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Retail Touch Points
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June 5, 2023

MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi is quoted reassuring folks of a positive future with AI. It seems that for every gloomy forecast about AI in the workforce, there's a brighter outlook.

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Retail Touch Points
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June 5, 2023

Amazon is rolling out new AI-powered technology across its warehouses to detect damaged goods in a bid to decrease the number of damaged items sent to customers and speed up the fulfillment process, The Wall Street Journal reports. Professor Yossi Sheffi is quoted. 

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SHRM
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June 5, 2023

You've undoubtedly seen the dire predictions about how artificial intelligence will wreak havoc on the workforce. Most notably, investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts ChatGPT and similar forms of AI could trigger the loss of 300 million jobs around the world. But it seems that for every gloomy forecast about AI in the workforce, there's a brighter outlook. 

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Air Cargo Week
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May 22, 2023

Throughout human history, people have worried about technology taking away their jobs. From the automated textile looms and “horseless carriages” of the past to the package-handling robots and driverless vehicles of today, automation has elicited fear and resentment toward job-stealing machines. This is understandable, as during the series of industrial revolutions, many jobs were diminished or replaced by machines. Yet other jobs were created over time. Professor Yossi Sheffi contributes material from his new book to help the world of airfreight look towards the future. 

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FOX 25 News
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May 2, 2023

Professor Yossi Sheffi, says job seekers with a tech background won’t become extinct thanks to AI, but it may mean they’ll need to prepare for a different future by leveraging their “human qualities”.

Also published in Yahoo News

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Forbes
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April 26, 2023

The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the Future of Work,” Yossi Sheffi, MIT CTL Media, purports to link the two title concepts. It’s a frustrating book. Yossi Sheffi is a supply chain expert and he’s at MIT. I had hopes that this would be a great book about modern supply chains and how artificial intelligence (AI) can address the challenges of the sector. Sadly, I was only half right.

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The Wall Street Journal
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April 24, 2023

Nearshoring. Automation. Supplier diversification. Sustainability. Companies are adapting their operations to changing market pressures and geopolitics.

Also Published in: MIT News

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International Business Times
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April 13, 2023

Professor Yossi Sheffi, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Director, thinks the relentless diffusion of new technologies – including automation and artificial intelligence (AI) – in retailing need not render human workers redundant. Automation and AI will soon take over Walmart's stores and warehouses, performing servicing and fulfillment duties, but that may not be bad news for its workers.

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Forbes
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April 11, 2023

Supply chains have long been somewhat mysterious networks — even mysterious to some of the largest companies relying on them. Now, there is an increasing push —driven by both business necessity and government pressure — to open up these essential networks.

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Quantic
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April 10, 2023

Today artificial intelligence literally moving the world. 

Supply chain and logistic companies recently discovered the value of AI. From loading trucks to predicting the future, machine learning is posed to revolutionize the industry. But how is this happening? How does AI help move real-world objects from point A to point B?