The death of American manufacturing has been greatly exaggerated. The Bureau of Labor Statistics posted the most recent job numbers on November 3. There were some surprise numbers for the manufacturing industry. Almost all regions of the country showed increased momentum in the industrial sector. Factories added 74,000 workers in October, or the most in …
In August I wrote about some of the gadgets and apps construction firms are using to gather data and cut project costs. But construction isn’t the only industry undergoing a technological revolution. Warehouse firms are also getting in on the action. Warehouse Farming By 2050, the United Nations predicts that the Earth’s population will …
80% of Americans are now shopping online. This huge shift in how people browse and pay for goods has been bad news for traditional retailers. In 2017, major companies like The Limited, Wet Seal, and hhgregg all filed for bankruptcy. But companies like Amazon and eBay continue to grow. And rising e-commerce sales means more …
The greatest concern with self-driving trucks or trucking automation has been truckers losing their jobs. And now that automation could be only three to four years away, truckers are feeling uneasy. Truckers, for the time being, put your minds at ease. Trucking automation and self-driving trucks are on the horizon to fix several problems. One …
This year, Omnitracs, a transportation software company, invested $60 million in Peloton Technology, which specializes in automated vehicle software. What would justify that $60 million investment? The answer is the ability to utilize truck platooning. What is Truck Platooning? Peloton’s truck platooning uses “forward collision avoidance system and vehicle-to-vehicle communication to allow two trucks …
One of the current issues facing the trucking industry is the ongoing driver shortage. Tech companies began to promise self-driving trucks as a potential solution to this shortage. However, there are those in the trucking industry that don’t see this solution as a practical one at this time. It is clear that the direction new …
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