Trump's trade war with China upends decades of globalization, exposing the U.S. economy's deep reliance on Chinese imports and the difficulty of finding alternative suppliers, highlighting significant supply chain risks.
Wayfair's failed bedframe assembly service exposes a disturbing trend of companies underpaying subcontracted workers, leading to poor service quality and exploitative business practices prioritizing profits over customer satisfaction and worker welfare.
AMD's CEO Lisa Su cautioned about potential semiconductor tariffs' short-term impact while endorsing resilient supply chains and US manufacturing, as the company finalizes its $4.9 billion ZT Systems acquisition to strengthen hyperscaler compute infrastructure.
Agility Robotics secures $400 million funding at $1.75 billion valuation as its 5-foot-9-inch humanoid robot Digit gains enhanced battery life, autonomous charging, and improved grasping capabilities while competing for warehouse automation dominance against rivals in the rapidly expanding humanoid robotics market.
Agility Robotics raised a staggering $400 million to scale its humanoid robot Digit, fueling the race to automate physically demanding tasks across industries with its bipedal robot designed for real-world utility like package delivery and warehouse work alongside humans.
In a major cost-cutting move, Amazon is slashing approximately 14,000 managerial jobs, representing a 13% reduction in its global management workforce, aiming to streamline operations, accelerate decision-making, and save between $2.1 billion and $3.6 billion annually.
Kanban, often misunderstood as a rigid set of practices, was originally a simple visual signaling system, as exemplified by using an index card on a milk carton to indicate the need for restocking, emphasizing principles of self-explanatory simplicity over prescriptive methods.
Amazon's drone delivery service in College Station, Texas faced intense backlash from hundreds of residents, including the mayor, over excessive noise disruptions, prompting the FAA to receive around 150 critical comments, ultimately leading Amazon to ground its drones and terminate its lease in the area by September 2025.
Intel's highly anticipated $20 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in Ohio faces a significant setback, with the company announcing a delay in the facility's launch and production start until 2030 or 2031, citing the need to align with market demand and business requirements.
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