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The Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative

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Businesses would like to make the most of their investments in warehouse automation, but they’re not sure how to do that. billion in 2029 , reflecting an average annual growth rate of 14.3%. It can test various strategies such as adding new hires, onboarding a new robot, or changing the distribution center layout.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] AI Technologies: The Role of Humans & The Application in Logistics

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Google’s 2014 purchase of the British firm Deep Mind for something more than $ 400 million produced a bonanza of publicity earlier this year, when its game playing program whipped a human master of the ancient strategy game Go. Mr. Ray Kruzwell: Futurist and Director of Engineering at Google: AI will be achieved by 2029.