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Autonomous Supply Chain: Desirable Vision or Silly Daydream?

Enterra Insights

Some examples include gestural interfaces, machine-aided purchases, facial recognition, autonomous cars, miniature drones, ubiquitous advertising, and electronic surveillance. Load the part onto a transportation system. Transport to the delivery point. Key elements of such a system include the ability to: Interpret the request.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Logistics was first applied and recognised in military operations, its most significant impact is felt through the functions of production, distribution and consumption (Rodrigue and Slack, 2002). Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management.