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7 Distribution Technology Trends Worth Discussing

GlobalTranz

Modern distribution technology has significantly changed how suppliers get their products to end-users, and consumers are driving changes in how Distributors use technology to better their business processes. New Distribution Channels Are Forming Online and in Traditional, Brick-and-Mortar Stores.

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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. Two Specific Examples of RFID in the Supply Chain?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS to deploy RFIDs through 100 facilities this year. UPS plans to implement its smart package initiative at 100 facilities in 2022, which will involve using RFID tags on packages to speed up throughput. RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The Czinger 21C costs $1.7

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Trends 2021: Warehouse Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

Warehouse automation acceleration – spanning the entire supply chain from warehousing operations to distribution centers – has been driven by the need to deliver directly to consumers in increasingly shorter timeframes. RFID technology and machine vision. This acceleration will continue in 2021 and beyond.

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Sortation Solution for Japanese Fashion Retailer

Logistics Business Magazine

United Arrows, one of Japan’s leading fashion retail brands, has seen a significant increase in the efficiency of the order sortation process at its Tokyo distribution hub following the introduction of a mobile robot-based sorting system supplied and installed by LiBiao Robotics.

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Optimizing Inventory Management With a 3PL Warehouse

FW Logsitcs

It relies on technology like Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) and barcoding to eliminate manual data entry errors and save time. Learn More Enhanced Inventory Distribution Working with a 3PL company ensures your products are stocked closer to the end-user, reducing transit time and costs.

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How ERP enables remote work or How manufacturers and distributors can use ERP to enable remote work

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

It’s not only office workers who have been forced into remote work by the pandemic, manufacturing and distribution companies are facing a similar challenge – how to enable remote work on the shop floor and in the warehouse with ERP. The world of work has been utterly transformed over the past two years. The answer is analytics.

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