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Autonomous Data Capture

Logistics Business Magazine

Real-time data, including inventory, enables structural visibility in logistics, which leads to better resource allocation, reduced downtime and improved customer service. Dexory’s robot (pictured) automated inventory management, providing instant, continuous data. She describes the machine as an ‘autonomous data capture unit’.

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Top Technology Trends: Supply Chain 2020 – Part 1

Morai Logistics

Supply chain technology is in a state of constant advancement, especially this year, given the circumstances—here are four of the biggest tech trends in 2020. Gartner recently identified 8 technology trends for supply chains in 2020. That way, it can be followed in real-time and a have a trail of data running through it.

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Big data and inventory management

EazyStock

What is big data? All successful businesses use data to develop strategies and review their outcomes. But as the number of systems being used increases, the amount of data available for consumption and analysis grows exponentially. Unstructured data isn’t as accessible to search or export and is often text-heavy.

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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. For many reasons, that transformation did not happen and RFID was put on the industry’s back-burner. Two Specific Examples of RFID in the Supply Chain?

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Trends 2021: Warehouse Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

Warehouse automation is the combination of mobility, physical automation along with technologies such as RFID and temperature sensing. RFID technology and machine vision. We’ve seen a growing interest and demand in RFID, machine vision and computer vision systems. This acceleration will continue in 2021 and beyond.

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Cargo Tracking in the Digital Age: Tools and Techniques for Real-time Updates.

GoShip Blog

From GPS tracking to RFID technology, these digital solutions are reshaping the landscape of freight logistics, offering reliability and transparency that were once unimaginable. The introduction of electronic data interchange (EDI) systems in the late 20th century changed how information was exchanged in logistics.

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3 More Advanced Technology Trends in Logistics in 2016: Welcome to the Hyperconnected Logistics Industry

GlobalTranz

After taking a look at the automation technology trends in logistics from our first post, take a look at how these technology trends in logistics will grow and what impact they will have for the industry. Increasing Use of RFID-, AIDC -, & IoT-Based Technologies.