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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

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As driver pay increases, so does the incidence of drivers jumping ship, switching companies for the next best payday. Deploying driverless vehicles could take a significant bite out of operating costs, considering that approximately 75% of company expenses are tied up in labor. Curiouser and Curiouser. In a word, it’s data.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

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The Danish manufacturer saw sales begin to surge as consumers gravitated towards their building sets, which come in a variety of shapes, sizes, difficulties, and characters. The toymaker’s top performing brands included Lego City, Lego Technic, Lego Creator Expert, Lego Harry Potter, and Lego Star Wars. Danish krone, or about $8.06

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

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usage by industrial companies. This lack of integration creates a barrier preventing companies from fully leveraging their IoT data. But if industrial companies do not embrace digital transformation, chances are that their business will be the one that’s disrupted by more agile competitors. Internet of Things (IoT).

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

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to test autonomous truck runs from Houston to Oklahoma City with a safety driver aboard. Maersk and Kodiak are running trucks 24 hours a day for four days a week between Houston and Oklahoma City with a stopover in Dallas to swap out safety drivers, who must comply with the limit on driver hours. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,