Technology

Rising competition, changing business needs, and tightening budgets are driving companies to seek more flexible alternatives to traditional e-commerce platform providers.

Seasonal or event-related retail ‘spikes’ such as Black Friday are becoming ever more extreme, and can seriously affect even supply chains that are not directly involved...smart selection, implementation and execution of appropriate supply chain and related systems can, however, remove much of the risk and fear, ‘smooth’ the peaks, and ensure continuity of service to your customers.

The dinosaurs of today will become digital prey by 2020 unless they can learn to master digital - in which case, there is every possibility they can become tomorrow’s digital predators.

Cisco and Ericcson yesterday announced a huge new partnership that they believe will generate $1 billion for each company by 2018.

Toyota plans a major push into artificial intelligence and robotics technology research and will invest $1 billion over the next five years to establish a Silicon Valley research and development center to pursue those goals.

How many cloud platforms do you drift through in a day...It might be more than you think.

Companies that successfully harness the identity issue will be able to roll out compelling new products and services more quickly and effectively than those that do not.

To help manufacturers address the full needs of complex, global supply chains, Oracle announced the expansion of the Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud with two new product offerings, Planning Central Cloud and Manufacturing Cloud.

Using analytics and Big Data, the next generation of freight bill payment and auditing companies comb all aspects of freight transportation operations to highlight supply chain efficiency improvement opportunities.

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is undergoing a major transition as the shopper becomes a major driver of innovation through e-commerce, omnichannel retailing, and mobile platforms.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for a registration process for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

A new and unique computer system from MIT has outperformed human intuition using its algorithms, and it's amazing, and perhaps a little frightening: the Data Science Machine beat out over 600 human teams in finding predictive analysis.

In this paper, we develop the Data Science Machine, which is able to derive predictive models from raw data automatically.

According to the infographic by Harbor Research and Postscapes, technology employed within the home is expected to have the greatest revenue implications going forward, however the IoT will also have a role to play in health, transportation, the creation of 'smart' cities and much more.

Improved Customer Experience And Supply Chain Optimization Are Leading Business Benefits Of IoT Solutions.

Traditional ERP technologies have struggled to formulate a business outcome-oriented Master Data Management strategy, let alone execute it, yet a new generation of cloud-based network platforms have emerged and risen to meet the task.

Transitioning from manual to automated pallet load handling offers a variety of benefits in warehousing, distribution, fulfillment and shipping applications.

As companies seek to bring manufacturing operations stateside while remaining cost-competitive, they continue to turn to automation to help lead the new wave of productivity and job growth in the U.S.

Automation continues to fuel the next wave of U.S. productivity and job growth, what can it do for you?

Reverse logistics providers can leverage analytics by collaborating closely with manufacturers that employ these capabilities to proactively sense potential product problems.