- 21. Your Competitive Advantage May Lie in These Technologies
- (Technology)
- ... Robotic process automation Robotic Process Automation (RPA) enables supply chain companies to cut costs, reduce errors, link applications and speed up processes. Robots helps supply chain companies ...
- 22. GS1 US Now Offers Standard Color and Size Codes
- (News)
- ... as orders and invoices electronically. Using these standardized codes, retailers, brands and manufacturers can reduce errors due to manual data entry, cut down on new item setup times and allow for automated ...
- 23. New Research Confirms Blockchain’s Effectiveness for Improved Data Sharing in the Retail Industry
- (News)
- ... the intersection of RFID and blockchain technology, we’ve taken an important step in our mission to help rid the retail supply chain of costly errors and inefficiencies caused by outdated processes and ...
- 24. Augmented Reality is Making the Supply Chain Better and More Efficient
- (Logistics)
- ... are doing and where they need to improve. AR makes picking and packing like a game where workers collect items before time lapses. It not only makes it enjoyable but also reduces errors by more than ...
- 25. Keeping the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Safe
- (News)
- According to Automation, upgrades to the pharmaceutical supply chain means consumers can be assured that their drugs are safe. Errors in the pharmaceutical supply chain can lead to late delivery, increased ...
- 26. New Tech Is Helping Lower Inventory Levels Across The Supply Chain
- (Logistics)
- ... errors and at the same time allow the supplier or manufacturer to offer real-time updates to their customers. Better visibility of products as a result of technology improves customer loyalty. It also ...
- 27. What’s Cloud Got To Do With It?
- (Integration)
- ... ERP could understand. With multiple customers and suppliers exchanging transactions this became difficult, complex, and expensive, not to mention full of potential errors. The new providers added programming ...
- 28. Expanded Payment Options Can Help Merchants Boost Customer Loyalty and Satisfaction
- (News)
- ... the true source of chargebacks, successfully dispute them, eliminate merchant errors and prevent future losses. Chargebacks911 is dedicated to educating and supporting eCommerce merchants with services ...
- 29. 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 ...
- 30. 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 ...
- 31. 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 ...
- 32. 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 ...
- 33. 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 ...
- 34. Monitoring Supply Chain Activity with Dashboards
- (Integration)
- ... of how EDI standards can easily move into “gray” zones. There are many other potential sources of errors. Retailers who only have to deal with a handful of suppliers often find themselves allocating ...
- 35. Integrate Your Systems Now While Transaction Volume is Lower
- (Integration)
- ... that manual keying of data is subject to error… simple keyboarding errors that may or may not show up immediately. If you’re dealing with 2 or 3 transactions per day this may not seem a big deal, but when ...
- 36. ERP and EDI integration make for better everything
- (Integration)
- ... Inc., there are benefits of integrating an entity’s ERP with EDI. “It reduces human errors. If humans are typing everything into invoices, purchase orders, etc., errors are likely,” says Porter, adding, ...
- 37. Go Green Using EDI
- (News)
- When we review the many benefits of technologies like EDI and B2B electronic commerce, we usually focus on things like cost savings, reduced errors, and improved processing speed. But were you aware that ...
- 38. How EDI Translates Into Supply Chain Precision
- (EDI)
- ... into an angry ogre. Whenever humans are involved, errors can occur, no matter the circumstances. That’s why experts such as Srini Raja, director deployment with TPSynergy, say companies should adapt electronic ...
- 39. The Unnecessary Costs Of EDI Document Errors
- (EDI)
- ... of product numbers into a computer system. Not surprisingly, human error is the most common reason for supply chain errors. Overall, challenges can be divided into three categories: • Wrong data (product ...
- 40. EDI Modifications and Updates
- (EDI)
- ... of orders, that need to be properly translated to your company’s internal formats. Errors in translation, even minor ones, can cause failures, like a failure to automatically send required documents back ...
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