4 Ways Business Leaders Can Increase Workplace Efficiency in a Hybrid World

Work is never going back to the way it used to be. Today, three-quarters of U.S. companies are using or plan to implement a permanent hybrid model. It sounds amazing, but at the same time, workplace trends like "quiet quitting" and "bare minimum Monday" have been getting viral attention. So the office is getting more flexible, but people are still burning out.



Both business leaders and employees have a shared goal of making the hours people work count and not waste time. That means we need to think through our...

The 8 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing

What is waste in lean manufacturing?

In the lean manufacturing methodology, waste is described as any activity that does not bring value to the customer. It encompasses far more than physical garbage or production residues and can result from anything that loses time or lowers a company’s operational efficiency. From underutilized resources and overprocessing to badly....

Patent pending: Amazon pitches ‘collective’ drones, Walmart eyes dynamic shipping speed display

For Amazon, little drones could do some heavy lifting.

That’s what a patent application published Jan. 19 suggests, with drones coming together to deliver larger orders. The filing details a “collective” drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), that transports a wide range of items by not being limited to the capabilities of a single drone.

“For example, rather than using one large UAV to carry a larger or heavier item, multiple smaller UAVs may couple together to form a...