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Is Amazon In-Sourcing or Creating a New Service? You Already Know Amazon didn’t get to where it is today (hitting a market cap of $1 trillion in Sept. 2018) by resting on its laurels. At the time I wrote this, Amazon’s market cap is $777.8 billion. We can all rest assured that Amazon is looking to get back up to…
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Brexit and Supply Chains As the biggest decision in many of our lifetimes, the UK’s departure from the European Union (Brexit) will have consequences – good and bad – that will ripple through decades to come. In recent weeks, one prominent concern has been the impact a Brexit “no deal” scenario could have on imports, particularly for the food and…
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Robots Adding Another Level of Automation For centuries, hand tools helped humans build dwellings, clothing, food containers and vehicles. The introduction of power tools then made it possible to complete this work much more quickly and with a lot less effort. Not long ago, robots added yet another level of automation by making it possible to get work done even…
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The NextGen Supply Chain Realizing that its members are getting bombarded from all sides by what promises to be the “latest and greatest” technology and solution to all of their problems, MHI offers this sage piece of advice in its 2018 MHI Annual Industry Report. In its report, MHI outlines the barriers to building the NextGen Supply Chain, which it…
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Robots and Humans Working Together In Robots in the Supply Chain: The Perfect Employee? Merril Douglas paints a picture of a time in the near future when robots and humans will work side-by-side to help companies gain speed, increase accuracy, cut costs, and handle the grunt work. “We're sitting in the middle of a perfect storm for robots in the…
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Integrating Autonomous Robots The opportunities to integrate autonomous robots exist at every stage of the supply chain, where improved efficiencies, lower costs, safer work environments, and higher productivity levels are just a few of the returns that organizations are seeing from their robotics investments. For companies that aren’t already using autonomous robots, launching a strategy can be intimidating. It sounds…
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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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Automotive & Transportation Technologies Technology is changing the automotive and transportation industry faster than anyone could have predicted. The driver shortage, capacity crisis, price of fuel, and many other factors are putting pressure on companies to innovate and begin commercializing futuristic technologies. Some of these technological trends are already disrupting the automotive and transportation industry. Here are five ways technology…
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Using Autonomous Robots in Your Warehouse If all of the buzz around using autonomous robots in the supply chain has you wondering exactly why you would invest in robots that aren’t controlled by outside commands, here are seven good arguments to help you make your decision (or present the idea to the C-suite and other stakeholders): Reduce both direct and…
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Aerial Inventory Robots Unlike their highly publicized home delivery cousins, drones designed for warehouse uses have been flying under the radar. However, a high-profile board appointment to an indoor drone pioneer could mean aerial inventory robots are ready to come out of the shadows. In August, Chris Sultemeier, former executive vice president of logistics for Walmart, joined the board of…
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Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week provided updates on four successful flights in states across the U.S. as part of its Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program to get more unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the national airspace. In an email newsletter, the FAA said four successful flights in North Carolina, Virginia, Kansas,…
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What is an Autonomous Robot? One question that we have been asked a lot lately is “what do you mean by the drone being an autonomous robot?”. The phrase “autonomous robot” is being thrown around a lot in the business world right now, but because these innovations are so new, people are pretty confused about what these robots are and…
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Ultrasonic sensing enhances robotics perception
Cybernetix Ventures’ event kicks off Robotics Tech Week 2026 slate of events
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse components that will be on the…
Preview the manufacturing and warehouse robots and software that will be on…
