Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2015

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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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

This chart from the MIT Technology Review shows a picture of how little everyone agrees on how/if automation replaces jobs, while this article for Forbes does a good job of explaining how automation has affected jobs through history (on the wider scale, it actually tends to create more jobs than it replaces).

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

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.

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