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The Warehouse Execution System: A New Competitive Imperative

Logistics Viewpoints

In today’s fast-paced, hyper-competitive, omni-channel world, warehouses play a critical role in maximizing service and fulfilling the ambitious customer promises that are required today. Warehouses also represent an enormous cost center. Volatile demand means warehouses need to pivot quickly when order volumes change.

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What Does a Tier 1 Warehouse Management System Include?

Logistics Viewpoints

A Tier 1 WMS Should be Capable of Complex Optimization ARC Advisory Group does global market research on the warehouse management system market. Warehouse workers work alongside autonomous mobile robots to fulfill orders. The warehouse mobile robot system downloads orders from the WMS for the work that will be done in its zone.

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The RocketFuel Story with Josh Beatty

The Logistics of Logistics

As Josh and his partner scaled Launch Fulfillment , they encountered some cash flow issues inherent in high volume parcel shipping that their ecommerce customers required. Client Access & Transparency: Provides client access to their shipping data for increased transparency and decreased administrative overhead.

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The Three Pillars of Sustainability in Supply Chain and Logistics: A Strategic Guide

Logistics Viewpoints

Transportation, warehousing, and manufacturing collectively contribute significantly to carbon emissions, making these areas critical for meaningful change. Senior leaders must think beyond incremental improvements, embracing systemic innovation to achieve significant environmental impact.

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Schneider Electric’s Supply Chain Design Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

Building automation is similar to industrial automation, except that instead of controlling a factory, the systems control a building’s entry, power consumption, and lighting. These facilities produce and ship 150,000 order lines per day. The company has a complex global supply chain. billion Euros in revenues in fiscal 2023.

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AI in Supply Chain Automation: Procurement to Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers may overlook. To ensure effective performance, integration with warehouse management systems (WMS) is essential.

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How Smart Contracts Are Impacting Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Even digital advancements, like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, only partially solve these challenges because they still need centralized oversight and reconciliation. Today, logistics firms rely on RFID tags, barcode scanning, and centralized tracking systems, which are vulnerable to tampering and inefficiencies.