Scentsy is a global leader in fragrance products. As order volumes increased, SKUs expanded, and warehouse space became limited, manual operations could no longer keep pace. Scentsy partnered with Dematic to implement a future-ready solution combining AutoStore™ empowered by Dematic, intelligent software, and a pick-to-cart system to maximize storage capacity, optimize inventory flow, and accelerate e-commerce fulfillment.

It's unclear how the component ended up in the drones, given that the United Kingdom bans the use of Chinese parts in military equipment.

China banned six U.S. firms from trading with Chinese companies, and added new review requirements for exports of unmanned aerial vehicles.

China described the ban as "discriminatory and suppressive," given the country's status as the world's leading producer of advanced humanoid robotics components.

The Chinese embassy in Washington said Beijing has long opposed the U.S. "politicizing" trade issues and sanctions based on what it characterized as "groundless pretexts."

The measure would prevent the Chinese Communist Party from being able to “take over the steering, the braking, and the acceleration” of vehicles in the U.S.

Supply chain and warehouse leaders who are seeing consistent returns from spatial and agentic AI investments tend to share a common approach.

You can't just buy your way to lights-out capability, says Al Mendoza, U.S. and Americas supply chain leader at EY. One must balance technology, data and process transformation.

The momentum toward reshoring has been “clearly fading, with leading indicators pointing to a sharp slowdown in new product activity."