Even before Covid-19, the growth in large companies like Amazon and Walmart’s share of online sales translated into major shifts in warehousing and the way supply-chains were managed. The pandemic, however, has prompted an incredible boom in digital buying and unusual trends in the types of products consumers desire. These rapid changes have left some [...]
The changing of the guard in the White House has opened the door to a golden age of clean energy that has the capacity to boost the job market and halt climate change. The Biden administration's incumbency to build back better includes well-defined offshore wind energy initiatives that support the administration's push for a clean [...]
The spoon you used stir your coffee, steel. The car you drove to work, steel. The building you sat in and did your work, steel. In fact, steel is the second most mass produced commodity in the world, supporting, according to the World Steel Association, nearly $2.9 trillion dollars of the world’s economy. Steel is [...]
In the U.S. alone, checks are used in the business sector for about half of all transactions, and this number is only increasing. With merchant fees on the rise, it's understandable that the return to checks is the natural progression in the payment processing food chain. This phenomenon is also set to impact the consumer [...]
The significant changes that the job industry underwent in 2020 were predominantly caused by the complexities brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Contrasting economic landscapes that consist of some industry sectors that accelerated because of the pandemic to opposite outcomes such as, disrupted supply chains, and the slump of other industries, have created irregular hiring [...]
The shift to working remotely has been a significant change for many U.S. companies, and virtual communications have been the primary method of interaction during the coronavirus pandemic. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published guidance on how businesses should plot out their COVID-19 prevention programs, and with the vaccine rollout steadily progressing, [...]
The Amazon-era has evolved consumer expectations in such a way that the masses have come to expect shipping at the speed of light, which has created the most competitive e-commerce landscape ever known. Optimizing fulfillment has become a priority for warehouses to keep up with the new demand that the coronavirus pandemic has brought, adding [...]
“Upskilling has become…the indispensable response to the ongoing technological and economic transformation.” -Nicolas Schmit, former European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Now more than ever, it is imperative that a company has the most qualified and skilled employees to ensure a peak level of work performance. Since the pandemic, finding candidates that have the [...]
Anyone even slightly interested with naval history will have heard of ironclad vessels, most likely in the context of the American Civil War. These early vessels contained iron plates and were symbols of a nation’s prosperity, but during America’s internal conflict, they became important military tools for breaking blockades and entering fortified harbors. In fact, [...]
Current advice on Covid-19 encourages maintaining social distance; it cautions us to avoid large gatherings of people, especially in tight spaces for prolonged periods of time. So what do you do if you’re in the Navy assigned to a ship or submarine where conditions are exactly those health officials advise against? As Bryan Clark, who [...]