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Overcoming The Current Supply Chain Labor Shortage

ShipLilly

This trend was experienced among both semi-skilled and skilled workers. These workers would be deployed in its order fulfillment and package delivery departments. Tisha Danehl of The Adecco Group in Chicago argues that companies are upskilling and finding new talent in a more friendly labor market.

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How AI is spreading throughout the supply chain

The Logistics Academy

Integrating AI into the complex web of production and distribution—the supply chain—will have a bigger economic impact than any other application of the technology and affect a larger number of businesses, says Sudhir Jha of Infosys, a large IT company. But AI will transform several other aspects of supply chains as well.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Robinson , Descartes Systems Group , and Elemica — and the many friends and family members who have already donated for your generous support. Now, let’s move on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news…. UPS plan to hire delivery drivers using personal vehicles riles union (WDRB).

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Drone deliveries have continued to gain steam, and a lot of the media attention has been around Amazon losing ground in the US. However, the company announced earlier this week that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone later this year.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 25-29, 2017)

Talking Logistics

You know what might be more complex than supply chain management? Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Alibaba to pay $807 million for majority stake in logistics firm Cainiao (CNBC). Target expands Restock household supply service to 8 additional cities (Star Tribune).

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Flight club

Automotive Logistics

In 2017, the Fraunhofer institute spun off a supply chain start-up, doks.innovation, in Dortmund which now provides drone and sensor technology for the logistics sector and has contracts with a range of companies in the automotive industry. Matthias Haberstroh, director of supply chain management division, ZF.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

the supply chain. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings. But many people are not aware that last-mile deliveries are also handled by thousands of small local and regional package delivery firms.