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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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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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IoT Benefits for Supply Chain Operations

Enterra Insights

He observes, “The good news is that, given our research suggests a lack of understanding rather than a complete lack of interest, the industry redoubling its efforts to educate and inform manufacturers should be able to turn this situation around. ” Inventory Management. Asset Management. ”[4].

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The Internet of Things and the Retail Industry

C3 Solutions

This article is part of our Retail Program. 3 Other research is even more conservative, placing the 2018 estimate at seven billion (not including the computers and phones noted above) with growth to 11.6 Fashion retail, particularly, may stand to benefit from the use of these technologies, as clothing is mostly all tagged already.

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How to Cut Costs by Improving Product Punctuality

MIT Supply Chain

Items that arrive way too early clog up warehouse space while latecomers often incur expediting costs and lost sales. Researchers at MIT CTL have developed a model that uses purchase order (PO) information to help retailers determine when many different types of products need to be shipped to meet sales deadlines. Lack of visibility.

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Put Port Resilience on the Risk Management Map

MIT Supply Chain

Port security is in the news thanks to the debate over a mandate to scan all containers flowing into the US and ongoing contract talks between the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union and US West Coast waterfront employers. This post is based on a commentary article titled “Time to toughen up US ports” by James B.

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Unlocking POS Power

MIT Supply Chain

The MIT CTL researchers developed models to show how a leading CPG manufacturer can use large volumes of POS data to improve supply chain performance. GMI typically ships to the warehouses of large retailer customers via regional distribution centers.