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☆ Here's the 9-page pitch deck that Altana, a startup building Google Maps for supply chains, used to a raise $100 million
  + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | Alex Davies | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Altana Technologies is mapping global supply chains as Google Maps does the world. Altana CEO Evan Smith is building a new version of "Google Maps," but his 5-year-old startup has nothing to do with routes or directions. It's all about global supply chains. Smith told Insider. There, they sold supply-chain data but didn't translate it into any deeper meaning, Smith told Insider last year.
☆ How the Warehouse Boom Changed the Way America Looks, Lives, and Works
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
As the US emerged from the Great Recession, cheap real estate and the rise of e-commerce collided to create a warehousing boom. Now warehouse boomtowns shoot up in places like California's Inland Empire, Pennsylvania's Lehigh County, and Columbus, Ohio, and the number of warehouse workers has nearly tripled in a decade. Here, Insider explores how the rise of warehouses and warehouse work has changed the US and its citizens as we became a Warehouse Nation. A surge in warehouse workUsing data and on-the-ground reporting, Insider looked at the opportunities and hidden costs of the rise of warehouse work. Read more from 'Warehouse Nation'A look from Insider at how the warehouse boom has reshaped America.
☆ How getting dog food delivered to your door explains the inefficient, sometimes absurd, extremely convenient way online orders are shipped
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Industry analysts predict that the amount of dog food ordered online will surpass what's bought in stores by 2025, a shift accelerated drastically by the coronavirus pandemic. Of course, it's not just dog food increasingly being bought online. Even with all those extra vehicles, it's tough to compare the emissions generated by online orders with those of in-store shopping. The mess of overlapping networks that bring our dog food to our doorsteps is always evolving in search of greater efficiency. The mess of overlapping networks that bring our dog food to our doorsteps is always evolving in search of greater efficiency.
☆ Here's the 9-page pitch deck that Altana, a startup building Google Maps for supply chains, used to a raise a $100 million
  + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | Alex Davies | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Altana Technologies is mapping global supply chains as Google Maps does the world. Altana CEO Evan Smith is building a new version of "Google Maps," but his 5-year-old startup has nothing to do with routes or directions. It's all about global supply chains. Smith told Insider. There, they sold supply-chain data but didn't translate it into any deeper meaning, Smith told Insider last year.
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