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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

Logistics Viewpoints

Many companies are achieving this transformation by adopting modular, elastic DC technologies – including AI and robotics – that provide continuous warehouse optimization without replacing their current monolithic and static warehouse systems. Amazon and other ecommerce innovators have been the leading agents of disruption.

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Until AI Can Solve this One Simple Task, I Wouldn’t Worry About It

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, as a picker is moving through the warehouse, their scan gun will read, “go to location XB312 and pick three cases!” It is better to receive inventory on a loading dock, take the inventory needed for a hot shot shipment, and move that inventory through the DC to a shipping dock where it is loaded on a truck.

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What are Digital Twins and How Can They Drive Warehouse Efficiency?

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, they can test the effect of increasing or decreasing safety stock levels or changing the replenishment frequency of certain products. If the digital twin extends beyond the DC to the supply chain, you can have a better evaluation of the entire chain’s responsiveness to these types of events. come with any of them.

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Flying High: Innovations and Challenges in Aerospace Supply Chains Amidst Rising Global Demand

Resilinc

I took part in a round table in DC a couple of months ago with AUKUS—Australia, U.K., For example, Resilinc’s EventWatchAI uses AI to continuously monitor the supply chain to make sure that when something happens, companies find out about it first. For example, imagine a business solely sources from vendor A.

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Invest in These Capabilities to Drive Supply Chain Excellence

AIMMS

Supply chain professionals know it can be extremely challenging to drive day-to-day operational excellence and pursue innovation at the same time. Our recent survey showed that only 17% of organizations make it a priority to invest in innovation. Firefighting is the norm. It can also be challenging to decide where to invest.

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A Model for Employing Disabled Workers in Warehousing

Logistics Viewpoints

Before the company could innovate, they needed to standardize on one operating platform. Without a standard warehouse management platform, the ability to scale best practices and processes across their DC network with would not allow the company to run standard processes across all their DCs.

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Bottom Line: What is the ROI of Supply Chain Network Design Software?

AIMMS

To do this, we assume that these sample new customers will initially optimize based only on their current distribution assets and constraints (such as lead times), and simply allow the technology to make the best of what they already have by optimizing customer/DC associations. ” – Tweet this. Summing up.