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Drones in Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

Fulfilment is being impacted as many time-consuming tasks are replaced by high-tech drones which can reduce the time needed to transport, manage, or place items inside the warehouse. The Autonomous Mobile Robot Market Is Taking Off Like A Rocket Ship. Smart packaging. Academic paper. 2019, March 11). 2016, June 06).

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Drones in Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

Fulfilment is being impacted as many time-consuming tasks are replaced by high-tech drones which can reduce the time needed to transport, manage, or place items inside the warehouse. The Autonomous Mobile Robot Market Is Taking Off Like A Rocket Ship. Smart packaging. Academic paper. 2019, March 11). 2016, June 06).

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The Kiva Robotic Picking System: The idea for the orange AGV-like robots that bring inventory to order pickers was first conceived in 2003 by CEO Mick Mountz, and with the help of some MIT professors Kiva brought the technology to market less than two-years later. The LCC is now of course a standard logistics practice today.