The Logistics of Logistics
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
So, as an example, the IMS tracks and reports that there are 30 widgets in Warehouse A, 25 in Warehouse B, 48 in Manufacturing Plant A, and so on. The first is what may be called “soft inventory allocation,” which means as orders are placed, the system will reserve the needed quantities of inventory in each node (warehouse, etc.)
Logistics Bureau
MAY 30, 2022
For example: Alignment of strategy and cost leads to happy shareholders. As an example, let’s say that as a part of its customer service promise, your company guarantees its customers that they will receive their orders within 24 hours. Why does the C-suite want the three pillars aligned?
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Talking Logistics
APRIL 1, 2019
With so many people revising the document and so many emails going back and forth, it’s nearly impossible to keep track of the changes made, who made them, and which attachment is the most current version. We’re taking people off the email copy list and making them nodes on the blockchain,” explained Lars Ulrich from IBM. “The
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 13, 2018
The cost saving and service improvement benefits of a transportation management system (TMS) are well documented. Geoff says you still have to do the requirements document and set priorities, but it’s important to get the right people involved. What are the key ingredients to a successful TMS implementation?
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 20, 2023
A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. For example, for a yogurt company, decision of where to ship a short lifecycle product coming out of a factory is done daily because “demand can shift in very short time frames.” Gottemukkala asserts.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 29, 2022
If a supplier’s continued material flow becomes questionable for a wide range of reasons, the way that supplier’s components flow to various factories and nodes in the supply chain is graphically illustrated and the appropriate commodity managers are automatically notified. In riskmethods risks are elevated using heat bubble maps.
Shipchain
JULY 30, 2020
ShipChain uses a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism, and there are a number of high-performance validator nodes that help secure the network. has built a powerful visibility platform, some example use cases that could be built on top of it are: Digital Freight Marketplaces using Smart Contracts. While ShipChain Inc.
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