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

Supply Chain Trend

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Key Points.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

For Amazon employees, it’s time to get back on the train. Earlier this week, Target said it will spend $100 million to build a larger network of supply chain hubs to speed up and lower the cost of delivering online orders. Some companies are exploring full automation that requires few employees.

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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. Certainly, there will be taxes that relate to automation.”. An interesting prediction to be sure, but there is a silver lining.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Existing technology for EV batteries can only create cells that last up to 20 years or around 200,000 miles before their capacity drops too low to power a vehicle. This will certainly be an interesting area to watch, especially as electric vehicles become more commonplace and apply to the global supply chain. s CargoNet.

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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. Big business from about 2011 onwards started realising the value of adding e-learning to staff training programmes. Corporate training is now a $200 billion USD industry, with e-learning taking up more than half of this amount. billion (USD) by 2026 at a CAGR of 9.1

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

When Mr. Wilson, 59, was released in 2013 he sought out training at Goodwill, where he learned to drive a forklift. He was promoted to a full-time job in 2017, and is now earning more than $16 an hour. The American Trucking Association expect a shortage of roughly 70,000 truck drivers in 2019, which will increase to 175,000 by 2026.

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