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Cloud Supply Chain Management: SCM’s Head is in the Clouds…and For Good Reason

GlobalTranz

The cloud is making new, innovative transportation management systems (TMS) available to more shippers. Cloud computing does not revolve solely around the transportation management system either. The next step for the use of cloud supply chain management in the industry will focus more on operations’ planning and inventory management.

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Looking Back: A Busy 2017 for Oracle Internet of Things

Oracle SCM

That data can be integrated with business logic to send a notification, alert a production manager to plan for contingencies, or trigger an inventory manager to start looking for surplus to cover the production shortfall. Digital Twin, Digital Thread, AI in Every Oracle IoT App. See you there!

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

And if you speak long enough, you will hear about a supply chain design that delivers growth at twice the rate of competitors while outperforming on cost, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). The process design started with the customer and then mapped back to manufacturing and transportation. The answer?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 23-27, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Google Shopping Express now available to all San Francisco and Peninsula Shoppers. Kewill Reinvents Supply Chain Execution Market with Introduction of Multi-modal Transportation Platform. I’ve been a big proponent over the years of bringing together transportation, global trade, and connectivity solutions into a single platform.

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7 Companies to Watch in Warehouse Robotics

Stord

Shopify acquired 6 River Systems in 2019 to increase its warehouse work, including picking and packing, sorting and inventory replenishment. They also offer a TagSurveyor bot, independently conducting inventory counts for items with RFID tags. Fetch is based in San Jose, California. RaaS operations in February.

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ThroughPut Inc. Appoints World-Renowned Just-in-Time, Lean & Kaizen Expert Mr. Takao Sakai to Executive Advisory Board

ThroughPut

We hope that ThroughPut’s platform ELI can one day be accessible to every operations team in the world to democratize the Just-In-Time culture, reduce excess inventory, and eliminate waste across global supply chains.” Sakai and ThroughPut share the common vision of creating world-class Just-In-Time Kaizen software.

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World-Renowned Lean & Kaizen Expert Mr. Takao Sakai joins ThroughPut Advisory Board

ThroughPut

We hope that ThroughPut’s platform ELI can one day be accessible to every operations team in the world to democratize the Just-In-Time culture, reduce excess inventory, and eliminate waste across global supply chains.” Sakai and ThroughPut share the common vision of creating world-class Just-In-Time Kaizen software.