06 - 2020 - Markets news

The Consumer Brands Association launched a Contactless Delivery Task Force on Monday made up of 23 consumer packaged goods companies to study the impact of, and develop uniform standards for, implementing contactless deliveries at scale throughout their supply chains.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is phasing out Project Airbridge, according to an announcement last week. Project Airbridge was a temporary program, under which FEMA bought dedicated cargo flights from carrier partners, transporting medical supplies from Asia to the U.S. from multiple suppliers.

As the world begins to ease movement restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are wondering where they go from here and how they can reduce risks moving forward.

The shift from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce operations is expected to intensify as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which will likely cause greater investment in warehouse space because e-commerce requires three times the logistics space of traditional storefronts, according to a new report from Prologis.

As countries around the globe push to reopen in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the business community is struggling with the decision to relax compliance standards as a means to remain agile and navigate a pressing shortage of goods and services.

As countries around the globe push to reopen in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the business community is struggling with a temptation to relax compliance standards as a means to remaining agile and navigate a pressing shortage of goods and services.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the flow of goods across the globe, from raw materials to finished products.