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The smart factory Part 1: Digitization, digitalization and digital

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

The digital transformation of the operations and processes of factories and supply chains is based upon digitization of carefully selected machines and digitalization of the related business processes. To understand this question, we will need to understand what are the differences between digitization and digitalization?

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Digital Compressed Air Monitoring Cuts Costs

Logistics Business Magazine

SICK’s Monitoring Box FTMg Premium is a digital and scalable service that can be used by production planners, energy managers and maintenance engineers to make compressed air cost savings of up to 30%, as well as to eliminate costly manual maintenance regimes. The data insights also contribute towards ISO50001 Energy Management certification.

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Top Trends in Freight Forwarder Digitization

Freightos

Using digital tools to help deliver great customer experience. . The digitization of the freight industry is about improving speed and efficiency. . This trend moved forward in exciting ways in 2019. Robinson all rolled out new digital tools in 2019. Making the business customer-centric, and . Sound familiar?

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Supply Chain Trend Predictions

Logistics Business Magazine

Mark Morley, Senior Director, Product Marketing at OpenText , provides his supply chain trend forecast for the year ahead. Embracing conversational AI across tomorrow’s supply chains: Companies have been embarking on a journey of digitizing their supply chains for many years. Technology plays a key role in this.

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Logistics Trends for 2023

3PL Insights

With predictions of a looming recession, it’s important to understand the latest trends to prepare for the new year. So, what are some of the trends we can expect in 2023? Digital Technologies. Rate increases are not a new trend, but with inflation at a record high for the second year in a row, shipping increases are expected.

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Delivery and Supply Chain Trends to Expect in 2023

ShipLilly

Predictions in the logistics industry Retailers wishing to maintain a leading position within the industry must understand and leverage their supply chain trends. This article examines some of the key trends that businesses should be aware of for this year. For example, inflation erodes away about 8.5%. in some areas.

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The Future of Drone Delivery: Trends, Advantages, and Challenges

MTS Logistics

A prime example is Walmart’s recent declaration of broadening its drone delivery hubs, aimed at catering to an additional 60,000 households in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Faster Delivery Times It offers faster delivery times, aligning with the growing demand for rapid order fulfillment in today’s digital era.

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