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5 Top Takeaways from MODEX 2024

Locus Robotics

The Total Guide to Warehouse Automation : The physical copy of this book was one of the top swag items at our booth. From receiving and putaway to picking, packing and shipping, learn how the right technologies can streamline workflows, reduce costs, and set your warehouse up for future success.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Warehouses are full, and supply chain leaders are using containers as overflow warehouses adding to port snarls. In nine out of ten supply chain planning systems that I test, I find that companies have a negative Forecast Value Added level. Is this a conscious and deliberate decision? Should we do better? My answer is no.

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Learning to Speak the Language of Demand

Supply Chain Shaman

. <In fact, so much so that I wrote a book about it.> > Unfortunately, companies have invested money in traditional forecasting processes believing that if they make the forecast better that corporate performance will improve. Improving forecasting is not sufficient. Forecastability. Naive Forecast.

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

Nowhere are these changes more evident than in warehousing. The warehouse, a mainstay of supply chains, is getting a makeover as retailers move closer to customers so they can fulfill buyers’ unquenchable thirst for instant gratification. Adapting existing stores to function as warehouses is another example.

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6 Ways AI Drives On-Time Inventory Delivery for Retail Supply Chains

ThroughPut

When fed enough data, machine learning systems can forecast bottlenecks and suggest alternative delivery routes. Demand forecasting. For retail supply chains knowing trends ahead of time can lead to accurate demand forecasting. Intelligent warehousing with AI analytics. Capacity buffers to ensure on-time delivery.

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Ecommerce Inventory Management: Challenges & Solutions

Logistics Bureau

Your competitors are shipping orders at a faster rate than your warehouses can achieve. Warehouses full to the brim and laid out in a disorganised manner. Better Forecasting = Better Inventory Control The good news is that there are ways and means to improve forecasting. Book a free consultation.

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Top Suppliers of Transportation Execution and Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

The need to know where products are, whether they are on the way to the warehouse, store, or customer, when there are delays, and alerts for these delays, is critical to ensure a positive experience. The company is focused on ocean shipping. FedEx Corp. million daily shipments. Final Thought.