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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

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There will still be a workforce needed to maintain those driverless vehicles or costs associated with maintenance done by the manufacturer or a 3rd party. The journey was bracketed with a human driver handling pick-up and delivery of the shipment, while an automated driver took the long-haul segment in between.

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6 River Systems Continues 2020 Momentum Led by Award Wins and New Global Deployment Sites

6 River Systems

The SDCE 100 spotlights successful and innovative projects that deliver bottom-line value to small, medium and large enterprises across the range of supply chain functions. We have also been selected as a winner of The Robot Report’s 2020 RBR50 Innovation Awards for our wall-to-wall fulfillment solution and recent enhancements to Chuck.

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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. Driverless trucks will help Maersk improve on-time performance, said Erez Agmoni, Maersk’s global head of innovation for logistics & services. Kodiak, Aurora Innovation Inc. Kodiak, Aurora Innovation Inc.