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Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Management & Logistics In the last decade, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come roaring out of high-tech labs to become something that people use every day without even realizing it. In addition to powering numerous apps and other digital products, AI stands to benefit all industries, including supply chain and logistics. In fact, lots of companies…
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…partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and Penske Logistics. The report was released June 19 at the National Press Club in Washington. The tightening logistics market, especially in ground transportation, is going to require “creative thinking and innovation” on the part of shippers, the report states, and new technologies and start-ups might provide some “novel solutions…
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…at Zebra, and warehouse and supply chain management and execution software solutions at JDA. At the same time, those technologies are at the intersection of established solutions and the next-generation tools that are going to define tomorrow’s supply chains, such as sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data, the Internet of Things and Cloud computing. So, how are they responding? In…
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…express and logistics services provider DHL and technology powerhouse IBM takes an in-depth look into the impact of AI within logistics. The report, entitled “Artificial Intelligence in Logistics: A collaborative report by DHL and IBM on implications and use cases for the logistics industry,” examines different ways in which AI can be used for augmenting logistics operations, especially now at…
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…of Modern, we are featuring DHL Supply Chain’s strategy for mobile robots in order fulfillment purposes, including its use of Locus. In fairness, you could argue that it’s probably been ten years since Kiva first exhibited at one of our trade events. How is this different? I think it’s different in two important ways. The first is the over-night emergence…
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…made its way through the supply chain, the modern-day facility must be agile and capable enough to support brick-and-mortar, e-commerce, B2B, home deliveries and parcel shipments—to name just a few. Achieving this balance requires one of two things: a whole lot of labor and real estate, or advanced technology that helps to offset issues like high labor costs while also…
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…in 2018, including our own DHL StreetScooter – thanks to our cooperation with AI computing company NVIDIA and ZF, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers. And while most are still talking about Tesla’s splashy announcement, we’re taking action. Our DHL Supply division has just placed an order for ten Tesla Electric Class 8 Semi Trucks, making it one of…
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…says Robert Lieb, professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University who has surveyed 3PL CEOs for nearly 25 years. “They are trying to respond with an omnichannel solution to maintain brick-and-mortar stores, but also be competitive in e-commerce.” “Because a lot of retailers - particularly small ones - can’t afford to put together their own stand-alone e-commerce business with…
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…Initiative, and another with a supply chain executive from a leading retailer. I then had a chance to sit in on a presentation by Adrian Kumar, a vice president of solutions design for DHL, and one of his colleagues on DHL’s work with NextGen Supply Chain technologies, including mobile robots and Google Glass. They seem disparate, but there’s a common…
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…more deeply integrate them into supply chains. The shift, according to a published report from MIT Economist David Autor, will affect both the engineers that design them, and companies that rely on them. “There's never been a better time to be a worker with special skills or the right education, because these people can use technology to create and capture…
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DHL Supply Chain, an Americas' leader in contract logistics and part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, announced that it will begin a pilot test using a collaborative, autonomous robotics solution within the life sciences sector at a facility in Tennessee in the next two months. The robots, called LocusBots from Locus Robotics, are being tested as a picker companion for…
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An ongoing question among supply chain stakeholders, when it comes to global e-commerce bellwether Amazon, continues to be just how far it will spread its wings in terms of expanding its logistics and supply chain operations and processes. Regardless of what people say or think, there are very real signs that Amazon is not going to sit on the sidelines…
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DHL has launched two innovation challenges and invites inventors and visionaries across the globe to participate. Participants are asked to generate new ideas in the areas of sustainable logistics or robotics. Universities, students, companies and any other person who is at least 18 years of age may join the competition and are asked to submit a written document and video…
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A recently-published report from DHL reveals 26 key trends that could impact the logistics industry in the next five to ten years. The new 2016 Logistics Trend Radar, the third in the pioneering series, introduces brand new trends, tracks the evolution of trends spotted in earlier editions and ones that have faded or become mainstream since the series started in…
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…eCommerce - Parcel, Deutsche Post DHL Group. “Developing the next generation of robots that can work around and among people will take a substantial investment to advance the technology but at DPDHL Group we believe that soon supply chains will see humans and robots working side by side to handle goods faster and more economically.” DPDHL Group has already started…
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