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Omnichannel Retailers Leverage Optimization for Order-Promising

Logistics Viewpoints

A customer can of course buy goods in a store. For an online order that needs to be delivered within 24 hours, for example, the rule might state that the goods should be shipped to the consumer from the closest location. The use of RFID for cycle counting can greatly improve inventory accuracy.” This is not always the case.

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Amazon and Anticipatory Shipping: Revisiting This Highly Publicized 2013 Patent Ten Years Later

Logistics Viewpoints

Of course, the progress of Amazon Prime over the last decade has leveled the playing field quite a bit. But specificity is sufficient to perform a majority of the routing to the likely final destination (for example, a portion of a postal code such as the three most significant digits).

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RFID Case Study: Can a Supply Chain be Digitised?

Logistics Business Magazine

Experts from German RFID specialist Kathrein Solutions say yes: The global market is setting new standards for a more intelligent supply chain. A Stuttgart-based automotive manufacturer wanted to lead the way regarding digitisation and introduced RFID [1] as the basic infrastructure technology in its manufacturing plant.

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Industry View: When to RFID and When to Barcode

Logistics Business Magazine

When it comes to RFID and barcoding, both technologies may have their flaws, but the benefits prevail and are thus reason enough to take a closer look at the future. Barcodes are prone to physical damage, which is a disadvantage in areas such as retail and logistics, for example”, says Bradshaw.

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The Past, Present, and Future of Technology in the Warehouse

Logistics Bureau

That’s probably one of the first differences you’d notice between a warehouse of today and that of 25-plus years ago – and of course it’s down to technology. That’s just what we’re seeing here, a prime example of how even more people are being displaced from the warehouse environment by technology.

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Blockchain Technology is Set to Transform the Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Bitcoin as an Example of Blockchain. The brief description of blockchain above may seem a bit abstract, so let’s look closer at the real-life example of Bitcoin. However, it also happens to be the most well-known example. It is also just one particular example. Bitcoin is just one way of using blockchain.

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2021 Strategies for Inventory Management and Supply Chain Recovery

EazyStock

Uncertainty is all but guaranteed in 2021 – the best course of action is to mitigate whatever risks you can. For example, did you take out a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program ? 2020 has proven time and again that we are not living in a perfect world. Improve Demand Forecasting.