to QSR diners hungry for a better experience

    By Shefali Kapadia Packaging used to be an afterthought for quick-service restaurants. “They’d throw in your little package of salt, pepper, a terrible napkin, a spork,” said Jim Owen, senior analyst of packaging and logistics at RaboResearch food and agribusiness. But dining trends are changing. Convenience has become a top priority for consumers. More than 60% of Gen Read more

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