We held an engaging executive panel discussion at our APICS Inland Empire spring symposium on the topic, "The Talent Transformation: People or Robots? There is quite a lot of hoopla in the area of Inland Southern California as this geography is larger than all but 24 states [...]
Earlier this year, LMA released a report, “Manufacturing & Supply Chain in the New Normal”, that includes insight from a number of industry experts and executives on current trends in logistics and supply chain management.
No matter the industry and geography, the topic of "People vs. Robots" is a hot topic! Certainly, manufacturing has been focused on technology and automation for quite some time to navigate the path to thrive in the modern environment of high costs, regulations, and elevated customer demands.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a vital part of the leading supply chain companies and is transforming the supply chain system at a very fast rate, even though many companies aren’t ready for it.
To think about what's ahead in technology, it is important to put it in perspective with what's ahead in business.
Will artificial intelligence and automation impact your industry? Most likely the answer is yes; the only question is how.
According to the Industry Week and the National Association of Manufacturers, manufacturing is on fire! Manufacturers optimism registered 95.1% - the highest level EVER recorded!
According to the Wall Street Journal, robots are taking on pharmaceuticals and food preparation.
Which of these technologies should we pay attention to? Let's look at some of the more popular ones.
At the Southern California Supply Chain and Logistics Summit conference, there were several keynote speakers from industry icons such as Amazon, UPS, Union Pacific and more. One might expect quite a lot of interesting insights into the latest supply chain trends yet the most common theme among the presentations tied back to the skills gap.
