Tag: logistics
Alibaba and JD.com Escalate "Everyday App" Battle With Massive Spending
Alibaba is investing $7 billion in Taobao promotions, while JD.com is pouring $1.4 billion into expanding its food delivery service. Both giants are offering heavy discounts and subsidies to attract users and become China’s leading “everyday app,” aiming...
How Aircraft Carriers Make 17,000 Meals A Day For US Navy Sailors
An aircraft carrier may have more than 5,000 sailors on board. To feed all the sailors on an aircraft carrier, more than 17,000 meals must be prepared daily. There are more than 100 cooks on board, which seems like a culinary miracle, but is it? How are m...
In China, if You’ve Got Mail, It Might Arrive With a Whiff of Sanitizer and a Covid-19 Test
Chinese authorities are putting packages through an extensive cleansing process as a part of the country’s zero-Covid regime.
Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same | A WSJ Documentary
Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to m...