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Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter. In this issue, Kyrie Irving invests in Fleeting to aid truckers, Christmas peak season in May, Amazon ups warehouse pay, more.
Kyrie Irving + Fleeting help those on the rebound
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Last week, Black-owned commercial trucking and fleet management services company Fleeting announced a seed round investment of $500,000 from the Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving’s KAI 11 Consulting and Lockstep Ventures. Irving recently launched KAI 11 Consulting, which is dedicated to creating opportunities and initiatives that can support and promote small business growth in underserved communities.
“I am thrilled to receive this investment from KAI 11 Consulting and Lockstep Ventures to further scale our business and empower those from underserved communities. The trucking industry is one of the fastest-growing in the U.S. and I want to ensure it provides access to everyone who wants to be part of it. I intend to he
Predictive technology personalizing the safety of individual workers for proactive injury management
May 12, 2021
New advances in ergonomic training using sensors and biofeedback are forging a step change in manual handling injury reduction. Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), coaching workers to self-correct their movements in real-time and avoid ergonomic injuries, is stimulating an engaging personalized pathway to behavioural change.
Soter Analytics is leading the way when it comes to developing miniaturized technology using AI and ML to measure the capability of humans and calculating how much we can endure.
Kenco Logistics, one of North America’s leading third-party logistics providers have been using the sensors in their warehouses and Miguel Trivino, CSP, director of environmental, health, and safety at Kenco Logistics says, “Nobody likes back pain, but proper lifting is a habit that many new associates have not yet developed