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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

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Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). How can I summarize the many sessions and customer case studies I attended in a short blog post? presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility. Where is Descartes today? Keegan McCready, Sr.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. See www.vestedway.com for information on the model and case studies that show how others have benefited from creating a Vested deal.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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. Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. Carsten Baumann. Strategic Alliance Manager, Schneider Electric.