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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

of revenue on information technology (IT), only six percent of manufacturers drove performance at the intersection of growth and margin. Rise in Inventories. Less Effective at Inventory Management. Inventories grew twenty days over the decade. Sadly, most of it is the wrong inventory. Despite spending 1.1%

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Hidden ROI you need to know - Strategic Transportation Tech Stack

Freight Plus

There are a lot of emerging technologies in the transportation industry. Our industry is inventing new ways to share information, better tracking tools, easier ways to manage spot market transactions, and products that address numerous other important use cases. Steve Aborn, Director, prior to joining Aborn & Co.,

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The $30 Billion Secret: How Amazon’s Logistics Saves You Time & Money

SCMDOJO

Smart Home: Amazon Alexa – Virtual assistant technology integrated into Amazon Echo devices for voice-controlled smart home automation and information retrieval. With a wide array of products stored in its fulfillment centers, Amazon can consolidate orders and optimize its inventory management systems.

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IBM Beefing Up for Matrix Commerce in 2012

Supply Chain Network

The acquisition expands IBM’s cloud-based analytics offerings that provide supply chain intelligence leading to better inventory management and cost efficiencies. Costs, terms, lead times and available delivery format and timing information must be readily available and always up to date. Link to the Press Release. Jeff Ashcroft.

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Who's Really Running Your Retail Operation?

C3 Solutions

But it was really the development of innovative material handling systems in the mid-20th century that prompted the need for ways to keep track of more densely stored goods and higher levels of inventory. With the concurrent innovation in computing technology, inventory tracking systems were created that could generate automated reports.

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Supply Chain Analytics: What It Is and Why It Matters

QAD

Armed with in-depth insights into procurement, inventory management, supplier performance, order management, fulfillment, and more, companies can improve their processes and better manage challenges that arise within their businesses with supply chain analytics. What is Supply Chain Analytics? What is Supply Chain Analytics Software?

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Eliminate Waste In Your Warehouse With Mobile Data Collection

RFgen

Mobile data collection can help companies better manage their inventories to eliminate excess. When workers are using mobile technology connected to the enterprise resource planning software used by a company, this can cut down on the amount of time spent between inventory control and other business operations. Reduce Excess Inventory.