Artificial Intelligence

FreightFriend’s software offerings include a carrier relationship management (CRM) platform, freight matching and a relationship-based marketplace, and predictive new carrier discovery.

Supply chain management is a people business and will remain that way even amid the rise of AI and automation.

While many countries have implemented national AI strategies, not all countries and territories take the same approach to AI governance and regulation. Different approaches are connected to a country's existing institutions, including culture and value systems and economic considerations, e.g. regarding innovation. Before understanding what this means for businesses and their international operations, a few examples of emerging AI regulations are highlighted in this article.

Growing importance of AI & automation AI can increase workplace safety by taking on monotonous and riskier tasks. It can also be an assistant, reducing human fatigue and improving the quality of work.1 AI systems, powered by machine learning, robotic and vision technologies, can pick, pack, and sort pro-ducts around the clock to keep up with demand. It can utilize mined data to plan, process, and predict productivity and problems. Overall, AI can help cut costs while maintaining or even exceeding...

Fictiv survey finds companies are pushing forward with new product innovation despite obstacles.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, for Logistics Management and Peerless Media, interviews Steve Huntley, President and Owner, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Resource Logistics Group, a logistics advisory firm working with shippers and 3PLs.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, for Logistics Management and Peerless Media, interviews Steve Huntley, President and Owner, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Resource Logistics Group, a logistics advisory firm working with shippers and 3PLs.

Artificial intelligence is powering the 4th Industrial Revolution, and the supply chain is not just along for the ride, it is driving change.

Study by Interact Analysis finds that U.S. -based companies lead the market, while industries running 2-shift and 3-shift operations are showing faster adoption rates. Out of the 33 suppliers that currently serve the robotic picking market, 18 are based in the US.

There’s a lot going on out there. So, we did some hunting around and came up with five startups with novel approaches to materials handling and the supply chain. They include two packaging innovations, drones for monitoring inventory, a new approach to safety and a 3D printing platform that focuses on minimalism in the supply chain.

The capacity for adaptability of human workers is set to become a vital component of the automated workplace of the future, contrary to widely-held assumptions about tech-driven changes.

Otto Group, a major international online retailer based in Germany, is entering into a long-term strategic partnership with Covariant, a leading AI Robotics company. The companies plan to deploy more than 100 robots.

Survey finds 78% of respondents are leveraging AI/ML in their supply chains in the last year. Additionally, warehouse management system (WMS) software continues as a top supply chain technology investment area.

New financing brings total raised to $222 million for provider of AI-based robotic picking applications. In less than two years, the company’s product portfolio has grown to include order sortation, item induction, good-to-person order picking, kitting, and depalletization solutions – all powered by a unified AI platform.

Listen in as Rosemary Coates and Jennifer Bisceglie Founder and CEO of Interos discuss the use of Artificial Intelligence in supply chain software.