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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

This announcement followed a successful trial run with an RFID system in 2002. Sources Supply Chain Dive: The rise, fall and return of RFID RFID Journal: Walmart recommits to RFID The post Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID appeared first on AB&R. HAVE QUESTIONS? WE’RE HERE FOR YOU.

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

This announcement followed a successful trial run with an RFID system in 2002. The post Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID appeared first on AB&R. Walmart announced in 2003 that its top 100 suppliers must tag their pallets and cases starting by 2005. HAVE QUESTIONS? WE’RE HERE FOR YOU.

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Building Value Networks. Stopping the Backward Slide.

Supply Chain Shaman

I was a Gartner analyst in the period of 2000-2002 when trading exchanges were cool. Avoid slick presentations. If the presentation sounds too slick, it probably is. The portal–with all of its limitations–is analogous to the flip phone: functionally inadequate. A portal is an information dead-end street.

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Fisher’s Supply Chain–Product Match/Mismatch Framework

SCM Research

Extensions of the framework exist, for example by Lee (2002) , who adds a “supply” dimension, and more recently Gligor (2017) , who argues that “benefits generated by perfect supply chain fit might be offset by the resources deployed to achieve that fit” Research presented by Perez-Franco et al.

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WEG Joins the Logility Client Community

Logility

With manufacturing units in 12 countries and present in more than 135 countries, the company has more than 37,000 employees worldwide. WEG stands out in innovation by constantly developing solutions to meet the major trends in energy efficiency, renewable energy and electric mobility. WEG’s net revenue reached R$ 23.6

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Digital Twins and Phygital Fitness

Enterra Insights

This technology took a step further in 2002 when Michael Grieves publicly introduced the concept and model of the digital twin at a Society of Manufacturing Engineers conference in Troy, Michigan. ” Today’s business world moves at computer speed — and that presents a decision-making challenge.

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Throwback Thursday

Supply Chain Shaman

When I finished my presentation on “past practices,” that I cannot call “best practices,” and outlined the methodology for the upcoming Supply Chain Index, a woman who had listened intently in the audience told me that I had thrown “cold water” on the audience. My message in the presentation was simple.