The gig economy is reaching into warehouses. Logistics companies competing for workers are offering more flexibility in areas such as scheduling and shift choices as they vie for labor with companies like Uber Technologies and Instacart, where workers make their own hours. The WSJ Logistics Report’s Liz Young writes that warehouse managers aren’t dialing up gig workers the same way a passenger calls an Uber, partly because industrial jobs require specific training and expertise. But some are hiring qualified workers on a more targeted basis for specific periods, often linking through staffing agencies with people who have set days of availability. The practice allows logistics companies to tap into a growing pool of workers across all industries who favor flexible schedules. The flexibility in a field known for rigid schedules and grueling demands suggests the practices of app-driven operators are seeping into more traditional workplaces.

Boeing’s 737 MAX supply chain is hitting more turbulence. Deliveries of the passenger jets to customers fell in September to the lowest level in more than two years, the WSJ’s Sharon Terlep and Andrew Tangel report, while production of the more than $100 million aircraft is running at about half the company’s target. Boeing's operations have been disrupted this year by a series of snafus at one of its key suppliers, Spirit AeroSystems, and the latest woes signal that issues that have dogged the plane maker’s supply chain haven’t been solved. The delays on the assembly line have disrupted passenger airline customers as they have sought to ramp up schedules after a rebound in travel. The latest problem, discovered in August, is misdrilled holes on the fuselage of its bestselling 737s. That leaves the company falling further behind Airbus, which delivered 55 jets in September to Boeing’s 27.

U.S. wholesale inventories slipped in August for the sixth straight month. (MarketWatch)

The International Monetary Fund lifted its forecast for U.S. economic growth this year to 2.1%. (MarketWatch)

The European Commission is dropping global shipping lines’ exemption from the bloc's antitrust rules. (Dow Jones Newswires)

The Global Port Tracker projects U.S. container imports will fall 13.5% this year. (Dow Jones Newswires)

General Motors Canada reached a tentative agreement with autoworkers that ends a strike after 13 hours. (WSJ)

PepsiCo’s sales revenue grew 8.8% last quarter but underlying volumes fell 2.5% from last year. (WSJ)

Mallinckrodt won court approval for a plan that wipes out more than $1 billion of payments meant for opioid addicts while handing control of the drug company to its lenders. (WSJ)

Mitsubishi Electric and auto-parts supplier Denso will invest $1 billion in Coherent, a U.S. supplier of materials used to make chips for the automotive industry. (Reuters)

China’s Huawei has been stockpiling components for months as it aims to double its smartphone shipments next year. (Nikkei Asia)

John Fredriksen’s Frontline could reach a $6 billion market capitalization after securing the largest-ever deal for tankers. (TradeWinds)

Target lost ground over the past year in its goal to reduce use of plastics. (Retail Dive)

Paul Page is editor of WSJ Logistics Report. Reach him at paul.page@wsj.com.

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