Since the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and consumers have struggled to access affordable materials. Supply chain deficiencies are significantly impacting the global market. Companies are adopting advanced technologies to optimize material…
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Recent advances in voice AI are changing the voice picking experience for everyone: pickers, developers and enterprises. The technology behind voice picking software is mostly invisible; however, it affects end-users…
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How Supply Chain Digitalization Can Address Supply Chain Disruptions
Industry 4.0 revolutionized many industries, and now it’s being applied to supply chains. Dubbed Supply Chain 4.0, the application of the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, and analytics to supply…
The logistics and warehousing markets are growing and changing fast. For 3PL providers, this change presents some serious opportunities. With the right business strategy, third-party logistics providers can likely secure…
Supply chains have experienced huge changes throughout history to get to their current level of efficiency. From the inventions of vehicles to the take-off of computerization, the journey from part…
If you meet delivery deadlines, you become an indispensable partner for your customers. Today, however, adherence to delivery dates can only be achieved by planning production with the help of…
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout underscored the importance of the cold chain to modern logistics and revealed significant challenges. A wide range of products, primarily pharmaceuticals and food items, require temperature-controlled…
Picture this: I’d been travelling since 5:30 am after visiting family overseas for Christmas. After a car, plane and train journey to get me back to my destination, there’s one…
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Tips to convince your supplier to integrate your workflows
Many supply chain challenges can be overcome by working more closely with partner companies. Of course, to achieve this, you need to bring suppliers on-side and prove that your suggestions…
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AI and the productivity paradox – why it needs more than technology to transform the economy
by Kai Keppnerby Kai KeppnerThe hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) is now several years old and has hardly subsided. Expectations are huge – but the hoped-for increase in productivity has so far largely failed…