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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. As such, it is vulnerable to devastating cyberattacks.

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Life Sciences Supply Chain Inventory Optimization

Logility

The life sciences are integral to the quality of life and lifespan, but the field faces some uniquely difficult inventory challenges. You can then take it a step further with multi-echelon inventory optimization (MEIO), which provides visibility to everything from raw materials, to finished goods.

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Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization vs Inventory Optimization

ToolsGroup

Now consider that by not optimizing your inventory from a global vantage point you may be creating, if not outright chaos, a much less efficient network than you could have. When it comes to inventory management, each piece must operate as a part of a global integrated system to be most effective. This is no easy task.

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Understanding Distributed Order Management with Dan Gilmore

The Logistics of Logistics

Dan Gilmore and Joe Lynch discuss distributed order management (DOM). Softeon is a global provider of supply chain solutions from planning through execution, anchored by a technology platform that has three pillars: Warehouse Management System (WMS) , Warehouse Execution System (WES) , and Distributed Order Management (DOM) system.

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Key Questions for a Successful Distribution Network

Speaker: Irina Rosca, Director of Supply Chain Operations, Helix

How many distribution centers do we even need, and is that number feasible? If we're going to offer the speed of shipping and variety of inventory that today's customers have come to expect, there are a lot of different questions that need to be asked.

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How to Determine if Your Distribution Fulfillment Strategy is Working

GlobalTranz

Knowing that your distribution fulfillment strategy is working gives you a better insight into how your business is performing. This is important for reducing order fulfillment errors, improving your inventory management and remaining competitive.

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Advanced Order Management: The Key to Wholesale Distribution Success

BlueYonder

Recently, Blue Yonder released the findings of its survey of wholesale distribution executives 1 , which focused on their order management challenges, goals and forward-looking plans. It’s nearly impossible to re-allocate inventory in the most strategic, profitable way on the fly using manual processes. Why did we conduct this study?

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A Supply Chain Leader’s Guide to Managing Disruption With Modern Analytics

But, as leaders know, adapting to change is rarely a simple task and requires a fresh look at existing processes in planning and sourcing, inventory management, warehousing & distribution, and more. Managing disruption of any kind has become the #1 priority in supply chain operations.