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

Big Ship Creates Big Backlog
When the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal, its gigantic size became a gigantic problem. Read more…

Gender Neutral Mr. Potato Head
Hasbro’s iconic “Mr. Potato Head” is being rebranded as simply “Potato Head.” Read more…

Black-Owned Distilleries Capture their Share of the Kentucky Bourbon Market
Distilleries owned and operated by African Americans are reshaping bourbon’s 200-year history in Kentucky. Read more…

The Post Office Reinvents Itself with Banking and Alcohol Deliveries
Loss of revenue, competition, and prepaying retirement benefits have created a financial crisis for the US Postal Service. 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.

Image source: elleaon/123RF

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

Mass Customization at Taco Bell
Taco Bell’s new promotion, the My Cravings Box, is different than any Cravings Box before. Read more…

Home Depot’s Dallas DC: Running on Hydrogen
The new Dallas distribution center will use Plug Power’s zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell systems. Read more…

J.B. Hunt: Transforming Logistics Through Data Centralization
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is partnering with Google to provide an improved shipping and logistics experience. Read more…

LocusBots Track Real-Time Warehouse Operations
Locus Robotics is developing better and more efficient robots to handle increased warehousing demand. Read more…

UPS and FedEx Manage Capacity for Peak Vaccine Shipping
UPS and FedEx are planning to increase vaccine delivery capacity threefold by May 2021. 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.

Image source: Vicente Barcelo Varona/Shutterstock

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

Maersk to Launch Carbon Neutral Cargo Ship in 2023
The largest container shipping company in the world plans to be carbon neutral by 2050. But there’s a problem with the plan. Read more…

Fisker’s Second Venture: Mass Production and Direct Sales
Henrik Fisker’s first car company failed. His second venture is going to be different. 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.

Image source: Lightspring/Shutterstock