MHI Blog—Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event to celebrate the successes of businesses that have implemented safety and health programs in the workplace. Each August we invite businesses to celebrate their safety successes and efforts to be #SafeAndSoundAtWork.

Propane suppliers are hard at work behind the scenes helping forklift operators stay safe on the job. Watch the video to learn how they're keeping you safe. 

Supply Chain Dive—Nestlé has announced the launch of a new open blockchain pilot with OpenSC, a blockchain platform that provides verified product sourcing and sustainability information directly to customers. While Nestlé has experimented with blockchain track and trace initiatives internally in the past, namely IBM's Food Trust, according to the press release, this is the first time it has piloted a completely open blockchain data platform.

Supply Chain Management Review—The findings also demonstrate that those surveyed don’t believe that their business leadership understand how different factors could dramatically impact their supply chain.

Global Trade Mag—In addition to autonomous vehicles, predictive maintenance and chatbots responding to customer inquiries, AI can help companies select suppliers that provide goods and services.

SupplyChain247—A study by Software Advice, a company that provides research and user reviews on software applications, revealed many shippers are still using “manual methods," which often means that buyers are still using pen and paper to manage their transportation operations.

Material Handling & Logistics—The U.S. labor market is showing further signs of a slowdown, according to new data from Glassdoor. Job openings in the U.S. increased just 1.4% from the same period last year, according to the employment site’s June 2019 report.  The transportation and logistics sector saw by far the biggest growth, increasing 49% from last June and bringing the total number of open jobs over 300,000, according to Glassdoor.

Supply & Demand Chain Executive—The United States and China have agreed to move forward with trade talks, pushing the Trump administration to not add new tariffs on remaining Chinese imports. The countries came to a trade truce during a meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Japan.