12-22-2017, 02:29 AM
It's going to be really interesting to see how this all plays out. Everyone who has ever said "this time it's different" has been wrong. But now it seems inevitable.
Now, clearly, jobs have been lost to automation. But the PC killed millions of accounting and finance jobs, but people just started doing more valued-added activities as opposed to adding numbers on a ledger.
When talking logistics companies, specifically....I think they will be even more valuable as options increase and become more complicated. The trucker may be screwed, but coordinating all that will be that much more important (to say nothing of optimizing delivery, with shorter lead times and troubleshooting).
To me the real threat is when AI starts replacing lower/mid-level management. Then I no longer need a logistics coordinator.
Now, clearly, jobs have been lost to automation. But the PC killed millions of accounting and finance jobs, but people just started doing more valued-added activities as opposed to adding numbers on a ledger.
When talking logistics companies, specifically....I think they will be even more valuable as options increase and become more complicated. The trucker may be screwed, but coordinating all that will be that much more important (to say nothing of optimizing delivery, with shorter lead times and troubleshooting).
To me the real threat is when AI starts replacing lower/mid-level management. Then I no longer need a logistics coordinator.
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