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https://www.mhisolutionsmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/shutterstock_212501215.jpg360246Professor Benoit Montreuil looks at today’s logistics systems and sees inefficiencies and unsustainable practices. Trucks and shipping containers frequently travel empty or only half full. Products sit in warehouses that are poorly utilized, far from the end customers, resulting in unsold or unused merchandise. There is no fast and reliable multi-modal transportation. System-wide automation is ...