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Indiana Tests Futuristic Highway that Can Charge EVs While Driving
Purdue University and the Indiana DOT are developing a highway that wirelessly charges electric vehicles, aiming to reduce range anxiety and costs.
Week in Review: Baltimore Bridge Price Tag, FTC Fines Williams-Sonoma, and More
Take one last look at last week's top stories including robots helping humans in the warehouse, Peleton vs. Flexport, and delivery discontent.
Robots are Enhancing Human Workers, Not Replacing Them
The future is here - and autonomous robots are taking on all the strenuous tasks so humans can focus on the more analytical ones.
Why Companies are Pushing for a Quieter Warehouse
By prioritizing safety and ergonomics, companies are creating healthier work environments, improving productivity levels and reducing turnover.

Technology Resources

Boosting Productivity: The Benefits of Automation and AI for Consumer Products Companies
Utilizing technology to solve supply chain problems or seize new business opportunities for consumer products companies.
Unlocking Efficiency: Blue Yonder’s Real-Time Warehouse Management Solution
To maintain a competitive edge in an ever-evolving environment, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and third-party logistics providers need to...


Technology News

Big Data and Analytics Focus in the Travel and Transportation Industry
The amount of data, increasingly real time and near real time, that is bombarding businesses in this industry requires faster and more comprehensive data collection and analytics capabilities to support both current ways of doing business and future innovation.

Behind the Honeywell Acquisition of Intelligrated
The combination brings together automation, data collection and edge sensors with a global presence.

L’Oreal: To Automate or Not to Automate
Like many global companies, L’Oreal is facing new demands from its customers in a dynamic market; robotic layer picking and slotting software are two of the tools the health and beauty leader is using to stay competitive.

Samsung to Acquire Viv, the Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Platform
Samsung has announced the acquisition of Viv, a next-generation artificial intelligence firm created by Siri co-founders and former Apple employees Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham, Samsung now has an answer for Siri and Alexa.

The Industrial Internet of Things
IIoT is only the first step in realizing true manufacturing intelligence, a connected manufacturing environment lays the framework for the utility of collecting data.

SenseAware is FedEx’s Internet of Things Response to Supply Chain Optimization
Chris Swearingen, manager of SenseAware at FedEx, gave a talk titled "How Innovations in Manufacturing and Supply Chain are Redefining Mobility and Reshaping the Globe" he spoke about the company’s “internet of things” product SenseAware and how it is driving supply chain optimization.

Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, DeepMind, and Microsoft Form AI Non-Profit, but No Apple, Tesla
Six companies including Microsoft and Google have launched a cross-disciplinary partnership to steer the future of artificial intelligence development, but as of yet, Apple has not signed on.

End of an Era: Blackberry Stops Making Blackberrys
It's the end of an era for BlackBerry, the company, famous for making cellphones with physical keyboards that were once so popular people nicknamed them Crackberries, has decided to stop making its own devices.

IoT and Digital Transformation: A Tale of Four Industries
With the abundance of cloud, big data and analytics, social business, and mobile resources - often called the 3rd Platform - there is a surge to bridge digital technologies with operational, organizational, and business models.

SAP Announces €2bn Internet of Things Investment
SAP IoT connects the world to enable live business with a €2 Billion investment plan, new innovations, acquisitions and network of SAP IoT labs to unlock next wave of value from the Internet of Things.

Digital Supply Chain: It’s All About That Data
The volume of data is skyrocketing as diverse data sources, processes and systems show unprecedented growth; companies are trying to capture and store everything, without first establishing the data’s business utility.

The Consumerization of Shipping in the Supply Chain
Today’s customer expects quick, personalized service. For an industry like the supply chain, this means new technologies and solutions need to be adopted to stay both relevant and competitive.

UPS and CyPhy Works Test Drone for Urgent Commercial Last Mile Delivery
United Parcel Service Inc said it began testing the use of drones for emergency deliveries of medical supplies this week with a flight in rural Massachusetts, which the company hopes will eventually lead to federal approval of drones as a regular delivery option.

AT&T Labs’ AirGig Provides Ultra-Fast Wireless Broadband Over Power Lines
Urban, rural and under served parts of the world could benefit from AT&T’s innovative wireless, multi-gigabit-speed internet connectivity, where there are power lines, there can be broadband.

If it’s Not Real Time Data, It’s Old Data
If you run reports on yesterday’s manually collected data, then you will only have information about yesterday.

Salesforce Brings Artificial Intelligence to Everyone with Einstein
Salesforce Einstein delivers advanced AI capabilities into sales, service, marketing and more, empowering companies to deliver more personalized and predictive customer experiences.

Oracle Unveils Its Next Generation Cloud Strategy: Intelligent Applications
Oracle adds to its industry leading Cloud portfolio with new SaaS Cloud services and enhancements.

Are Fully Automated Supply Chains Almost Here?
Automation in the world of supply chain logistics and materials handling will create enormous opportunities when it comes to making the flow of goods safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly.

Self-Driving Uber Cars Hit the Road in Pittsburgh
As of this morning, about 1,000 select Uber customers in the Steel City may find autonomous vehicles answering their ride requests with Uber putting self-driving Ford Fusions on the road.

Unlock the Value of Your Supply Chain Through Embedded Analytics
Organizations worldwide are facing unique changes and are subject to unprecedented challenges in their marketplace.


Featured Companies

project44
project44 is a forward-thinking technology company that provides standardized, secure web service API integrations that allow shippers and 3PLs to connect to carriers in real-time – eliminating the use of EDI and instantly creating a better experience for customers. project44 is…
Bristlecone
Bristlecone is part of the Mahindra Group, noted for delivering positive customer experiences through their supply chain expertise and advisory. Since 1998, clients across diverse industries have been turning to Bristlecone for end-to-end digital transformation capabilities. Bristlecone Supply Chain Apps, the…
SICK
SICK is a leading manufacturer of factory, logistics and process automation technology worldwide. With more than 1,000 patents for its products, SICK continues to lead the industry in new product innovations. The diversity of its product line allows SICK to offer…
Dyn
Dyn is a cloud-based Internet Performance Management (IPM) company that provides unrivaled visibility and control into cloud and public Internet resources. Dyn’s platform monitors, controls and optimizes applications and infrastructure through Data, Analytics, and Traffic Steering, ensuring traffic gets…
Transportation Intermediaries Association
The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) is the professional organization of the $162 billion third-party logistics industry. TIA is the only organization exclusively representing transportation intermediaries of all disciplines doing business in domestic and international commerce. TIA is the voice of transportation…
PINC
Hundreds of the largest organizations in the world rely on Kaleris software solutions to gain real-time visibility into transportation and yard operations, manage and maintain transportation assets, and automate and optimize inventory orchestration throughout the supply chain.
Scientific Logistics
Scientific Logistics helps companies improve financial performance by utilizing our Power Optimation™ (PowerOpt) technology to reduce multi-stop and full truckload transportation costs. PowerOpt is a cloud-based, next generation optimization engine built on large-scale parallel computing power providing breakthrough performance in…
E2open
E2open is the connected supply chain software platform that enables the world’s largest companies to transform the way they make, move, and sell goods and services. With the broadest cloud-native global platform purpose-built for modern supply chains, e…
ReverseLogix
ReverseLogix is the only end-to-end, centralized and fully integrated returns management system (RMS) built specifically for retail, ecommerce, manufacturing, and 3PL organizations. Whether B2B, B2C, or hybrid, the ReverseLogix platform facilitates, manages, and reports on the entire returns…
Directworks
Global manufacturers strive to select the right suppliers for the direct materials that they use to build their products.  We provide manufacturers with a powerful solution to engage suppliers, securely share and collaborate on product design documents, more efficiently…
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