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Where Have The Drivers Gone?

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Flash forward just a few years to 2014 and that number had skyrocketed to 38,000. According to another recent report from the American Trucking Association , the shortage of drivers was expected to hit 50,000 by the end of 2017 - a trend that equates to more than 174,000 drivers by as soon as 2026.

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The Intelligent IBP Manifesto – key principles for a new planning paradigm

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In that order, because we first have to be able to orchestrate and digitize the decision process, including all data, plans, parameters, and decision policies that feed into it, before we can augment or automate. It should be easy for the human to provide goals and automation and decision policies to the machine.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

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Provenance has partnered with the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis Agency (Growth Analysis) , to explore how blockchain technology can help to valorise sustainable practices in the Rare Earth Elements mining sector. Ali, 2014) making it difficult for monitors to distinguish the impact of a REE from the rest of the ore.