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Cracking the Code for AI in the DC

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Dynamic Slotting.

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Supply Chain Software’s Best Return on Investment

Logistics Viewpoints

Per $1 billion in company revenues, no supply chain application has a better return on investment (ROI) than network design! The larger the supply chain, the bigger the payout. This supply chain spanned across 24 nations. 6,000 people were working in those DCs that housed close to 400,000 active unique SKUs.

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TFG Riverfields DC – Warehouse of the future

SCJunction

The Foschini Group recently opened their brand new Riverfields DC in Johannesburg and is ready to let this DC take a leading position in Africa’s supply chain management landscape. Too good to be true? Not anymore.

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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

Logistics Viewpoints

For companies across industries, transforming existing DCs and narrowing this technology gap is key to competitive advantage in a changing economy. Any company shipping physical products today – whether to consumers or to other businesses – needs to meet higher service expectations, including faster order turnaround in the DC.

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Identify the Drivers of Distribution Center Performance Before Scaling Your DC

CHAINalytics

Why should organizations expend the effort required to identify the input, design, and operational drivers impacting DC performance? Never before have … The post Identify the Drivers of Distribution Center Performance Before Scaling Your DC appeared first on Chainalytics.

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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions. We knew exactly what we couldn’t get.”

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

Logistics Viewpoints

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.