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Ben Ames

@BenBames

Technology reporter at @DCVelocity, covering all things logistics. Can be found paddling boats, bickering with Alexa. On Mastodon at @benbames@newsie.social

 Massachusetts, USA
Joined July 2015
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Nice take by pal and Milton Alum @BenBames Boston Dynamics will deploy fleet of robots in German e-tailer’s DCs dcvelocity.com/articles/5851…
Boston Dynamics will deploy fleet of robots in German e-tailer’s DCs

Boston Dynamics will deploy fleet of robots in German e-tailer’s DCs

Otto Group will manage logistics tasks at 20 facilities over the next two years using four-legged Spot and container-unloading Stretch units

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Dan Piraro, Bizarro.com (3/17/17)
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It's gettin real out here
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That orange line 👀 (vessels waiting on berth at the major west coast ports)
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And to summarize this week...
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I need this today. Maybe you do, too.
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1000 points is the threshold for ALL CAPS
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Ready for shipping.
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I’m gonna go get the papers, get the papers.
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Our sister publication @TheQuarterly is launching a new podcast! Tune in tomorrow morning to hear the first episode of "Top 10 Supply Chain Threats with CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly." supplychainquarterly.com/pod… @cscmp #supplychain #riskmanagement #businesspodcasts
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@Prologis27 Oct 2021
.@UPS' @CarolBTome in conversation with @Prologis and @susiegharib of @FortuneMagazine: “The supply chain is not going to clear up for a while. There’s a demand capacity imbalance…. There will be demand for 5 billion packages a day.”
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Liz@lizzard127819 Oct 2021
If your Christmas is ruined because of supply chain issues what the fuck are you actually celebrating?
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Free Halloween costume idea: scary broken supply chain 🎃
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Lots of "Internet experts" out there today claiming that Colin Powell has died. Well I'm going to do my OWN research and make my OWN decision, thank you very much!
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Don’t know about you but I’d rather have the suit of armor. #GetVaccinated #COVID #COVIDIOT #CovidVaccine #GetTheShot #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #DeltaVariant #vaccinated
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pretty crazy that like 18 months ago VCs learned that truckers pay for their gas via prepaid card because of some bugman's tweet thread and now theres like sixteen fleetcard companies raising 50m+ at the same time and this is completely normal
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Goodbye CSCMP #EDGE2021. Parting is such sweet sorrow. But maybe there will be a friendly penguin next year in Nashville.
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Kind of makes you wonder.... 👇
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@CameronWalkerSZ14 Sep 2021
First time I've seen Amazon containers.. Slowly taking over the world.. Credit to @JoonasGebhard
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The bill would require warehouse employers such as Amazon to disclose productivity quotas for workers, and prohibit any quota that prevents workers from taking state-mandated breaks or using the bathroom when needed… latimes.com/business/story/2…
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Uber and Lyft will pay the legal fees of drivers sued under Texas' new abortion law businessinsider.com/uber-lyf…
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