Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2022

I just completed the data gathering process for ARC’s global Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) market research study. In 2021, the WMS market continued its shift from perpetual licensing to SaaS licensing. As a result, technologies and capabilities that drive productivity were in high demand. IT Platforms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2025

From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers may overlook. These capabilities are now being integrated into mainstream TMS, WMS, and ERP platforms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 3, 2025

At the recent ARC Forum 2025, Rachelle Howard, Director of Manufacturing Systems Automation and Digital Strategy, showcased how Vertex strategically blends advanced technology with a strong people-focused culture to boost manufacturing and supply chain agility. However, technology was only part of the story.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

When one thinks of supply chain software vendors, the name InterSystems may not spring to mind. They offer software systems and technology for complex integration, rapid application development, and advanced analytics and sell those solutions to companies that need to accelerate optimized business outcomes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2025

A data gateway is essentially a connective tissue across your supply chain, providing unified access to supply chain data from various sources, including enterprise systems, data feeds, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, and business entities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

Automate: utilizes technologies such as RPA, IDP, and IPaaS. iPaaS provides a comprehensive set of tools for connecting applications. Overall, the executive-led sessions provided a comprehensive look at Infors strategy to deliver value through its industry-specific cloud platform and integrated advanced technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 7, 2025

These virtual replicas of physical assets, processes, or systems allow leaders to simulate, analyze, and optimize real-world performancewithout incurring real-world risks. This article explores how digital twins are being deployed in transportation, warehousing, and network design. The Business Problem: Complexity Without Control 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Renewable Energy for Facilities: Warehouses and distribution centers can integrate solar panels and wind turbines to lower energy costs and carbon footprints. Retrofitting existing infrastructure with energy-efficient technologies further enhances sustainability efforts. Advanced route optimization tools further support these goals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, data and software programs can be saved or run in any data processing center in the world. Cloud computing has made installation, administration, and updates significantly easier and has thereby laid the foundation for Software as a Service (SaaS). The question is: can we also operate a warehouse fully autonomously ?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Senior leaders must think beyond incremental improvements, embracing systemic innovation to achieve significant environmental impact.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2025

A data-driven, technology-enabled approach is required to build resilience and efficiency. AI and Automation in Supply Chain Management Technology is redefining supply chain operations. AI-driven analytics, machine learning, and robotics are improving procurement, inventory management, logistics, and supplier negotiations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

However, logistics managers cannot deliver against todays goals with yesterdays TMS systems. To achieve traditional supply chain outcomessuch as reducing costs and managing lead timesTMS systems generate insight and foresight into these metrics during planning and execution processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

If there’s a bright spot anywhere it’s the fact that, as logistics challenges have grown, so has the availability of advanced technologies to manage these challenges. For logistics teams, digital control towers add maximum value when they’re integrated with the transportation management system (TMS). Warehouse Task Automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Alerts and notifications from email, social channels, home devices, shopping apps and other platforms compete for our attention, creating an overwhelming stream of information. For example, a warehouse inventory discrepancy may only matter if it affects high-priority orders or strategic customers.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The global supply chain landscape is undergoing significant transformations, influenced by rapid technological advancements, shifting consumer expectations, and the intricacies of international commerce. Developing Analytical Skills Data analysis is at the heart of effective supply chain management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, while effective for tracking transactions and inventory levels, lack the predictive capabilities needed to anticipate and mitigate risks. This system allows for dynamic inventory adjustments across warehouses, reducing stockouts and minimizing excess inventory.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In the age of same-day delivery and rising consumer expectations, there is immense pressure on warehouses to perform at peak efficiency. That’s where warehouse optimization comes in. Here’s what you can expect: A clear definition of warehouse optimization and its core components. Ready to get started?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2025

Supply chains need systemic change that must occur via communication, data sharing, and process modernization delivered through the use of orchestrated, interoperable AI agents and data fabrics across multiple enterprises. He also noted that the company had rewritten 28 different planning applications onto one platform.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2023

The concept of digital twins has emerged as a powerful foundational tool to drive improvements in warehouse productivity and efficiency. To define what exactly it is, a digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical asset, process, or system. changing the structure of the warehouse, modifying processes, etc.)

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

A data gateway is essentially a connective tissue across your supply chain, providing unified access to supply chain data from various sources, including enterprise systems, data feeds, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, and business entities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2025

As technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) gain traction, the focus has remained on practical applications that yield incremental improvements rather than wholesale infrastructure change. AI-supported systems can consolidate and standardize emissions data, helping organizations comply with evolving disclosure frameworks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

It showcases the latest products, technologies, and services from over 900 exhibitors across various sectors and industries. Fetch Robotics This solution consists of a fleet of robots that can navigate autonomously in a warehouse, using sensors, cameras, and lasers to avoid obstacles and collisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2022

The hype usually revolves around just one item and can easily be managed by a modern logistics system. But what really gets the supply chain and warehouse managers in a sweat are extremely intense sales days or weeks such as the well-known Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Imagine a warehouse operating around the clock, 360 days a year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

In this article, we will delve into strategic ways for warehouse managers to eliminate waste, with a focus on not only optimizing the use of cartons and packing, but labor resources and warehouse space as well. Packing efficiently is essential for maximizing storage capacity and minimizing waste in the warehouse.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 14, 2024

We are a platform. The platform collects data and makes sure the master data is internally consistent. This allows the system to learn and improves the quality of the engine’s output. You have to have a digital platform where you get all your relevant data.” We have lots of functions, lots of analytics, lots of reports.”

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Silvon Software

MAY 6, 2025

Analytics and business intelligence (BI) are no longer optionaltheyre essential. Thats why modern BI systems are quickly becoming the go-to solution for data-driven enterprises. They integrate, align, and activate data across the business to drive better, faster decisions unlike legacy reporting tools that can’t.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Manufacturing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software integrates all your core business processes into one powerful platform. Think of it as the central nervous system of your operation, connecting everything from production planning and inventory control to supply chain management and financial reporting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2025

Many large organizations have multiple systems for order, warehouse, or transportation management that are barely integrated frequently not at all. Factors like planning tools, inventory management, demand patterns, and innovations in technology contribute to the success or failure of fulfillment optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

An interest group of the Singapore-based Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS), the Shippers Council is a professional association that counts members from organizations with a vested interest in logistics, including end users, technology and service providers, government and academia.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2025

Ultra-Wideband (UWB) is a radio frequency technology operating across a wide spectrum from 3.1 UWB technology is standardized under IEEE 802.15.4, Industry Ecosystem: The FiRa Consortium is an industry alliance dedicated to promoting interoperability and the widespread adoption of UWB technology across various applications.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Picture this: You’re a warehouse manager, and with a few taps on your smartphone, you instantly know the exact location and quantity of every item in your inventory. Mobile inventory management is a digital solution that combines a mobile inventory app with cloud-based software to track, manage, and optimize inventory in real-time.

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RFgen

MAY 28, 2025

Organizing a warehouse in 2025 requires blending time tested practices with modern technology. Warehouse managers and manufacturing businesses face a growing demand for rapid order fulfillment across multiple channels, complex production processes, and an unpredictable supply chain. Balance aisle width and storage density.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How 3PLs Can Gain Visibility and a Competitive Advantage Offering Automated Billing and a Self-Service Interactive Customer Portal It’s hard to imagine a third-party logistics (3PL) business today operating without some form of a warehouse management system ( WMS ) connecting the digital dots. But can technology do more?

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 23, 2025

His mission is clear: build industry-defining platforms that power sustainable growth across the logistics and financial ecosystems. The company takes a technology-driven approach, featuring real-time inventory tracking integrated with over 150 ecommerce platforms. About Launch Fulfillment Launch Fulfillment Inc.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 3, 2024

While this is great news, it’s also placed pressure on LSPs to quickly get up to speed on advanced logistics software. They need to monitor changing conditions in real time — like freight rates, carrier and warehouse space availability, and order volatility — and always make decisions that balance service and costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Proprietary warehouse, transportation , and labor management systems bolted onto legacy ERP systems, all “enriched” with off-the-shelf and bespoke software solutions, are a recipe for disaster. Yet, the money was spent, and the technology is now in place. So, what next? The answer: Get Your Story Straight.

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