Why Yard Automation Is Harder Than Autonomous Trucking

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of yard automation in supply chains compared to autonomous trucking.

Send me a message Most supply chains talk about AI and automation. Meanwhile, many yards are still running on pen, paper, radio calls, and chaos. In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Adam Newsome, CEO of Lazer Logistics, Blaine Dirker, CTO at Lazer and leader of Yard Nexus, and Pini Usha, CEO of Buffers AI, to unpack one of the most overlooked bottlenecks in modern logistics: the yard. And this matters far more than most companies realise. We explore why yard o...

People in this episode

Host: Tom Raftery

Guests: Adam Newsome, Blaine Dirker, Pini Usha

Topics covered

• yard automation
• logistics
• AI
• supply chain
• automation challenges

Keywords

• yard automation
• supply chain
• logistics
• AI
• automation
• bottlenecks
• Lazer Logistics
• Buffers AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lazer Logistics, Yard Nexus, Buffers AI

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