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Omni-Channel Logistics Leaders: The Importance of Real-Time Inventory Visibility

Talking Logistics

In fact, two-thirds of the companies surveyed characterized their omni-channel fulfillment performance (relative to peers in their industry) as average or below, with 30 percent characterizing it as below average. Performance Leaders Have Greater Real-Time Inventory Visibility Across Supply Chain Nodes.

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The Inventory Accuracy “Confidence Gap”

Talking Logistics

In fact, two-thirds of the companies we surveyed characterized their omni-channel fulfillment performance (relative to peers in their industry) as average or below, with 30 percent characterizing it as below average. The Inventory Accuracy “Confidence Gap”. What are the main causes of this “confidence gap” in inventory accuracy?

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3 Supply Chain Trends to Keep on Your 2019 Radar

Logistics Bureau

3 Supply Chain Trends to Track in 2019. However, this year hasn’t quite closed out yet (at the time of writing), so in the true spirit of just-in-time delivery, here’s a quick appraisal of three current trends that I believe will come on stronger, and perhaps become some of the most important to supply chain operators in 2019.

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Omnichannel is Trending Toward Multi-Site Distribution

247 Customs Broker

We recently surveyed manufacturers, retailers, and ecommerce companies about order fulfillment and distribution. Their responses revealed several emerging trends. Trend toward multiple DCs. Trend toward multiple DCs. A major change in order fulfillment may be looming, the survey suggests. percent to 49.4

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Getting Started with AI in Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Planners are buried in tedious tasks using legacy, fragmented technology, which 48% say doesn’t help them do their job effectively, according to a survey by the boom! Concurrency combined with AI is the breakthrough, because it connects islands of isolation and aligns the nodes of your supply chain. Global Network.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

GlobalTranz

We never want to take for granted that although this subject is one of the hottest trends looking to transform the world the way the internet did that everyone understands what is the Hyperconnected Era of “The Internet of Things.” What is the Hyperconnected Era or “The Internet of Things?” According to Gartner, Inc.,

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The Future of Retail Distribution

247 Customs Broker

Fast-forward to 2018 and retailers are using a combination of store, vendor-based and DC fulfillment—all of which come together to create one big, multi-node facility. Eric Peters , CEO at SensorThink in Los Gatos, California, sees this trend developing over the next three years to four years.