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Editor’s Choice: Fortifying Warehouse and Distribution Centers Against Cyberattacks

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Patrick Byers, DevOps Engineer at Lucas Systems, and looks at fortifying warehouse and distribution centers against cybersecurity attacks. The warehousing and distribution industry is highly reliant on technology for its operations. Why are warehouses and DCs so vulnerable to cyberattacks?

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The Internet of Things and Supply Chain Operations

Enterra Insights

As a result, they are leveraging innovations related to the Internet of Things (IoT) as a means of tightly merging the physical and digital worlds, optimizing supply chain operations and improving the customer experience throughout the value chain.”[1] Making the supply chain more efficient using the IoT. ” Summary.

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Qualcomm Announces Internet of Things Silicon Based Platform

Supply Chain Matters

Among the critical use cases to be served by Qualcomm Aware are cold chain distribution, utility asset monitoring, cargo shipment tracking, warehouse and inventory managemen t.” The post Qualcomm Announces Internet of Things Silicon Based Platform first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management.

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The Importance of Transportation Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

The need to know where products are, whether they are on the way to the warehouse, store, or customer, is critical to ensure a positive experience. For ocean cargo, however, if a shipment gets bumped to the next ship, it can add up to 15 days to the transit time. The Internet of Things (IoT) is driving interest in the market.

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Internet of Things and your Supply Chain

Freight Plus

Imagine if a little freight-gnome traveled along with everything you shipped, stocked, or stored – coffee beans to coffee tables, blackboards to backboards – and monitored it incessantly. Is it too good to be true, or is it what the new supply chains will look like by using the Internet of Things? Tracking –. Inventory –.

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Supply Chain Technology Trends to Watch Out For

AFFLINK

With unique identifiers, shipments and cargo can be tracked on a transactional level. The entire history of a shipment or cargo can be tracked, with clear hand-off points and accountability. Greater levels of IoT technology will reduce shrinkage and improve warehousing technology, ultimately leading to more significant automation.

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Move Over Smartphones, Smart Shipping Containers are Here

RFgen

Turning physical objects and actions into digital information help warehouse and inventory management teams maintain control and oversight of products shipped around the globe. Employees working stockrooms and shipping docks often use mobile devices to report procedures as they happen. Tracking the Shipping Assets Themselves.