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Surging Over Capacity, Sheetz Stores Updates Warehouse Systems to Fuel Growth

October 16, 2018

Convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. was faced with antiquated material-handling equipment, inadequate software and short supply of warehousing capacity.

First U.S. Robot Farm Replaces Humans With 'Incredibly Intelligent' Machines

October 10, 2018

The Guardian

America’s first autonomous robot farm hopes that artificial intelligence can remake an industry facing a serious labor shortage and pressure to produce more crops.

Machines Are Coming for India’s Unwanted Jobs

October 4, 2018

IndustryWeek

India is set to outpace the rest of the Asia Pacific region in factory automation, as potential workers are opting to do anything other than spend all day in sweltering textile plant.

Automation Is Set to Deliver This Holiday Season

October 3, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Never mind the reindeer and elves. This year, robots are helping deliver the holidays.

Another Look Into the S.F. Roundtable’s Crystal Ball

Every year around this time, members of the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals come together to debate an eternal question: What’s next?

October 1, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Every year around this time, members of the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals come together to debate an eternal question: What’s next?

How the Auto Industry Is Driving Itself Into the Future

Between ride sharing, ride subscriptions, and autonomous vehicles, traveling by car is poised for a big change in the next few years.

September 26, 2018

Fortune

Between ride sharing, ride subscriptions, and autonomous vehicles, traveling by car is poised for a big change in the next few years.

Machines Will Handle Half of Work Tasks by 2025, Davos Group Says

Machines and automated software will be handling fully half of all workplace tasks within seven years, a new report from the World Economic Forum forecasts. But the group said technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and precision medicine, could create more jobs than they threaten.

September 18, 2018

IndustryWeek

Machines and automated software will be handling fully half of all workplace tasks within seven years, a new report from the World Economic Forum forecasts. But the group said technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and precision medicine, could create more jobs than they threaten.

Perspective | Amazon’s ‘Worker Cage’ Has Been Dropped, But Its Staff Are Not Free

The company’s dystopian patent is shocking — and shows how blue- and white-collar workers are controlled at every turn.

September 14, 2018

André Spicer, The Guardian

The company’s dystopian patent is shocking — and shows how blue- and white-collar workers are controlled at every turn.

The Importance of Last-Mile Facilities in the Supply Chain

Four Forces Transforming Supply Chain, Logistics and Transportation Today

Few industries or business functions are experiencing as much disruption as logistics, supply chain and transportation. In fact, according to a recent Forbes Insights survey of more than 400 senior transportation-focused executives, 65 percent say tectonic shifts in these areas are driving an era of profound transformation.

September 12, 2018

Forbes

Few industries or business functions are experiencing as much disruption as logistics, supply chain and transportation.

He’s One of the Only Humans at Work — and He Loves It

Inside a Shanghai warehouse the size of seven football fields, hundreds of robots pack roughly 200,000 boxes each day and ship them to customers across China. Four humans babysit.

September 11, 2018

The Washington Post

Inside a Shanghai warehouse the size of seven football fields, hundreds of robots pack roughly 200,000 boxes each day and ship them to customers across China. Four humans babysit.