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Industrial cable, connector, and accessories distributor Lapp USA has turned a labor-intensive, error-prone inventory process into a nightly automated workflow that provides reliable visibility, reduces costs, and improves customer…
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I barely saw the aggressive driver swerve off a side street before he entered the lane right in front of me. In response, I hit the brakes hard, but the loaded trailer hitched behind me forced the truck to keep rolling much farther than…
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In its latest Five-Year Plan of strategic economic moves, China will aim to pivot its artificial intelligence (AI) research towards physical applications with robots as main drivers for economic growth, according to the International…
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The global rollout of self-driving cars has been slowed by regulatory and liability concerns in many regions, but the pace of adoption in China has now jumped to a point where trucks equipped with assisted driving systems collectively…
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“Most supply chains today don't have a visibility problem,” explains Vishwa Ram, Penske Logistics’s vice president of Data Science and Analytics. “They have a fragmentation problem. So, if you are within a single system, you have perfect…
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Many of us rely on GPS (global positioning system) technology every day. But what we may not realize is that the system is vulnerable to criminals, hackers, and a range of other bad actors. Between jamming GPS signals and mimicking real…
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Although federal support for clean‑transportation policies and funding has become more uncertain, momentum continues to build for alternative fuels, clean vehicle technology, and supporting infrastructure for commercial transportation,…
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E-commerce giant Amazon has launched a new business line as a third party logistics provider (3PL), opening up its sprawling warehousing and transportation network to any shipper, not just those who sell goods through its online…
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Many of us rely on GPS (global positioning system) technology every day. But what we may not realize is that the system is vulnerable to criminals, hackers, and a range of other bad actors. Between jamming GPS signals and mimicking real…
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Risk management and resilience have long been core supply chain priorities, but a KPMG study shows that leaders are now elevating them with new intensity.In the survey, executives cited "managing and mitigating risks" as the most…
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