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Cracking the Code for AI in the DC

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There’s a new reason to optimize DC operations, and it’s bigger than the old reasons of productivity and efficiency gains. More and more companies are realizing that investing in their DCs and powering them with modern and sophisticated technologies like AI can lead to competitive advantages for the overall company.

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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

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Today’s DCs and fulfillment centers are a major driver of employment growth and a highly visible proving ground for autonomous robots and other next-generation technologies. For companies across industries, transforming existing DCs and narrowing this technology gap is key to competitive advantage in a changing economy.

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Should You Use a WMS or Mobile Robotic System to Optimize Work in in a DC?

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Slotting improves picking efficiency by putting the most popular items in locations closer to the shipping docks and at a height on the rack that is easy for a picker to reach. In the more manual part of a warehouse, WMS waving is the key optimization tool. Warehouse workers work alongside autonomous mobile robots to fulfill orders.

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Winning the Race, Fleet Feet Implements Autonomous Mobile Robots

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When new industrial technology emerges, it is large companies that implement them first. There is a lag before smaller companies begin to implement the technology. The Fleet Feet Supply Chain The goal for the Carrboro, North Carolina-headquartered retailer is to make each store a hub for the local running community that it serves.

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

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I work in supply chain. If I had done due diligence, I’d have seen the warnings – the retailer had pretty pictures on their website, but their supply chain failed them, creating an eleven-month saga and unhappy customer. The failure was in supply chain orchestration – connecting planning to execution.

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Supply Chain Leaders, Chained to Tradition, Face the Whip

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Life for the supply chain leader is more complex. Price of Ocean Shipping Business Continuity. We are living in a world of rich supply chain case studies. Each day, the Wall Street Journal features a supply chain failure as front-page news. Observations from the Supply Chains to Admire Analysis.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

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VF Corporation is Building a Highly Automated DC on the West Coast. Anytime you have a chance to talk to an executive vice president in charge of the global supply chain of a nearly $12 billion corporation, you know you will learn some things. Achieving Agility with Regional Supply Chains.