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Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Talking Logistics

Late last year, a San Francisco politician launched a statewide campaign to raise money for a California ballot that would penalize private enterprise for embracing automation in the workplace. But California is not the first to raise this idea. And for the last seven years, Home Depot has a self-checkout lane in every store.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

I will soon be publishing the 2021 base-year study with a five-year forecast through 2026. MHS Global has grown rapidly over the last few years, partially due to a string of acquisitions including that of Atronix in 2017; VanRiet, A2i, and OCM in 2018; and eMotion Controls in 2020. Contact us for more information. Lee Partners.

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Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay

Logistics Bureau

billion USD by 2026, if not before then. billion (USD) by 2026 at a CAGR of 9.1 percent from 2018 to 2026. The report found that by 2017, about 77 percent of US corporations were making use of online learning. It is now estimated to reach 336.98 It is not only students who are flocking to online learning.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

On December 22, the first deliveries from new sites in Texas and California were made, according to David Carbon, Vice President of Prime Air at Amazon. Any earn-out is expected to be paid in fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026. percent from 2017 through 2021 and will have a CAGR of 11.8 Well, the wait is finally over.

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Time to Reimagine STEM Education from Bottom to Top

Enterra Insights

” The Huffington Post , 23 January 2017. [3] The point is: It’s time to reimagine STEM education from bottom to top. The importance of STEM education. Some experts, like Bayne, believe we need to start teaching STEM to babies. Footnotes. [1] 2] Malcolm Kushner, “ STEM Education: Revise Or Demise?

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

Provenance

It is forecasted that by 2026, demand will mainly be linked to the rise in clean energy technology, in particular for neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets –– critical components for electric and hybrid vehicles as well as wind turbines. Get in touch here. Introduction. The demand for Rare Earth Elements (REEs) is increasing.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

We saw that starting to turn around in 2016 and continued to accelerate into 2017," he notes. trillion in 2017, up 6.2% Parcel delivery volumes jumped 7% to $99 billion in 2017. If things don't change, and we continue up this progression, by 2026, we will be at 170,000 drivers short. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.