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Doing Business in Italy

QAD

Italy is a beautiful country full of golden sunshine and rolling hills that support vineyards and olive groves. Italy became a democratic republic in 1946, but it has always been among the leaders of political and economic movements in Europe. Manufacturing in Italy. Other Important Industries.

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Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Study of Food Supply's Human Toll

Material Handling & Logistics

Oxfam America examined the treatment of the women, farmers and food-sector workers and many big grocers fared poorly. and Whole Foods Market Inc. fared poorly in ratings looking at the treatment of the women, farmers and food-sector workers who supply supermarket shelves in the U.S. Whole Foods was the second-lowest rated U.S.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

Witron is especially strong in the development of large-scale, highly automation warehouses for customers in the food and beverage value chain, including manufacturers, distributors, and grocers. System Logistics’ intralogistics business has a special focus on the food and beverage and grocery industries.

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What Does the Census Mean for the Grocery Business?

Enterra Insights

”[1] Although this fact will likely spark all sorts of political and cultural debates, the food industry needs to consider what a more diverse America means for the grocery sector. He explained, “A [2015] white paper from the Food Marketing Institute … spelled it out pretty effectively. population.”[1]

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The Machine Learning Trap or How to Tell if You’ve Got the Right Waiter

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Ideally, it happens as it did to a colleague on vacation in Italy: In a restaurant in Naples, there was no menu, and the waiter asked instead how she had spent the day. Afterwards, the waiter briefly thought about the answer and came back an hour later with the food, which ended up being the highlight of the vacation.

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Supply Chain Disruption and the Looming Shortages

Logistics Viewpoints

This stems from a lack of raw materials and production capacity (remember the baby food crisis), increased demand for specific products, such as semi-conductor chips , the changing global climate, and labor and truck driver shortages. This includes wineries in California, Italy, France, and others. And this does not just apply to hops.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 4 -10)

Logistics Viewpoints

The program, which is called Amazon Freight Partner, will collaborate with small trucking countries in Germany, Spain, Poland, France, and Italy, and train the companies to haul goods exclusively for Amazon. But this year, Save Mart’s reindeer robots are delivering more than food, beverages, and household supplies.