Welcome to this week’s OM in the News roundup! Here’s what we’ve been blogging about. All posts include videos and discussion prompts for supply chain and OM classes.

Walmart Drone Deliveries Take Off
Walmart is partnering with drone delivery provider Zipline to make on-demand deliveries of select health and wellness products by drone. Read more…

Reducing Emissions from Burps to Burgers
A new feed additive may reduce cattle emissions. How would Milton Friedman have felt about a corporate focus on reducing emissions? Read more…

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Welcome to this week’s OM in the News roundup! Here’s what we’ve been blogging about. All posts include videos and discussion prompts for supply chain and OM classes.

New Service Process Designs at Fast Food Restaurants
Burger King, Shake Shack and Taco Bell are adding drive-thru lanes and increasing automated pick-up in the store and at walk-up windows. Read more…

Search our archive of hundreds of articles and videos at OM in the News, indexed by textbook chapters and keywords. Or, check out recent posts on the Post Archives page.

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Welcome to this week’s OM in the News roundup! Here’s what we’ve been blogging about. All posts include videos and discussion prompts for supply chain and OM classes.

Look, Up in the Sky – It’s a Car!
Flying cars by 2023? That is the hope of Japan’s SkyDrive project, which just conducted Japan’s very first manned flight of an “eVTOL.” Read more…

Forecasting Halloween During a Pandemic
Tricky forecasting leaves chocolate companies wondering how candy sales will fare this Halloween. Read more…

Disney’s Changes for Capacity Management and Safety
Walt Disney World plans to keep some of its COVID-19 health and protocol changes even after things return to pre-pandemic levels of magic. Read more…

Search our archive of hundreds of articles and videos at OM in the News, indexed by textbook chapters and keywords. Or, check out recent posts on the Post Archives page.

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