Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

Are Ports Stuck in the Past? Automation vs Jobs #supplychain

Name: Are Ports Stuck in the Past? Automation vs Jobs #supplychain
Uploaded: 2024-09-25T14:09:12+00:00
Duration: 53 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: A short conversational segment from a YouTube video discussing whether U.S. ports are falling behind (Blockbuster vs Netflix analogy) and comparing U.S…

25 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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A short conversational segment from a YouTube video discussing whether U.S. ports are falling behind (Blockbuster vs Netflix analogy) and comparing U.S. ports to European ports that are adopting automation and other technologies. Speakers suggest research indicates automation need not destroy jobs, and one speaker offers an anecdote about longtime inefficiencies at the Port of Long Beach/LA ("one guy with a shovel and seven guys watching") to illustrate wasteful labor practices.

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And we're at a moment of Blockbuster or Netflix. What do we want to be in our ports and our supply chain in the US because right now we're in that blockbuster world, right? And the rest of the world, specifically a lot of the European ports are embracing technology that's there that are making them more sufficient. There's research that's saying we're not losing jobs because of it, right? When, you know, when you and I were just out of high school, I worked for a company and I was in the port of Long beach or LA every day. And you know, that was while that was eons ago with steamships coming in, it feels like versus tanker ships. But there's a lot of waste with a lot of, a lot of, you know, it's kind of. We joke about the Caltrans cruise right here in California, right? It's one guy with a shovel and seven guys watching. There's a lot of that in the harbor.