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RFID Case Study: Can a Supply Chain be Digitised?

Logistics Business Magazine

Experts from German RFID specialist Kathrein Solutions say yes: The global market is setting new standards for a more intelligent supply chain. A Stuttgart-based automotive manufacturer wanted to lead the way regarding digitisation and introduced RFID [1] as the basic infrastructure technology in its manufacturing plant.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

For example, a member of the sales team could apply to become a purchasing agent, based on her experience of negotiating sales deals. One study shows that one in three companies in the United States has jobs that are taking nine to 12 months to fill. For example, you can be doing finance in supply chain, or you can be doing operations.

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Find your Warehouse Rhythm

Logistics Business Magazine

This provides visibility, for example if there’s a blockage we stop the next process.” AI, of course, is high on the agenda. We must give customers immediate value, for example by using AI for slotting (where to store each product), then expand it product-by-product,” Elliott told me. Generative AI can query the WMS.”

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Tips to Choose the right WMS

Logistics Business Magazine

And the last, but not least step is the preparation of a feasibility study. For example – what is the importance of the human element in the current pandemic situation? The integration possibility with automated and robotics systems, picking technologies (voice systems, RFID, pick to light, put to light, etc.)

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

For example, as online sales reach a record high, B2C service provider Jet.com uses some creative logistics concepts to bring value to customers. Darren Prokop, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): As in the academic world in general, there is a trend to online course delivery. But hard skills must be coupled with soft skills.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

GlobalTranz

IoT makes use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips that “talk” to each other. What is an Example of Internet of Things? IBM’s Smarter Planet team created a 5-minute video that wholly explains Internet of Things and provides a brilliant example. The implication of this capability will be immense.

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Volvo Cars: Leaning towards greater stability

Automotive Logistics

Meanwhile, Geely’s stake in Malaysian carmaker Proton may lead to further production and distribution of Volvo models in South-East Asia, for example. In Belgium, for example, we have had cases where truck drivers couldn’t take their rest period in truck cabs, only in rest areas – of which few are available. Sensors or RFID?