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National Barcode Day 2023

Enterra Insights

As I wrote in a previous article, “Most of us understand that barcodes contain information that help retailers track inventory; however, few of us know much more about them.”[1] 3] Since those tagging techniques are costlier alternatives for manufacturers, the lowly barcode will probably be around for a little while longer.

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Predictive Quality: A future with less rejects and rework

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Predictive quality – data-driven, automated quality analysis There is a way, with the help of data science, to reduce or automate the manual time-consuming work caused by rework and waste in manufacturing: predictive quality. However, this approach often requires a larger amount of data to achieve a adequate result.

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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

As I discussed in a recent article in RFID Journal , RFID technology has changed a lot since 2005 and could be the secret to ensuring greater visibility and inventory accuracy this year. RFID is a type of automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) technology. RFID tags can reduce out of stocks by up to 80.3%

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Latest Advances and Applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) Technology

DELMIA Quintiq

These devices not only collect data, but they share it as well. These things can range from a smart thermostat in your home that you control with your smartphone, to a sophisticated driverless car that’s filled with hundreds of sensors collecting and transmitting data back to make sure it is operating efficiently.

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How AEI Tags Are Changing the Way Freight Moves!

Supply Chain Game Changer

AEI tags article and permission to publish here provided by Adrian Brito on behalf of Industrial Networks. In the shipping industry, automatic equipment identification (AEI) tags are the lifeblood of data collecting. What do AEI Tags Do? How AEI Tags Help Shipping Companies. Real-Time Tracking.

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RFID vs Mobile Barcoding: What’s the Difference?

RFgen

RFID tags and mobile barcoding both collect data that can be retrieved with a scanner. RFID tags hold more data but are more expensive. Barcodes hold less data but are less expensive and more universal. Radio Frequency Identification Tags, more commonly known as RFID tags, use microchip technology to store data.

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How Not to use Machine Learning for Demand Forecasting

ToolsGroup

As the tag line to a popular commercial goes, by now “we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.”. Or as Shaun Snapp wrote recently in a blog entitled How Real is the SAP Machine Learning and Data Science Story , “SAP makes it sound like machine learning works like Skynet from the movie Terminator. See diagram above ).