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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. Why are warehouses and DCs so vulnerable to cyberattacks?

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Managing Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) For Future Growth

IQMS

Bottom Line: It’s time to transition the role of warehouses from cost centers to revenue centers that support new digitally enabled supply chains and business models that require greater accuracy, speed, and scale than ever before. A Warehouse Management System is the tool that can make that happen.

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HWI Unleashes Continuous Innovation

Logistics Viewpoints

Run” will include using the platform for inventory optimization and to support interesting internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) projects. They also have 20 sourcing locations across North America from which they can ship make to stock products. HWI employed a crawl-walk-run methodology.

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Cross Border B2C E-Commerce Market Demand Estimations and Industry Dynamics Forecast Report, 2030

Vinculum

To avoid competition, the local market has tied up with the giant e-commerce platform for easy flow of the cash in the market and the demand and supply of the stock to manage the inventory and warehouse diversely. Internet of Things (IoT) . Drones transport the stock in and out of the warehouse without any error.

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Lazer Spot and PINC partner to provide enhanced yard management services and solutions to enterprise customers

PINC

Leaders in yard management services and technology to collaborate to bring transparency and efficiency to hundreds of facilities in North America. Founded in 1996, Lazer Spot provides yard spotting , shuttling, trailer rentals and specialized yard services in 400+ locations in North America.

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Yards Are Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

Managing yard and warehouse operations has long been one of the thornier aspects of transportation logistics. Yards are a choke point between transportation and warehousing — and wherever you have choke points, you have a higher risk of inefficiencies that drive up labor costs, detention fees and delivery commitments. They aren’t.

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Disruptive Times Require Adaptive Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

”[1] Scott Deutsch, President of Ehrhardt + Partner, North America, adds, “Technology is driving changes in consumer behaviors that are undeniable. This is true not just for young Internet-based companies, such as the meal-kit provider Blue Apron Inc. Distributed Warehousing. ”[2]. ”[3].