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Finn Murphy

Wednesday 21st of January 2026

Automation The only human beings left in the modern supply chain are truck drivers. If you go to a modern warehouse now, say Amazon or Walmart, the trucks are unloaded by machines, the trucks are loaded by machines, they are put into the warehouse by machines. Then there is a guy, probably making $10 an hour, with a load of screens watching these machines. Then what you have is a truckers' lounge with 20 or 30 guys standing around getting paid. And that drives the supply chain people nuts. Finn Murphy, The Guardian, October 10, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
 
Trucking Every move the trucker makes is tracked by a computer. We have logs we need to keep every time we stop, pull over, and take a leak. The truck's speed, braking, acceleration is all recorded. This is not a cowboy on the open range. This is more like 1984 than 1894. Finn Murphy, The Guardian, October 10, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com