The global pandemic has exposed the utter dependence of the U.S. and the world on China for critical equipment and raw materials.

As the coronavirus pandemic subsides — whenever that might be — businesses will be figuring out how to reopen in a manner that’s safe for employees as well as for customers. One valuable tool is thermal screening technology.

Procurement technology is developing rapidly. Systems driven by machine learning and artificial intelligence are taking over key decisions about supply strategy and practice that were once the exclusive province of humans.

Does the vision of a “new normal” on the factory floor exclude the presence of people at all?

Elements of the agriculture and food industries that have been slow to adopt technology are feeling the most pain from the coronavirus pandemic.