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Rajant Launches Credit Card-Sized Wireless Node

Logistics Business Magazine

The Cardinal is powerful, lightweight, and notably the smallest within Rajant’s portfolio of industrial wireless nodes. The Cardinal extends the range of traditional Wi-Fi past the limitations of fixed infrastructure with no line-of-sight requirements using two transceivers having a combined data rate of 1.73

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Overcoming Data Pitfalls for Reliable Supply Chain Network Design

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chain network design, a branch of operations research, helps in strategic decision-making about nodes, sourcing, transportation modes and inventory levels.

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Editor’s Choice: Reducing Lead Times with Real-Time Data

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Descartes Systems Group and looks at how companies can reduce lead times with real-time data. There can be multiple lead times within a supply chain, typically between each node or process along the way from raw materials, processing, and finally getting the customer their shipment. Why is lead time important?

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Infor Nexus is Taking an Interesting Approach to Generative AI

Logistics Viewpoints

This check involves connecting carrier contract data and shipment dwell times. They look at the data and ask themselves, “is this a problem?” These visual controls present the information in an intuitive and verifiable way and enable the users to dive right into the data.” It is data in context. It is a visual control.

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

This is where big data technologies come into play. Big data for real-time optimizations in transport logistics. Logistics and transport service providers create enormous data records as they manage the flow of goods. These data include information such as types of goods, location, weight, size, origin, and destination.

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Why So Many Supply Chains Are Stuck in the Past — and a Path Forward

Supply Chain Brain

Supply chains have for many years tolerated a lack of accountability at nearly every node — from buyer-supplier relationships to outdated tools and data transparency issues — which has prevented businesses from operating cost- and time-efficiently and delivering on their promises.

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Supply Chain Design Crosses the Chasm

Logistics Viewpoints

The supply chain nodes which were once deemed to be relatively static have become far more dynamic in the recent past. The rapid shifts to eCommerce during the pandemic caused retailers and brand owners alike to flex their network nodes (where goods are made and inventories are stocked) significantly.