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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. Passive Ultra High Frequency (UHF) tags are frequently used to track consumer products. RFID tags can reduce out of stocks by up to 80.3%

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The internet of (supply chain) things

Kinaxis

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”. That capability has existed for years and is typically accomplished via a bar-code scan as the package moves from stage to stage.

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The Supply Chain Can?t Stop: Best Practices for Triaging Shortages

Elementum

Because natural disasters have a finite end date and supply chain teams can manage recovery plans to that. A recent Bloomberg article described it as the worst supply chain crisis outside wartime. “The The world’s supply chains are facing a root-to-branch shutdown unlike any seen in modern peacetime.” — Bloomberg.

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A lesson in Cost Management: UPS Announces Its Highest Operating Margin in 15 Years

Intelligent Audit

This article examines how UPS accomplished this through capacity and cost management. Launched a total service plan to run a predictable on-time network. Newman also said UPS is leveraging automated tagging, robotic small store induction, and autonomous vehicles to improve efficiency. I nside the Numbers. year-over-year to $24.2

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Transportation and Logistics Industry Trends of 2014

The Logistics of Logistics

The holiday mishap of late-delivered Christmas packages confirms that online demand outstripped capacity. For example, tags can provide more essential data. How were packages handled (rough vs. fragile)? Expansion of quality management in the auto industry will compel companies to increase collaborative planning and partnering.

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The Internet of Things and the Retail Industry

C3 Solutions

This article is part of our Retail Program. Designed specifically to support global leaders by aiding in creating a strategic plan to help them win the retail game. The online retailer is moving into bricks-and-mortar stores with its Amazon Go self-checkout concept, and has plans to open 3,000 of the small footprint outlets by 2021.

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3 Inventory Management Trends That Will Take Shape in 2017

RFgen

We also believe the future holds a place for mobile data collection software that allows managers to populate barcode labels or RFID tags with data located on their company’s enterprise resource planning system. RFID tagging helps managers keep a more accurate stock of their inventory. Implement the plan.