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Inventory Management vs. Warehouse Management

The Logistics of Logistics

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.) With that inventory visibility, the IMS can support two important processes. You can learn more about the Tier 1 WMS Softeon offers here.

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GeTS helps GEODIS to simplify Cross-Border Trade

Logistics Manager

Global eTrade Services (GeTS), a global trade platform company, announced the onboarding of GEODIS Regional HQ — Asia Pacific (GEODIS), a global supply chain operator on CALISTA , a platform that enables the orchestration of logistics, compliance and financial activities seamlessly, securely and smartly.

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The 3 Pillars of Supply Chain Management (And Why Their Alignment Matters)

Logistics Bureau

Aligning strategy, service, and financial factors in your supply chain operation is essential to support your company’s overall business strategy , mission, and objectives. On the other hand, carrying too much inventory will impact your operating costs in a number of ways, which can then also affect the prices your customers pay.

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Q3 Tech Update: Alphas, Betas and Sidechains

Shipchain

We’ll add VaultDrivers for Swarm and FileCoin (probably) as they come to general availability, allowing users to choose between a centralized Operator and a decentralized storage service. Target # of nodes. Documentation Site. Our blockchain will be decentralized, censorship-resistant and trustless. Conclusion.

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Excel Goes Blockchain (Microsoft and IBM Partnership)

Talking Logistics

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.

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Why is o9 Solutions Growing So Fast?

Logistics Viewpoints

A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. And the models themselves were often not detailed enough to create a digital twin that represented how a company actually operated. Gottemukkala asserts. Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

The collaboration will focus on developing a next-generation architecture to control and operate multiple robotic applications. To eliminate some of this traveling BMW’s R&D group developed a Personal Mover solution—a one-person means of transport for covering short distances within an operating site.