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Emerging Technologies for Supply Chain
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Emerging Technologies for Supply Chain

ERP & Technology, Supply Chain Technologies

Emerging Technologies for Supply Chain

Emerging technologies in supply chain from e-commerce to robotics are more important now than ever.

admin2024-03-08T13:56:15-08:00September 7, 2017|Categories: ERP & Technology, Supply Chain Technologies|Tags: 3D printing / additive manufacturing, Amazon effect, Collaborative customer programs, e-commerce, IoT, robots, technology, VMI|

Robots & Demographics
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Robots & Demographics

Manufacturing, Robotics & Automation, Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Technologies

Robots & Demographics

According to Industry Week and Moody's Investor Service, there could be a significant upside to robots with the near-term demographic time bomb in Japan and Germany.

admin2024-03-10T19:27:18-07:00June 6, 2017|Categories: Manufacturing, Robotics & Automation, Supply Chain Briefing, Supply Chain Technologies|Tags: automation, Industry Week, robots, technology|

Are Robots Good or Bad?
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Are Robots Good or Bad?

Manufacturing, Robotics & Automation, Supply Chain Briefing

According to the Material Handling & Logistics, robots are slashing U.S. wages and worsening pay inequality. That is certainly a provocative statement! According to new research by MIT's Daron Acemoglu and Boston University's Pascual Restrepo, one additional robot per thousand workers reduces the employment to population ratio from .18 percentage points to .34 percentage points and slashes wages from .25% to .5%.