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Executives Exploring AI Need to Understand Data Fabrics

Logistics Viewpoints

Many global multinationals accelerated their investments in digitizing data during the pandemic. According to Colin Masson, a director of research at ARC Advisory Group, the opportunity to mine these vast quantities of data to achieve business value is “NOW.” Mr. Masson leads ARC’s research on industrial AI and data fabrics.

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What is Order Picking?

Logistics Bureau

Order Picking is the productive operation in a warehouse operation. Any warehouse design exercise that doesn’t include a rigorous approach to designing the processes and equipment layout for Order Picking, is suspect. When we Order Pick, we are essentially “manufacturing” what the client is going to pay us for.

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Achieving the Impossible Dream: Perfect Order Performance

Material Handling and Logistics

When customers place an order, they expect perfection. Having grown accustomed to ordering online and waking up the next morning to the box on their porch, customers have high expectations that every order will be perfect. But manufacturers have long felt that perfect order performance is an admirable yet unattainable goal.

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International Logistics: Deep Integration and Practice of RPA Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

RPA technology simulates human operations in digital systems, such as data entry, file processing, and information transmission, achieving full automation of key processes from booking to order. Booking Processing : RPA can automatically scan and digitize booking documents in various formats and then automatically enter the data.

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How manufacturers and distributors can streamline their document distribution process

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

People have been talking about the ‘paperless office’ for decades, but many manufacturers and distributors still have staff members manually printing, posting, faxing, emailing and managing documents that go out to customers. Printing, posting and storing paper documents all cost money. Here’s how: Additional person hours.

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LTL in a Post-Yellow World with Curtis Garrett

The Logistics of Logistics

Curtis documents and shares challenges, progress, and goals in a collaborative and community driven way. The company provided an innovative approach to utilizing data and revolutionary technology for its growing clients to streamline logistics and implement cost-effective, efficient transportation programs. The Greenscreens.ai

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Eight Essential Documents That Are Key to Shipping

MTS Logistics

On the other hand, you also need to know and understand the rules and regulations of exporting and importing, and crucially, you need the proper shipping documents. However, most documentation is still handled manually in some countries. Packing list is used by freight forwarders in order for a shipment to clear U.S.