article thumbnail

6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

If you’ve followed our blog over the years, you’ll know that we’ve shared lots of information about distribution network design, why it’s vital to get it right, how long it should take, the importance of reviewing the network every so often, and various elements of design such as determining the number of warehouses and where to locate them.

article thumbnail

What is Hema Xiansheng ?

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

HEMA XIANSHENG uses Internet technologies, such as big data, the Internet, the Internet of Things, and automation technologies, to achieve the best match between people, goods, and markets, and to achieve automatic integration of warehouse and distribution to greatly improve logistics efficiency.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Potential solution for drone collision avoidance

Logistics Business Magazine

transmitting real-time video feeds) and inspections at ports, plants, and industrial sites (e.g. Networking Casia G nodes provide unlimited coverage to protect critical infrastructure, regardless of size. Drones connected with this IoT platform can carry out a wide range of assignments: from perimeter security (e.g.

article thumbnail

Target’s Margins Improve Even As Digital Sales Explode: How Is That Even Possible?

Logistics Viewpoints

Though not mentioned, this almost certainly required implementing a distributed order management (DOM) system. This focus on speed also means more frequent but smaller loads moving from Target’s distribution centers to their stores. One critical problem for using the store as a fulfillment node has been the poor inventory accuracy.

Digital 78
article thumbnail

Blockchain Will Solve, Save, Cure Everything

Talking Logistics

In short, blockchain by itself does not solve the “garbage in, garbage out” data quality problem; you’ll still have garbage data, but in a distributed ledger that’s better encrypted and traceable. These nodes are distributed around the world. It wasn’t until VHS won out as the standard that sales of VCRs took off.

article thumbnail

Why VeChain blockchain will disrupt the logistics process

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The most important part of this decentralized database is that every node in the network has a copy of the database and if someone adds, edits or deletes data the whole network has to agree on the fact that that person can adjust the data, which makes the system very trustful. The following video simply explains the VeChain products.

article thumbnail

Programming Languages Applied to Logistics

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The scalability of Non-Relational Databases allows to distribute data into multiple nodes or locations, so it is common to apply them together with Big Data solutions. The problem comes when it comes to correcting errors, since the same value for a determined property can appear incorrectly in a couple of records.