US October Layoff Plans Reach 153,000—Highest for October Since 2003
US companies announced 153,074 planned layoffs in October, the highest for the month since 2003, with warehousing and tech sectors leading cuts amid cost pressures and AI adoption.
Care Standards
"Australians are ... spending big on pets — with services like grooming, training, boarding and day care now worth over $2.2 billion annually, up 30 per cent since 2021, according to an industry survey. NSW is home to a growing pet population, with more than 4.6 million dogs and cats. Growing calls to introduce dog day care, walking and training mandatory standards in NSW."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/pet-dog-day-care-walking-training-regulation-nsw/105908954
Child care regulation failure
"Every working day there are more than three reports of sexual or physical abuse of children in child care...I don’t think that the public has any idea how bad this situation is." NSW Professor of criminology Michael Salter"
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/childcare-centres-paedophiles-abuse-four-corners/105926324
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Hidden inflation lurks in warehouse stockpiles, delaying tariff price hikes. Lori Ann LaRocco reveals how importers rushed shipments to avoid tariffs, creating excess inventory in the "middle mile." Experts warn that as these goods move to retail, true cost impacts will surface soon. Discover the supply chain complexities & what lies ahead:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/14/tariff-driven-higher-prices-may-be-hidden-by-products-stuck-in-the-middle-mile.html Lori Ann LaRocco nails this analysis.
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Tariff-driven price hikes may be hidden by products stuck in 'the middle mile'
Logistics professionals say the impact of tariffs on pricing has not been seen across the board yet because products are sitting in inventory.
'The logistical episteme: Tracing the location of warehousing industries in Malaysia' - a new article published in Pluto Journals 'Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation' on #ScienceOpen:
🔗 https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/workorgalaboglob.19.2.0007
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The logistical episteme: Tracing the location of warehousing industries in Malaysia
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d22092e99">The concept of the ‘logistical episteme’ – the systemic organisation of practices,
technologies and discourses geared toward the optimisation of efficiencies and value
extraction – is crucial for understanding how contemporary capitalism reconfigures
labour and geopolitics around computational power. This article explores the emergence
of the logistical episteme by tracing the historical development of location theory
and its integration with contemporary supply chain management. It highlights how algorithmic
models and software shape the production of space and circulation of capital, with
a focus on the case of warehousing industries in Malaysia. This approach allows an
analysis of how the logistical episteme functions as a political technology, governing
labour forces and mobilities, and corroding traditional notions of place.
</p>
CPU-Based Layout Design for Picker-to-Parts Pallet Warehouses
Picker-to-parts pallet warehouses often face inefficiencies due to conventional layouts causing excessive travel distances and high labor requirements. This study introduces a novel layout design inspired by CPU architecture, partitioning warehouse space into specialized zones, namely Performance (P), Efficiency (E), and Shared (S). Discrete-event simulation is used to evaluate this design against traditional rectangular (random and ABC storage) and Flying-V layouts. Results demonstrate significant improvements in throughput time and reduced labor requirements, highlighting the potential for CPU-based layouts in optimizing warehouse operations.
Interesting innovation by Amazon,
"Today at our Delivering the Future event in Dortmund, Germany, we’re introducing a robot that is neither numb nor dumb. Built on key advances in robotics, engineering, and physical AI, Vulcan is our first robot with a sense of touch."
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-vulcan-robot-pick-stow-touch#AI #Robotics #Amazon #Vulcan #warehousing
Introducing Vulcan: Amazon's first robot with a sense of touch
Built on advances in robotics, engineering, and physical AI, Vulcan is making our workers’ jobs easier and safer while moving orders more efficiently.
Distribution centers are high-value targets. 🏢 Without proper security — like armed officers, CCTV, and mobile patrols — you risk theft, delays, and huge losses. 🔒 Smart centers invest early.
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