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Top 10 Features of an Autonomous Warehouse

3PL Insights

Amazon is on the forefront of automation in the warehouse , currently using 45,000 Kiva Robots, after purchasing the company Kiva Systems in 2012 (they’re now renamed “Amazon robots”). The information received can be checked for accuracy with the company’s inventory software. This allows for inventory to be viewed in “real time.”.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

We have found that supply chain metrics are gnarly and complicated.During During the period of 2006-2012, Campbell Soup Company outperformed its peer group on the Supply Chain Index. Resiliency is the tightness of the pattern, or the reliability of operating margin and inventory turns results. Our aim was to maintain a 3 to 3.5

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012).

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Hidden ROI You Need To Know - Indirect Cost Savings

Freight Plus

This popular metric helps buying and finance teams justify capital outlays as they bring on new products and services. in Seattle where he was responsible for inventory and supply chain management. He is a 2012 graduate of Harvard University where he was a four-year member of the football team.

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Nine Myths of S&OP Technology Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

I have done this report twice before–once in 2012 and again in 2013. In addition, 85% of the vendors in the multi-tier inventory optimization market that I wrote about in 1995, are now part of larger platforms. The documentation is evolving and there are few trained consultants. What Is New? It is a rewrite. Visualization.

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Blue Yonder is a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for WMS For 12th Time in a Row Because of Our Customers

BlueYonder

We are bringing innovative capabilities to our customers’ digital efforts, including: Interoperability of Supply Chain Execution Capabilities : Our customers are challenged to predict orders, place inventory and labor in ideal locations, and fulfill orders at the speed of demand. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc.

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Cannabis execs: digitize operations or else

TrackVia

A proper digital operations plan means managing workflows and standard operating procedures (SOPs) with one piece of technology across the entire business, from cultivation, production, quality and compliance control, facilities management, sales, distribution, inventory, etc. Raw material supply and inventory management .