Posted on Feb 21, 2022
The Technology That’s Helping Companies Thrive Amid the Supply-Chain Chaos
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Bad news abounds about supply chains these days, with shortages of everything from cars to coffee cups. The better news: Many companies are innovating fixes that could help prevent these kinds of snafus from becoming the new normal.
When it comes to technological fixes for the systems that make and move goods around our economy, the solutions that get the most attention—self-driving trucks, say, or the idea that pouring magic AI sauce on problems could make them go away—aren’t the ones making a difference.
Bad news abounds about supply chains these days, with shortages of everything from cars to coffee cups. The better news: Many companies are innovating fixes that could help prevent these kinds of snafus from becoming the new normal.
When it comes to technological fixes for the systems that make and move goods around our economy, the solutions that get the most attention—self-driving trucks, say, or the idea that pouring magic AI sauce on problems could make them go away—aren’t the ones making a difference.
The Technology That’s Helping Companies Thrive Amid the Supply-Chain Chaos
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Somewhere along the line, one cannot go without Truckers! There is too much heavy (amount and weight) volume... The WSJ wants me to subscribe to them to see the whole story, & I do not wish to subscribe, so my response may be a tad off... LOL!
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SPC Terry Page
I virtually never take the tease-read-subscribe come-on. That's not to say I don't subscribe, or otherwise contribute to these publishers. Patriot Post is a good example (They don't tease) and instead, fund-raise periodically. Publishers choose their business models different ways; I just don't do 'tease-read-subscribe'.
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If someone says they have a magical AI solution (or machine learning or blockchain), they are usually just a marketer trying to sell you snake oil. Run away.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Agreed. However, it is also an opportunity for some small businesses to get into the logistics/transportation/supply arena
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Maj (Join to see)
Lt Col Charlie Brown - It can be, but most folks that throw those terms around are just out for a cash grab. ML and data analytics can be very powerful, but they are still in their infancy.
It's become a joke that if you put ML, AI, and Blockchain in the same sentence that cash falls out of the sky into your lap. Much like slapping cyber- in front of something in the 2000s Air Force would get you a bigger budget.
It's become a joke that if you put ML, AI, and Blockchain in the same sentence that cash falls out of the sky into your lap. Much like slapping cyber- in front of something in the 2000s Air Force would get you a bigger budget.
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