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Are We Losing Our Jobs to Robots? Each 1 Costs 6 Jobs, a New Study Says

BlueYonder

Each 1 costs 6 jobs, a new study says. A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research examined the impact of robots in the workforce between 1990 and 2007. The study was produced by the economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, who used a model where robots and humans competed against each other.

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Are We Losing Our Jobs to Robots? Each 1 Costs 6 Jobs, a New Study Says

BlueYonder

Each 1 costs 6 jobs, a new study says. A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research examined the impact of robots in the workforce between 1990 and 2007. The study was produced by the economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, who used a model where robots and humans competed against each other.

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Top Digital Supply Chain Cities in the U.S.

Material Handling & Logistics

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Flexible Warehousing with Flexe CEO Karl Siebrecht

The Logistics of Logistics

Prior to co-founding Flexe, Karl was CEO of AdReady, a Seattle-based advertising technology company. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Flexe brings deep logistics expertise and enterprise-grade technology to deliver innovative eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution and network capacity programs to the Fortune 500.

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In Logistics, the Last Few Feet are as Important as the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

For congested metropolitan areas such as Seattle, the focus is actually on the ‘final 50 feet’ of those shipments.”[3] ’ Part of the problem is that only 13% of buildings in the study area feature private loading bays or docks, requiring delivery trucks to use curb and alley spaces. .’ ”[2].

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Consumers Demand Supply Chain Accountability Down to the Last Straw

Material Handling & Logistics

A 2015 study concluded that the ocean contains an estimated 150 million tons of plastic, with 8 million tons added annually, which is roughly equivalent to a garbage truckload dumped in it every minute. And in July 2018, Seattle imposed the first U.S. One of the big issues currently is that of ocean waste. Portland, Ore.,

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Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center

GlobalTranz

While robotics have resulted in some job loss, the case studies of Amazon, as noted by The New York Times , reveal that Amazon has added more than 80,000 jobs since they began adding Kiva robots to their distribution centers. The robots take care of arduous and repetitive tasks, leaving the people to work on more mentally challenging tasks.