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Robotics and Logistics - Economies of Scale in Action!
Graham Watson
14th January 2022
You might consider this clip as an example of technological innovation, or, perhaps and example of economies of scale.
However you choose to slice it, DHL has opened a large robotic sorting centre in Israel that it thinks will match anything in Europe and lower costs in the region.
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Graham Watson
Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to tutor2u, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.
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