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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Ports on the East Coast are preparing to take on shipments due to the bridge collapse in Baltimore. Tuesday, a container ship crashed into one of the pillars of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse. Rob Handfield, Professor of Supply Chain Management at N.C. State, says […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Ports on the East Coast are preparing to take on shipments due to the bridge collapse in Baltimore. Tuesday, a container ship crashed into one of the pillars of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse.  Rob Handfield, Professor of Supply Chain Management at N.C. State, says […]

Inventory levels that surged during the pandemic are down and companies are reluctant to build new stockpiles.

Retailers are reportedly embracing “just-in-time” inventory management once more after years of excess stock, no longer finding need for “safety stock.”

Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserves preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The information is the latest in a string of good news for price increases, but a major disruption of global trade could threaten that progress, some experts said. Attacks on ships along a key route through the Suez Canal have forced freight companies to divert deliveries, sha...

Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserve's preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The information is the late...

Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserves preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The information is the latest in a string of good news for price increases, but a major disruption of global trade could threaten that progress, some experts said. Attacks on ships along a key route through the Suez Canal have forced freight companies to divert deliveries, sha...

Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserves preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The information is the latest in a string of good news for price increases, but a major disruption of global trade could threaten that progress, some experts said. Attacks on ships along a key route through the Suez Canal have forced freight companies to divert deliveries, sha...

Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserves preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The information is the latest in a string of good news for price increases, but a major disruption of global trade could threaten that progress, some experts said. Attacks on ships along a key route through the Suez Canal have forced freight companies to divert deliveries, sha...

Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserve's