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ERP for Automotive Distributors

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

For example, an ERP for automotive distributors needs to include not just a standard sales function but also allow for automotive-specific processes like call-offs and contract pricing, as well as other processes like returns and lot traceability. Traceability Traceability is a major business need in the automotive industry.

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Industry Trend on the Rise for Supply Chain and Logistics: Automation

Shipchain

That said, it is slowly but surely catching up, and automation in the supply chain is becoming increasingly present. For example, as per Ryan Duguid of Manufacturing.net , automated technology can continuously fulfill orders. Some of the most notable are listed below: Increasing productivity and efficiency. Boosting visibility.

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Automated Hand-Scanning Upgrade

Logistics Business Magazine

Hand-held barcode readers are still widely used to ensure the traceability of goods and packages, for example in retail, warehousing and parcel sorting operations. With a frame repetition rate of 40 Hz and real-time decoding, Lector65x track and trace systems reliably identify 1D, 2D and directly marked codes at high speeds.

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Inoculating 2021 E-Commerce with Fulfillment Best Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

Fulfillment professionals also made great strides in 2020, driven by necessity, and many lessons can be applied in the year ahead to keep customers happy and operations on track. Fundamental shifts of e-commerce and consumer behavior took shape in 2020 and presented new and unprecedented challenges. Parcel shipping volume skyrocketed.

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Who’s Using Blockchain in 2020, and How?

Logistics Bureau

In most cases, these companies are using blockchain as an aid to supply chain visibility and product tracing, but some have applied it as a tool to streamline transactions and speed up the flow of information, goods, and materials. It’s not that tracking and tracing tea through the supply chain is a new departure for the company.

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Unparalleled Selection of Products at Show

Logistics Business Magazine

More than 1,500 exhibitors from Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa will present their current portfolios of products, systems, and solutions for efficient intralogistics processes to an international industry audience across 125,000 square meters of the fully booked exhibition centre—7% more exhibit space than last year.

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Blockchain in Logistics: Discover its Advantages and Applications

3PL Links

The beginnings of blockchain technology can be traced back to the 2008 presentation of the Bitcoin concept by Satoshi Nakamoto. This technology, for instance, makes it possible to trace a product from its point of origin to the shelves of a retailer. Smart contracts can be used to automate tasks like cargo checks and payments.