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## [How Automation is Changing the Logistics Industry](https://blog.mihlfeld.com/how-automation-is-changing-the-logistics-industry)

 Posted by [Mihlfeld & Associates](https://blog.mihlfeld.com/author/mihlfeld-associates) on Oct 3, 2018 7:50:00 AM 

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#### **The Advance of Automation in Business**

It was recently estimated that technology is at a period of growth where technological advancements will have doubled in the next ten years from where we are now. The dawn of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation has revolutionized the way we, as consumers and producers, interact with and approach the economic environment.

Technological advancements play a pivotal role in all decisions and actions from the individual level to the corporate level.

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