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Reflections on Hard Hats and Safety Shoes…

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, using the Internet of Things, companies can sense equipment status and predict failure. I live in West Virginia. I think that the combination of cognitive learning for planning along with the use of signals through the Internet of Things has the opportunity to usher in a new era of process manufacturing.

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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia. The confluence of new technologies–additive manufacturing, blockchain, cloud computing, cognitive computing, Internet of Things, open source analytics, robotics, sensors, and wearables– along with process possibilities is driving a new call to action.

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COVID-19 UPS and CVS will use drones to deliver prescriptions in Florida

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Google offshoot Wing launched a drone delivery service of its own last year in Virginia , which delivers over-the-counter medicines and other health and wellness items. These aren’t the first drone deliveries that have been made in the US, nor are they even the first from UPS specifically.

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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. Digital Manufacturing: How are process manufacturer’s using the Internet of Things to automate process manufacturing, and how are digital manufacturers embracing 3D printing?

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10 Technologies That Are Going To Change Your Life

Supply Chain Game Changer

Allow me to introduce the Internet of Things (IoT), the biggest agent of change in technology since the Gemini space program of the 1960s. In the next few years, the technologies you’ve taken for granted, and the ways we interact with them, are going to change forever—and rework our lives along the way.