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Making AI work for your business

August 1st, 2025

Image: Dreamstime.com/© Gunawan Gunawan Most companies likely would welcome an employee with a doctorate who works for $30 a month or a tool that makes employees more efficient. That’s exactly what artificial intelligence (AI)—particularly generative AI—aims to do for businesses of all sizes. The difference between generative AI and other forms of AI is that […]

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Improving warehouse safety and efficiency

June 1st, 2025

Image: Dreamstime.com/© Tatyana Khanko Several months ago, I ran across a particularly interesting query in one of the LinkedIn groups I belong to: What are some basic questions warehouse managers ask? Rather than hit each topic in depth, I have decided to offer the most frequently mentioned areas for further self-study—to help focus attention on […]

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FHWA accepting grant applications for advanced transportation technologies

April 23rd, 2018

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced April 18, 2018, it is accepting applications for grants from a pool of up to $60 million in federal funding under the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The grants will be made to eligible entities to develop model deployment sites for large-scale installation […]

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