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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

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Sarah Boisvert @fablabhub Sarah Boisvert is the author of The New Collar Workforce and founder of Fab Lab Hub that offers Digital Badges for skills such as 3D printing, robotics, CAD design and AI in manufacturing. Humans are still needed to design, program, monitor and yes, repair, robots. And it is humanity, not machines, that innovates.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 26-30, 2015)

Talking Logistics

So, Wal-Mart spokeswoman Deisha Barnett is correct: what Walmart is doing is “what is happening across the industry,” and not just in retail. According to the article, Walmart wants “to test drones for taking stock of trailers and other items in the parking lot of a warehouse using electronic tagging and other methods.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 23-27, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Kewill Reinvents Supply Chain Execution Market with Introduction of Multi-modal Transportation Platform. According to an article in The Cincinnati Enquirer , Macy’s has expanded its network of fulfillment departments to 500 stores. Here’s an excerpt from the article: U.S.