As the supply chain and materials handling industry’s global footprint continues to expand, so too does the international interest and attendance at Modex. This year, the event expects more than 3,000 attendees from 140 countries. The largest groups of registered attendees represent Canada, China, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Turkey and the
In the years following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, many Western policymakers assumed that globalization was irreversible and would lead to rising incomes for all. In 2005, then-U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair encapsulated part of this complacent view: “I hear people say we have to stop and debate globalization. You might as
Historic rules to clean up pollution in the shipping industry are two weeks from taking effect, but there are signs that enforcing the new legislation will prove tricky. The International Maritime Organization, part of the UN, is trying to curb the release of sulfur oxides that it says are bad for human health and contribute