33 ahead on both sides of the Atlantic is its desire to lead the way in the take-up of emerging technology .
“ We ’ re invested in $ 450mn a year in our technology projects , and we ’ ve got over 1700 IT professionals , including over a hundred people in data and analysis , which really allows us to be a leader in technology . In terms of the disruption and disruptive technologies , I believe we are leading the pace . We ’ re certainly leading the pace through automation of robotics .
“ We ’ ve developed some really high – level operations is our warehouses , including robots picking side-by-side with people , the application of smart glasses . We ’ ve got even some trials with drones , doing inventory management . And all of that ’ s been connected through a big investment in our proprietary software , so that links everything together . It ’ s a huge investment but also a step forward , in terms of technology that can plug and play all of this investment together .”
Cawston says one of the technology areas XPO is very excited about is big
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