Manufacturing Metrics that Drive Action
Metrics manufacturers should focus on to drive change and continuous improvement.
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The Top 10 Risks Facing Supply Chain Professionals
The results from Lehigh's latest Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index Report are in and cybersecurity is a bigger issue than ever.
Walmart’s Latest Service: Ultra Late-Night Delivery
Walmart customers can now place delivery orders until midnight, the latest in a series of recent programs aimed at accommodating the varying schedules of its customers.
South Korea Finally Overtakes China in Goods Exported to U.S.
Fueled by U.S. consumer demand for semiconductors, South Korea continues to make huge inroads as China fades.
SAP Unveils New AI-Driven Supply Chain Innovations
SAP's new AI-driven enhancements will leverage real-time data, enhance product development, and bolster manufacturing effectiveness.
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Boosting Productivity: The Benefits of Automation and AI for Consumer Products Companies
Utilizing technology to solve supply chain problems or seize new business opportunities for consumer products companies.
Unlocking Efficiency: Blue Yonder’s Real-Time Warehouse Management Solution
To maintain a competitive edge in an ever-evolving environment, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and third-party logistics providers need to...
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Demand-Driven Manufacturing Metrics
Operational metrics that drive action in Demand-Driven Manufacturing environments. Learn more about the Metrics for Action by downloading the Guide.
DuoSkin: Rapidly Prototyping On-Skin User Interfaces Using Skin-Friendly Materials
In this paper, we aim to make durable and skin-friendly on-skin user interfaces available to the wider community, using commodity materials, electronic components, and fabrication processes.
Microsoft and MIT Turn Skin Tattoos into Touchpads
MIT PhD students and a team from Microsoft Research have developed a new system called DuoSkin – a kind of 'smart' tattoo capable of turning your skin into an interface to control your mobile device.
Self-Driving Cars: The Next Revolution
The revolution, when it comes, will be engendered by the advent of autonomous or “self-driving” vehicles. And the timing may be sooner than you think.
Apple Acquires Machine Learning & AI Startup Turi
Apple has purchased Turi, a small Seattle-based startup specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence technology for a purchase price of around $200 million.
Transform Your Business Processes with Robotic and Intelligent Automation
Just as capabilities of the ERP tools exploded as successive releases leapfrogged each other and customer support become increasingly user friendly, we see similar capability trends in the robotic spa.
Using Visual Factory Technology as an Effective Communications Tool
True software built for manufacturers provides capabilities and value unique to companies in the business of planning and producing goods to bring to market.
Why Become More Demand-Driven?
In this paper, we will examine the nuts and bolts of “common” manufacturing environments and look at how software solutions help harmonize these processes using improved data, visibility and demand-driven practices.
Verizon to Acquire Fleetmatics
Transaction to accelerate Verizon's position as a leading provider of fleet and mobile workforce management solutions.
Inside the Biggest Factory in the World
When Tesla's Gigafactory is complete it will be the largest building in the world by footprint and, if all goes according to plan, will eventually churn out enough batteries to supply 150 gigawatt hours of batteries per year.
The Omnichannel Retail Supply Chain
How Technology Delivered in the Cloud Will Separate the Winners and Losers in the Eyes of Consumers.
Amazon Wants to Put Drone Platforms on Street Lights and Cell Towers
For Amazon, which seems determined to lead the field in drone delivery, the answer might come from a recently approved patent: docking stations for drones, installed on existing streetlights and various towers.
Replacing Complexity with Productivity
A recent VDC Research survey found that 85% of end users are motivated to invest in warehouse wearable initiatives in order to increase employee productivity.
A Benefit Analysis: The Advantages of Multi-modal Speech-Directed Solutions
In the online direct-to-consumer world, retailers, consumer packaged goods manufacturers and their supply chain partners are faced with tremendous challenges.
The Myths and Realities of Implementing a Transportation Management System
Running a TMS has become competitive differentiator across virtually every industry, both for the way it can streamline transport operations and for the crucial data analytics and intel it can provide a business.
Creating a Cloud Roadmap for Your Enterprise
Planning a strategic move to the cloud can be challenging. To help your cloud planning effort, NetSuite is pleased to provide you with this newsletter featuring research from Gartner.
Successful Material Handling Computerized Maintenance Management Software Implementation
Upgrade maintenance operations with improved efficiency, quality and reduced overhead.
Omron Launches Adept Robots
We are excited to bring to our customers a new line of robots from Omron Adept Technologies that enable complete automation solutions to be designed from a single source.
Honeywell Beats Toyota Industries for Warehouse Automation Company Intelligrated
Honeywell International agreed to buy warehouse automation systems and logistics company Intelligrated for $1.5 billion from a company backed by the Permira funds, beating Japan’s Toyota Industries who was competing against Honeywell for Intelligrated.
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How Does IKEA’s Inventory Management Supply Chain Strategy Really Work?
Each IKEA store is huge and holds more than 9,500 products! How in the world does IKEA offer so...
Starbucks as an Example of the Value Chain Model
The concept of value chain helps to understand and segregate the useful (which help in gaining a competitive...
7 Principles of Supply Chain Management Explained
Would you like to understand supply chain management concepts but don't have time to study from a textbook?...
Is Apple’s Supply Chain Really the No. 1? A Case Study
How Complex is Apple's Supply Chain? Some people in the blogosphere said that Apple's Supply Chain is not...
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Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Download this whitepaper to learn Unified Control System (UCS), designed to orchestrate automated and human workflows across the warehouse, enabling automation technologies...
An Inside Look at Dropshipping
Korber Supply Chain’s introduction to the world of dropshipping. While dropshipping is not for every retailer or distributor, it does provide...
C3 Solutions Major Trends for Yard and Dock Management in 2024
What trends you should be focusing on in 2024 depends on how far you are on your yard and dock management journey. This...
Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
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Revamp warehouse operations with composable commerce. Say goodbye to legacy systems and hello to modernization.