Archive for May 2018
[INFOGRAPHICS] 4 Uses of Supply Chain Technology Applications Moving Shippers into the Future of Effective Management
In today’s highly competitive marketplace, it’s imperative for businesses to innovate new ways to streamline their supply chain and optimize productivity. With the aid of modern supply chain technology applications, you can create better visibility within your supply chain, which will enable you to have more control over your business and stay ahead of the competition.…
Read More7 Outstanding Examples of Retail Omnichannel Customer Experience
A retail omnichannel customer experience relies on a seamless, connected supply chain. Customers should have the ability to shop through every channel, even at the same time, and select any possible shipping solution, like ship to store, to home, to another location, or split the ordered items using different shipping options. To ensure survival, warehouse managers…
Read MoreThe Business Case For a Modern Warehouse Management System
Maintaining scalability and efficiency in an omnichannel-driven world is difficult at best. Warehouse managers face constant pressure to move more products, reduce damage, improve order cycle times, boost employee morale, and more. Legacy systems traditionally used for warehouse management are inefficient in the modern era; even systems in the 5- to 10-year age range. Warehouse…
Read MoreTechnology’s Ever-increasing Role in Supply Chain Functions
For decades, the realm of transportation management, warehouse management, and order fulfillment remained set in near-prehistoric hands of isolated silos, inefficient processes, and limited accessibility. However, technology has risen to dramatically alter the execution of supply chain functions. Technology poses the greatest opportunity for small- and medium-sized businesses to take advantage of innovative tools to ensure…
Read MoreIoT Inspired Smart Warehouses Are Reinventing Inventory Management
Everything is connected to the internet, including consumer and industrial devices and systems. The internet allows for unlimited scalability and boosted efficiency in warehouse inventory management. The so-called “smart warehouse” takes advantage of these defining factors by connecting systems to streamline inventory management and overall productivity. Warehouse managers must understand why changes of standards and…
Read MoreEffective Warehouse Management in an Omnichannel World
An effective warehouse management strategy is key to staying competitive and meeting consumers’ expectations in the omnichannel world. Knowing the available inventory and assets only in distribution centers is inefficient and lacks value, but when applied across an entire supply chain network, inventory visibility propagates effective warehouse management. To understand this paradox, warehouse managers need…
Read MoreSupply Chain Strategy: Cost Savings by Optimizing Orders Upstream
Like anything in life, having a vision or a strategy is key to success. Then you must execute and measure that strategy and be willing to take the data and then pivot after analysis to always be trending towards your goals. This is no different in supply chain strategy. Many consumer goods companies today are…
Read MoreWarehouse Automation Technology & the E-Commerce Explosion
The rate of growth in e-commerce is astounding; it has forced retailers, e-commerce giants, warehouse management system vendors, third-party logistics providers and integrators, national carriers, and manufacturers to re-evaluate their use of technology, specifically of automation. Handling orders in batches and package stations with label-guns are simply ineffective methods for today’s heightened level of e-commerce.…
Read MoreWarehouse Management Proficiency Through Mobility Technology
The role of warehousing in e-commerce is undisputed, and mobility technology is integral to enhance warehouse management proficiency in the modern world. According to Ivanti, mobility technology allows warehouse managers to develop better processes and systems for inventory management and maintain high accountability, visibility, and proficiency in operations. Warehouse managers seeking to put the power…
Read MoreWalmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow
When someone hears the company name “Walmart” several things come to mind from a pop culture standpoint. From the bullying of getting small town business out of business, to the famous “People of Walmart,” to the general low approval rating by consumers. However, one thing that should come to mind is the prowess of the…
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