The Supply Chain Buzz for May 8th: Shopify’s Tough Call, AI-enabled Safety, Legalization of Cannabis

The Supply Chain Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12n ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!

This week’s edition of The Buzz featured co-hosts Scott Luton and Greg White. In addition to covering top supply chain news stories from around the world, they teased six tools for doing supply chain management better, as shared in the most recent edition of “With That Said,” Supply Chain Now’s LinkedIn newsletter.

In this livestream, created in collaboration with a live Supply Chain Now audience, Scott and Greg discussed:

• Big moves and tough decisions made by Shopify as they cut back on warehousing and delivery services to focus on their retail operations

• How predictive AI is being used to increase worker safety in manufacturing, the industry with the third highest rate of nonfatal work injuries and illnesses

• Some unique aspects of the cannabis industry, as a group of new states considers the legalization of recreational marijuana use

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This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/supply-chain-buzz-shopify-AI-safety-legalization-cannabis-1116