Logistics

4 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. The warehouse that thinks: how storage became a data scienceMost warehouses are just buildings for boxes. AutoStore turned them into living, breathing machines. By replacing aisles with a dense grid of cubes, they increased storage density…
2. How Illinois bypassed traditional supply chains to secure vital protective masks during the pandemicWhen the pandemic created a chaotic market for medical gear, Illinois took matters into its own hands. This story details how the state abandoned standard procurement channels to …
3. Are global supply chains unnecessarily complex or simply a product of modern economic efficiency?This video examines the architecture of modern supply chains, questioning why some remain remarkably straightforward while others grow increasingly convoluted. It explores whether…
4. A plain steel box helped build the modern global economy.Before the 1950s, ships were loaded by hand, crate by crate, and cargo sat in port warehouses waiting for the next vessel. Then a trucking boss named Malcom McLean had an idea: st…

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