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Why are WMS Sales so Persistent? Here is How I Learned of WMS’ Ongoing Importance

Logistics Viewpoints

It was a sensible and interesting transition from my knowledge base. WMS managed warehouse activity down to discrete movements of workers, rather than something like monthly sales within a region. Warehouse management systems are responsible for making many of these estimates a reality. Then Came Supply Chain Planning.

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Why are WMS Sales so Persistent? Here is How I Learned of WMS’ Ongoing Importance

Logistics Viewpoints

It was a sensible and interesting transition from my knowledge base. WMS managed warehouse activity down to discrete movements of workers, rather than something like monthly sales within a region. Warehouse management systems are responsible for making many of these estimates a reality. Then Came Supply Chain Planning.

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Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Digital Warehouse Automation

RFgen

Key Takeaways: Warehousing and distribution face unprecedented pressures from COVID-19 disruption, commoditization, labor shortages and rising customer expectations. Warehouse automation is an effective way to gain efficiencies, cut costs and scale operations. Physical warehouse automation is costly. High warehouse turnover.

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Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Digital Warehouse Automation

RFgen

Key Takeaways: Warehousing and distribution face unprecedented pressures from COVID-19 disruption, commoditization, labor shortages and rising customer expectations. Warehouse automation is an effective way to gain efficiencies, cut costs and scale operations. Physical warehouse automation is costly. High warehouse turnover.

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6 Reasons Why You Need A Transportation Management Firm

Freight Plus

Land and ocean carrier consolidation, warehouse automation, shifting sourcing structures, and digital supply chain transformation all have a tremendous impact on the current state of the logistics industry. Supply chains are evolving at a more rapid pace than ever.

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Insights from the C-Suite: Supply Chain People Are Making a Difference in the World

Material Handling & Logistics

We need to get more alignment with the organizations in terms of their willingness to be more transparent, and then that’ll start to drive into the knowledge base for the individuals and the workforce to say, “Ok, I now need to be aware of AI or augmented reality or blockchain, and the impact they have on the supply chain.”.

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Procurement Analysis: a Game Changer for Purchasing Strategically

Precoro

Procurement analytics, built on unbiased data, is often perceived as a single source of truth. The first step of the analysis process is to extract the necessary data from all possible sources and consolidate it in one central database. Start with putting together a list of sources – internal and external.