Fri.Sep 22, 2017

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What could you do with a faster, more effective supply chain?

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater How concurrent planning can help you take back your time. Stop being a slave to your supply chain and take back your time! Don’t wait around for your supply chain to catch up to the speed of life. Why spend hours, days or even weeks waiting for data transfers, analyses or simulations when you can accomplish all of those things in a fraction of the time it takes you today.

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Warehouse Automation: Why Warehouse Workers Need Not Fear Automation or Robotics

GlobalTranz

The notion of the “Robot Apocalypse” has become an archetype in modern economics and retail. Across the country, retail employees fear how robots will impact job security and their futures, but the use of warehouse automation and robotics means great things for the future of warehouse workers in retail, as explained by Greg Ip of The Wall Street Journal.

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InstructAR: Using Augmented Reality (AR) in the Warehouse to Improve Efficiency

BlueYonder

While JDA’s Transportation Management Solutions have world-class algorithms that optimize trailer loads, execution of those plans during the physical loading process is often quite challenging. The ability to visualize, and possibly alter, the plan prior to the actual loading greatly increases the ability to execute the plan. In the video below, the JDA Labs team in Montreal is currently developing InstructAR, a set of visualization tools that overlays information directly into a real-world work

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This Week in Logistics News (September 18-22, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Before diving into this week’s supply chain and logistics news, a quick recap of last Saturday’s JDRF Ride for the Cure in Saratoga Springs, NY. The folks at JDRF like to say that the goal of their rides is not completing the 100 miles (or whatever distance you set out to do), but getting to the starting line — that is, the ride is simply a celebration of all the hard work that led up to it, both in training and fundraising.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Technology and Education: The Collaborative Classroom

Enterra Insights

In a previous article, I discussed how advanced education technologies (edtech) is poised to change the traditional classroom in revolutionary … Continued. The post Technology and Education: The Collaborative Classroom appeared first on Enterra Solutions.

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Puerto Rico Infrastructure Ruined After Hurricane

Material Handling & Logistics

It may take months to turn the power back on. After Maria hit the island on Sept. 20, with winds up to 155 miles per hour, electricity was knocked out across the island. Estimates of damage in Puerto Rico could hit $30 billion, according to Chuck Watson, a disaster modeler at Enki Research, as reported by the Washington Post. The island’s main electricity provider, government-owned Electric Power Authority, is racing to restore the island’s grid.

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La Matriz Portfolio de Proyectos

The Supply Chainer Report

¿Cómo mantener el orden de tus proyectos? ¿Tienes problemas a la hora de trabajar en varios proyectos a la vez? Es posible que te estés convirtiendo en un ‘slasher’ … del inglés ‘slash’ que significa barra alta. El termino fue acuñado por una famosa escritora del New York Times, el cual describe al creciente número de personas que somos incapaces (me incluyo…) de responder en una frase a la pregunta ¿Cómo te ganas la vida?