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History Repeats Itself Without Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Shaman

My ex-husband decided that we were going to move to Delaware. Frank, the line manager for manufacturing, dominated the meetings. My job, as the plant engineering manager, was to drive innovation and implement technology improvement. Strong manufacturing organizations do not make the most effective manufacturers.

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Industry 4.0: Driven by 5G and Cognitive Technologies

Enterra Insights

Peter Fretty ( @pfretty ) writes, “Properly leveraged, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to empower manufacturers with data-based insights specific to their individualized operations. This technology is rated ahead of other innovations like the Internet of Things (31%) and blockchain (24%).”[4] The power of AI.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

And it follows the company’s announcement in April 2022 that it would bump up annual salaries for truck drivers to up to $110,000 and launch the 12-week development program for supply-chain associates in Dallas, Texas, and Dover, Delaware, to earn their commercial drivers licenses.