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Understanding Distributed Order Management with Dan Gilmore

The Logistics of Logistics

Dan Gilmore is a recognized thought leader in WMS, with experience prior to his role at Softeon as the founder of Supply Chain Digest, CMO at RedPrairie (now BlueYonder) and as lead WMS analyst at META Group (later acquired by Gartner). Earlier in his career, he led the implementation of two major WMS projects for Forte Industries.

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Industry View: DCs Rise to Meet Unprecedented Challenges

Logistics Business Magazine

Pressing needs and panic buying have created the equivalent to peak season demand in many industries. With a normal peak, large groups of employees are coordinated and trained all at one time. Customers are reporting that now even greater amounts of inventory are going from inbound trailers to outbound trailers with minimal rehandling.

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New WMS solution growing up fast

Logistics Business Magazine

Leading natural and organic baby product retailer, The Green Sheep Group, has reported immediate stock accuracy and productivity improvements since implementing the flexible cloud based SnapFulfil WMS. Their agile approach means giving clients select parts of the system (e.g.

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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

We’re just not meeting customer expectations. If an inbound truckload is late by even a few hours, it could jeopardize an entire outbound load or halt production. He founded FourKites in 2014 after recognizing pain points in the logistics industry and designing elegant and effective systems to address them. He lives in Chicago.

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Facilities Are a Critical Part of the Enterprise Supply Chain Tech Stack. It’s Time to Start Managing Them That Way

Logistics Viewpoints

That’s why it’s so important that a supply chain industry that needs solutions now must stop squandering the vast untapped value in the facilities that they own and operate today. Depending on the size of a facility, the inability to quickly locate “arrived inventory” in a trailer can put outbound orders or production lines at risk.

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NEXT DC gets Rail Guided Vehicles

Logistics Business Magazine

This automated logistics system is designed to streamline supply and routing processes while meeting the capacity to manage sizeable home furniture and carry it substantial distances to designated storage and outbound locations. The Business Area Supply Chain is part of the global technology group Körber.

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Pallet Shuttle System is Better, Bigger, Easier

Logistics Business Magazine

The solution meets the issues of 3pl industry by providing flexible in product handling and throughput. For its customers in the Chocolate Industry, stock may include ingredients and primary goods for chocolate making through to bars and boxes of chocolates, numbering as many as 1000 SKUs depending on the stock profile.