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How WMS & OMS Can Drive Customer-Centric Growth
While versions of warehouse management systems (WMS) and order management systems (OMS) have existed since large-scale commerce, the need for smart, agile, and scalable supply chain management solutions has never been greater.
Five Real-World Digital Twins in the Warehouse User Cases
If automation is something you are considering for your warehouse, you will need to do some careful research and planning to make sure you’re making the right decision. All this hard work will help make the transition to automation...
How Businesses Can Strengthen Their Supply Chains & Build Future-Ready Supply Networks
Many businesses are bringing parts production back to the countries where it was originally performed, to be closer to consumers – so-called restoring, similarly, with nearshoring, production is moved to a country close to the target market, this can often be...
Increase Warehouse Efficiency with These Technologies
Looking for a way to make your warehouse run smoother? Investing in the following technological advancements may be the answer.

Best Practices Resources

New TMS Leads to Optimized Freight Management for Greenhouse
One of the largest greenhouses in North America achieves dramatic cost savings with optimization and rate management.
The Business Case for Transportation Management
This whitepaper examines how a transportation management system (TMS) can help companies – from small-to-midsized businesses to large enterprises –...


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Gartner 2019 Interview: TMS No Longer Taking a Back Seat to WMS and Other Supply Chain Technologies
At this year’s Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference held in Phoenix AZ, May 13, 2019 – May 16, 2019, we had the opportunity to sit down with Dan Clark, founder and president of Kuebix to discuss his thoughts on new digital supply chain strategies and the latest developments in transportation management systems.

The Business Case for Transportation Management
This whitepaper examines how a transportation management system (TMS) can help companies – from small-to-midsized businesses to large enterprises – reduce risk, improve operational efficiency and drive meaningful change within their organization.

Take Your AGV Outdoors
AGV systems facilitate a flexible and productive material flow and will be a key technology in automation concepts of the future.

4 Must-Have Features for Transportation Management Software for Parcel Shipping
These days, manufacturers and retailers are seeking easy ways to manage multiple carriers, reduce shipping costs and improve On-Time Delivery (OTD) percentages.

Top Ways to use Visionary Sensors for Palletizing and Depalletizing
SICK's Visionary-T 3D camera provides a solution to optimize palletization/depalletization for your logistics operation.

5 Steps to Build a Dynamic Routing Guide for Inbound Freight
With the evolution of technology, more shippers have moved toward a digital routing guide, which opens the door to a new realm of possibilities, dynamic routing for inbound freight.

Identify Your Shipping Persona to Identify the Most Compatible Carrier
The best way to defend your transportation budget and avenge those villains with poor performance is to join forces with a quality carrier to help solidify your transportation and logistics strategy.

Reliably Detecting Polybagged Items in E-Commerce Fulfillment
In order to compete for customers, retailers must minimize their shipping costs by using packaging alternatives to corrugated boxes.

How a TMS for Parcel Shipping Helps You Scale
The right TMS parcel shipping solution will allow you to meet omnichannel challenges and opportunities.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville Launches Online Master’s in Supply Chain Management
The degree is the first of 10 online programs UT plans to launch with Noodle Partners.

Growing Cyber Threats Drive Need for Advanced Data Protection Defenses Investments
According to a newly released Oracle survey, policymakers and C-Suite executives believe the U.S. should invest more in advanced cybersecurity technology.

How to Beat Amazon with Parcel Shipping Business Intelligence
How can shippers and e-commerce companies compete with Amazon and Alibaba when it comes to high-performance fulfillment?

How a Transportation Management System for Parcel Shipping Combats Distribution Costs
A growing number of companies, and in particular those with significant parcel shipping costs, are revisiting their cost of distribution (CoD) to further reduce costs.

Why Your Transportation Management System for Parcel Shipping Needs a Control Tower
Manufacturers who have implemented a TMS for parcel shipping benefit from Control Tower functionality, which means they can provide shoppers with the transparency they value.

Turning the Yard into an Active and Valued Link in the Supply Chain with a Yard Management System
Having trucks backed up in the yard waiting to be loaded or unloaded can get pretty expensive, but a yard management system can help fill the gaps and create better supply chain efficiencies.

Blockchain is Vastly Overrated; Supply Chain Cybersecurity is Vastly Underrated
Cyber attacks are on the rise, especially in the supply chain, and while blockchain is not irrelevant to supply chain cyber security, technology alone will not completely solve the problem.

Driving Supply Chain Sustainability with Blockchain
Blockchain can transition supply chain management to a sharing economy where people and companies reduce waste and decouple growth from the consumption of finite resources, becoming more sustainable and profitable at the same time.

Kuebix Extends Load Matching Service With Emerge Private Freight Marketplace
Vast Kuebix shipping community gains access to Emerge marketplace for more truckload capacity and more rate options.

7 Top Trends in Last Mile Logistics - The Revolution is Coming
Shippers face many challenges in successfully delivering products to end-users, and last mile logistics will be a core focus of change in the coming months.

Omni-Channel Solution Enables Industry Disruptor Canyon Bicycles to Pioneer US Ecommerce
Signing up to a customized omni-channel logistics solution from SEKO Logistics has led to record sales of Canyon Bicycles in the United States with direct-to-consumer deliveries of its award-winning, German-engineered road, mountain, triathlon, and commuter bikes now available to all 50 states.


 


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