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How Manufacturers Can Take Control of Inventory with RFID Technology

QAD

Manufacturers may not think they have much in common with the retail companies beyond producing the products that stock store shelves, but there could be a lot to learn from the latter as the manufacturing headwinds of the last few years carry into 2023. What is RFID Technology?

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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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Implementing RFID for Manufacturing Visibility: A Case Study

Supply Chain Opz

This article is a guest commentary from Prof Ming K Lim who is Head of Centre of Excellence for Supply Chain Improvement and Professor of Supply Chain and Logistics Operations at Derby Business School. The technology uses tags of different size, shapes, frequencies, and operating powers to achieve specific results for different applications.

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Barcoding and Inventory Management – the Ultimate Guide

Unleashed

In this guide to barcodes in inventory management: In order to apply barcodes to inventory management, it is important to understand the basics of the barcode system. Hence, some companies will find corded barcode scanners to be all they need, where other companies require wireless scanners to support their online inventory management.

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Alternative Protein: A Food Manufacturers Guide [+ Case Study]

Unleashed

Food manufacturers will find new opportunities in the alternative protein market as consumer demand surges for non-meat proteins: insect, plant and algae-based products, and ‘lab meat’ cultivated from animal cells. The demand for alternative proteins has surged in recent years, creating an opportunity for food manufacturers.

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The internet of (supply chain) things

Kinaxis

In a 2014 study, 46% of manufacturing executives didn’t know what the internet of things was. Last year, Deloitte University Press published an article on the Internet of Things titled “Forging links into loops: The Internet of Things’ potential to recast supply chain management”. These are all examples of the internet of things.

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

DELMIA Quintiq

In this article, we will focus on current advancements in the world of the IoT , advancements that only a few short years ago were talked about but had no tangible demonstrations yet of their viability. Manufacturing and Healthcare. The IoT has already begun to transform manufacturing.