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50 warehouse automation stats you should know

6 River Systems

Warehouse automation stats show that automation is making a big impact on warehouses and distribution centers. As technology awareness grows, more warehouses and DCs turn to automation to adapt to the changing landscape. The number of private warehouses is growing. Warehouses are increasing in size, as well.

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WMS Selection: What Drives an Investment in a Warehouse Management System? 5 Considerations

GlobalTranz

Thus, the demand for warehouse management systems (WMS) has increased, but how do companies distinguish the best-of-breed WMS solutions? You must always think about the cost of investment in a warehouse management system. Furthermore, track the return on investment (ROI) of the system with KPIs and metrics.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

Digital transformation is not seen as a singular activity but a set of interrelated activities that span across people, process, technology, policy, and metrics,” said George Fowler, group vice president in Spinnaker’s Supply Chain business unit. Visit www.ToolsGroup.com and follow us on Twitter @ToolsGroup. About Spinnaker.

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What’s New with MMOG/LE Version 5?

QAD

The MMOG/LE assessment has been a go-to document for automotive supply chain best practices for thousands of global Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers since its first publication in 2002. MMOG/LE is used by automotive customers to select and evaluate production and parts, service and warehousing processes. np stands for: New Platform).

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. They are lightweight, flexible, and simple to integrate, making them perfect for use in warehouses with limited room. Breaking it down In the U.S. 3 What’s the allure?

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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

I dusted off a 2002 presentation from P&G to share with the audience. Yet, the attendees wanted to discuss Lean warehousing. In this survey we find out some benchmark metrics on the number of demand planners per item, and the rate of adoption of demand and supply chain planning systems. Aggressively Get and Use Channel Data.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. Having to comply with more stringent customer delivery requirements is certainly one factor driving demand, with On-Time In-Full (OTIF) becoming a more critical metric.