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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

The process involves an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s Warehouse Automation & Control Market Research Study. I will soon be publishing the 2021 base-year study with a five-year forecast through 2026.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP fully integrates strategy with rolling forecasts , with a process for enterprise resource reallocation and with a corporate communication plan (Van Hove, 2016). Mercedes Benz however sought to replace robots on its production lines with human labor, finding it just too costly to constantly reprogram the robots (Industryweek, 2016).

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The Expected Growth of Manufacturing Technology Investments!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently predicted manufacturing will be the only major occupational group that will experience a decline in the 10-year period from 2016 to 2026. Growth of Manufacturing Linked to a Loss of Manufacturing Jobs? In fact, in the 10-year period from 2000 to 2010, the US lost 5.7 million manufacturing jobs.

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Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All?

Talking Logistics

Here are some excerpts from the press release : According to the report, ATA’s first in-depth examination of the driver shortage since 2015, the driver shortage eased in 2016 to roughly 36,500 – down from 2015’s shortfall of 45,000. “We

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

Supply Chain Trend

Intelligent IBP in the making As early as 2016, I wrote about autonomous IBP , comparing IBP to an autonomous car. A lot of good decision practices go back to the pioneering paper; Decision Analysis: Applied Decision Theory from Ron Howard in 1966. These two ladies are real Decision Intelligence trailblazers, both have roots in AI/ML.

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Understanding Product Information Management

Vinculum

A 2016 study states inferior descriptions of the product as a major reason for customers to opt-out of buying a particular product. The PIM market is in the middle of witnessing a significant rise in its business, especially dominated by the software industry and is expected to keep growing till 2026. PIM Market.

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Strong Freight Forecast Expected Thru 2026, What It Means for Shippers & 5 Things to Get Prepared

GlobalTranz

Freight Transportation Forecast to 2026. percent by 2026. percent in 2016. This means the increased revenue by 2026 would amount to more than five percent of the total current US National Debt. million by 2026. On July 27, 2015, the American Trucking Association s released the U.S. percent to 64.6