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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. Download white paper. Active Versus Passive RFID Tags in SCM.

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IoT Inspired Smart Warehouses Are Reinventing Inventory Management

GlobalTranz

As the storage space of data has fallen, warehouse managers ’ rationale for avoiding IoT technologies has become even more archaic. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper.

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

GlobalTranz

Increasing Use of RFID-, AIDC -, & IoT-Based Technologies. It's easy to become overwhelmed when thinking about the Internet of Things (IoT), radio frequency identification (RFID), and AIDC technologies for improving the order fulfillment process. However, these technologies are becoming more popular and cost effective to use.

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Concealed Freight Damage: NMFTA Changes Reporting Window Effective April 18, 2015

GlobalTranz

This hyper connectivity and the use of more rapid communications through email and electronic data interchanges are partially responsible for the change in concealed freight damage reporting processes. Bonus: Download the “Ultimate Guide to Freight Claims Management” White Paper.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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Supply Chain Management:Mapping Your Way To Faster Shopping

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Cloud & Big Data. White Papers. |. Slight deviations in this data daily would one day result in an outage of stock in an item - but customers are still being guided to the shelf, the system convinced there is stock! Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources.