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The IoT Reality Check

C3 Solutions

Nobody wants to be the guinea pig," Intel's global logistics procurement director Greg Christensen told the authors of the 2019 State of Logistics Report. Its ability to bring about accuracy and efficiency to both inventory and inventory-related tasks absolutely has a cost-benefit component. Take the dock doors, for example.

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May 2019 Automation Hero: Elsante Mnzava of Mkenga Group

EazyStock

All with the goal of maximizing the company’s bottom line by minimizing the incidence of stock outs and materially reducing or eliminating excess inventory. For example, using Excel to manually calculate buffer stock levels and re-order quantities. As this month’s Automation Hero, you know how automation can benefit a business.

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May 2019 Automation Hero: Elsante Mnzava of Mkenga Group

EazyStock

The ultimate goal is to maximise a company’s bottom line by minimising the incidence of stock outs and reducing or eliminating excess inventory. For example, using Excel to manually calculate buffer stock levels and re-order quantities. As this month’s Automation Hero, you know how automation can benefit a business. When to buy.

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A Reflection on Supply Chain Digitization Trends in the Metal Industry

o9 Solutions

There is not a single day without the metals industry making the headlines: from the Guinea coup to price volatility, to the semiconductor crisis impacting the automotive industry and consequently reducing the demand for metal manufacturers. Digitization is a key enabler to address these issues. Financial justification and board approval.

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20 Ways to Build a Successful Relationship with Your Warehouse

FLEXE

When you think about it, your warehouse is handling your two biggest assets: 1) your inventory, and 2) your customer experience. For example, if every container that arrives is floor loaded and needs to have special labeling added that’s more work than just palletized containers and your warehouse partner needs to know that upfront.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Inventory stock turns in Days. It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboard—a speedometer for example. But in Supply Chain you would normally expect to see the following standard set, along with those that are more specific to your business needs. DIF – Delivery in Full. DOT – Delivery on Time.

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