- 41. Revolution Coming to the Supply Chain
- (News)
- According to Forbes, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are poised to revolutionize the supply chain. For example AR can be used in the warehouse to make picking faster and less prone to error. ...
- 42. Industry 4.0 is bringing about Supply Chain 4.0. Are you ready?
- (EDI)
- ... there’s some reason to believe that there is in fact, flexibility within the order process. But getting the details wrong causes errors and costs money. How will this tight connection fare in the age of ...
- 43. 4 Easy Replenishment Ideas that Adapt to the Digital Age
- (News)
- ... using two or three forecast algorithms. While their forecasting 'may' include even 500 methods, the forecast errors are huge and slow down the movement of inventory to better locations when forecasting ...
- 44. Supply Chains Vulnerable to Terrorists
- (News)
- Terrorists are increasing their efforts to disrupt the global supply chain, reports Forbes. According to the British Standard Institute there were 346 supply chain attacks in 2016 a rise of 16% over 2015. ...
- 45. It's Integration Time
- (Integration)
- The benefits of automating orders, invoices, and ASNs between your company and its customers are well known. Integrated documents are faster, less prone to error, and improve workflow among your people ...
- 46. Custom Delivery at Scale
- (Logistics)
- ... enough to get the order right for the specified number of items in the package. But when that package count is 1, there is literally no margin for error. And when the delivery is made through any of ...
- 47. Big Data Concerns for Global Supply Chains
- (News)
- You implement a 'big data solution' in your supply chain, and immediately you're golden and begin reaping the benefits, right? That's not only almost always wrong, it can be a profoundly bad assumption ...
- 48. Integration is Still an Issue
- (Integration)
- ... the time and effort needed to pull it off. Build a business case by determining the current costs that can be avoided through integration. These can include staff time and costs due to errors when data ...
- 49. Timing is Everything in SCM
- (News)
- Timing is everything, according to Simon Eagle on the Beet Fusion site. Especially in supply chain management, and specifically in the planning function.According to his article, Simon says that when execution ...
- 50. How Much Does an EDI Transaction Cost?
- (EDI)
- ... of that integration, such as error elimination. Many companies still manually key data into their back-end system from electronic purchase orders they receive from buyers. And during that manual entry, ...
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