UAE also plans to deploy drones
The United Arab Emirates has announced it intends to utilize drone technology to deliver packages within a year. The country is currently in the testing phase of the project, to see how effective autonomous drones will deliver their intended cargo of official documents and parcels such as ID cards. This trial period will last for six-months.
Amazon announced similar plans last year, but unlike the UAE, faces regulatory approval. The results of a US congressional hearing discussing the use of autonomous drones in US airspace have suggested that the regulations will be proposed by late 2014. The UAE government has however supported the drone delivery scheme from its inception. This naturally, allows for more fluid lines of communication when establishing the new and required legislation, also meaning that in all likelihood, that the UAE will beat Amazon and the US to the punch.
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Toyota issues global recall
Due to a software glitch in the Toyota Prius hybrid, which may cause the car to stall, the Japanese car-manufacturer has been forced to issue a recall of 1.9 million vehicles. In unrelated circumstances, Toyota has also had to recall 260,000 Tacoma trucks, Lexus RX350 SUVs and RAV4 sport-utility vehicles, sold in the US.
The car manufacturer reports however, to its knowledge, there have not been any reported accidents or incidents as a result of the faults.
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The Cloud tech vital for the supply chain
According to a recently published paper by SCM World, Supply Chain And The Future Of Applications, in order for supply chains to reach their greatest potential, planning, effective cooperation and strong lines of communication are essential.  As Forbes notes—commenting on the findings of the study—increasingly becoming indispensable to achieve this will be the use of cloud computing.
Contributing to the findings of the report was the participation of SCM members worldwide, who were surveyed.
The study concluded that the best applications for cloud technology, to benefit the supply chain the most were: Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Store Shelf Optimization Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) and Spare Parts Management.
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