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Maker Pro

by John Baichtal, Wendy Jehanara Tremayne, Andrew 'bunnie' Huang, Sophi Kravitz, Mitch Altman, Jimmy DiResta, Eri Gentry, Tito Jankowski, Alex Dyba, Michael Krumpus, Susan Solarz, Rob Klingberg, Joe Meno, David Gauntlett, Mike Hord, Adam Wolf
December 2014
Beginner
162 pages
4h 31m
English
Make: Community
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Chapter 15. Soylent Supply Chain

The convenience of modern retail and ecommerce belies the complexity of supply chains. With a few swipes on a tablet, consumers can purchase almost any household item and have it delivered the next day, without facing another human. Slick marketing videos of robots picking and packing components and CNCs milling components with robotic precision create the impression that everything behind the retail front is also just as easy as a few search queries, or a few well-worded emails. This notion is reinforced for engineers who primarily work in the domain of code; system engineers ...

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