- 21. Loadsmart and Oracle Collaborate to Digitize Logistics
- (News)
- ... in the industry, we were the first to introduce truckload instant pricing and booking, and the market's first server-to-server autonomous truckload booking via our API. This tech-first approach has enabled ...
- 22. Wal-mart Cuts Costs with Autonomous Delivery Vans
- (News)
- Wal-mart is considering using autonomous delivery vans for the “middle mile”, reports Supply Chain Dive. Read the article on Supply Chain Dive
- 23. USPS Uses Autonomous Trucks
- (News)
- According to Digital Supply Chain, the USPS has started a trial running autonomous trucks between Phoenix and Dallas. Read the article on Digital Supply Chain
- 24. How Walmart is using Robots
- (Retail)
- ... it takes to scrub or clean a floor and at the same time reduce the cost of operations. These autonomous scrubbers which are armed with AI and computer vision will release the employees to work in other ...
- 25. AI Assisted Retail
- (News)
- ... data to study actions and systems so as to make autonomous decisions. In some successful use cases where the use of Artificial Intelligence has been used in retail, it has helped improve customer experience ...
- 26. Big Investments in Supply Chain Tech from DHL
- (Logistics)
- Robotics, AI, autonomous vehicles, renewable energy all grab headlines and promise great things as we move into the next year. Some of the projects that are in play are truly remarkable in the ways they ...
- 27. Autonomous Trucks are Coming
- (News)
- According to Forbes, Amazon and other large retailers will push the uses of autonomous trucks as a way to keep their supply chain moving. Read the article onForbes
- 28. Delivery Robots Coming
- (News)
- Delivery robots are coming, reports Supply Chain Dive. Starship Technology is testing autonomous delivery robots in the San Francisco Bay area. Read the article on Supply Chain Dive
- 29. Truck Platooning Enters Supply Chain
- (News)
- Although Autonomous trucks are making the news, it will be a long time before they impact the supply chain, reports Supply Chain Digest. What isn’t far off is platooning technology. Platoonin is a group ...
- 30. It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s a Walmart Blimp!
- (Supply)
- ... be operated autonomously or by a remote human pilot. Amazon was granted a patent for a similar vessel in April 2016.” An illustration from Walmart's patent application for a gas-filled aerial transport ...
- 31. Advances in transport technologies
- (Logistics)
- ... and still monitor critical conditions while also communicating with text and voice hands-free. Platooning - This is the beginning of the autonomous trucking wave that promises to make the trucking industry ...
- 32. Digital Transformation in the Supply Chain
- (Technology)
- ... Explore the capabilities and how they might help with production predictions. Robotics – Robotics include autonomous delivery vehicles as well as the arms that build cars. Bots – Bots are products ...
- 33. Announcing Supply Chain Technology News - the Next Generation of ec-bp.com
- (Management)
- ... of data, and analyzing that data to drive constant improvement in processes and service take supply chain professionals far beyond the basics of mapping EDI documents. And new technologies including autonomous ...
- 34. Ready for the Autonomous Supply Chain?
- (News)
- Automation is nothing new in the supply chain world. Are you ready, though, for the end-to-end autonomous supply chain? In an interesting article on the Brinknews site by Wolfgang Lehmacher of the ...
- 35. Controlling Those Robots
- (News)
- We know that the robotic revolution is on the way, but controlling them and coordinating their work within the walls of the DC are challenges.Different approaches are available based on the type of work, ...
- 36. The Robotic Revolution
- (News)
- Robots have been all over the news recently as the technology has improved, costs have dropped, and rising labor costs have managers exploring their potential. Amazon was an early adopter in their ...
- 37. More 2017 Supply Chain Predictions
- (News)
- Lots of publications make yearly predictions (it's February and they're still flowing in....), but our favorites are those which actually explain the 'why' in deeper detail.Dan Gilmore on the Supply Chain ...
- 38. Questions About Supply Chain Productivity
- (News)
- The Supply Chain Shaman is thinking about productivity in the supply chain and wondering why we're not seeing the same growth patterns we experienced in the past. As the next generation of technology innovation ...
- 39. Need to Trim Supply Chain Costs?
- (News)
- Simple is good, especially when we're looking for ideas on cuttiing supply chain costs, right? In an article on the Business 2 Community site, Christopher Moore gives us a headstart with a few ideas on ...
- 40. 2016 In the Read View Mirror
- (News)
- 2016 was quite a year, wasn't it? Supply Chain Digest's Dan Gilmore boils down the top trends and stories in a concise article about what made it so interesting.As usual, a lot of it's technology, but ...
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