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The Most Overlooked DC Performance Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, related to warehouse technology, a recent Lucas Systems industry study found 89% of respondents agreed that implementing artificial intelligence-based software within distribution centers can provide a competitive advantage. Let’s explore how: Use automation to alleviate workers’ tasks.

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Cart Before the Horse: Digital Freight Matching, A.I. and Machine Learning for Freight

Parade

Technologies are assisting to automate tasks that require lots of repetition and grunt work, allowing people to focus on tasks that require a human touch. In the case of brokerages, it would be impossible for their carrier sales reps to quickly, efficiently and reliably digest and understand all data about 10,000s of carriers.

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How AI Helps Build the Supply Chain that Thinks for Itself

Logistics Bureau

Artificial intelligence can already automate much of supply chain. The following are examples. A key example is the expert system. This AI tool is based on data and rules. With more data and greater processing power now available, computers that learn by themselves have become more feasible.

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Supply Chain Disruption: How Stronger Collaboration Will Have a Big Impact on the Future of Logistics Management

GlobalTranz

Gone are the days of sending written requests or spending hours tracking down a point of contact to acquire the data needed to generate reports or determine when to schedule maintenance, order parts, or perform other relevant tasks. Thanks to asset tracking, cross-departmental collaboration is often completely automated.

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11 Common Maintenance Issues (And a Solution for Each!)

Conger

Automation solutions are becoming more popular in many companies, and maintenance hasn't been left out. For example, you can automate many material handling tasks if you have trouble finding forklift operators. For example, you can try experimenting with schedules. Employ more women and veterans. Training and improvement.

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After the Order: Customer Service Best Practices

Ship Monk

A knowledge-base support platform, such as Zendesk, HelpDocs, or Zoho Desk, enables customers to search a private database for answers to the most frequently asked questions. Centralize customer interaction data. Transactional emails and texts can be automated, so there’s no reason not to send them.

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Supply chain trends to watch out for in 2023

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, a big-box retailer that started to build out its pickup services, it delivery services, and so on, so that when the world pivoted, and stores were closed, but people still wanted this retailer’s products, it already had all of that investment there. Consumers are looking for more durable products.