OPERATIONS / SUPPLY CHAIN

Business customers of Amazon can expand the benefits of a Prime membership.

The port strike by 45,000 dockworkers halting shipments at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports from Maine to Texas enters its third day on Thursday with no negotiations scheduled (as of late Wednesday afternoon).

With many of its pharmacy associates facing educational debt, Walgreens unveiled a new benefit designed to allow employees to pay down their student loan debt and save for retirement.

Albertsons Companies Inc. is using artificial intelligence to assist distribution center buyers in placing store orders.

Dick’s Sporting Goods is unifying its production chain activities on a single artificial intelligence-based platform.

Walmart Luminate will soon be known by a new name as it launches additional features and enters more global markets.

Save A Lot is making it easier for food suppliers to transmit FDA-required traceability data.

One specific area of the supply chain is making retailers nervous as the holidays approach.