By YonBee Yang | December 21, 2020 Despite the unexpected hit the economy took from COVID-19, with each passing holiday, we continue to see an increase in spending, especially within e-commerce. To learn more about this year’s record-breaking numbers, check out our previous blog How COVID-19…
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Impact Of IoT In Supply Chain Visibility
By YonBee Yang | December 15, 2020 IoT (Internet of Things) is on the rise towards redefining supply chain processes. The power of IoT lies in intelligently connecting people, processes, data in the supply chain through cloud computing networks, sensors, and communication devices. The data…
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Putting The AI In Pandemic
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has swiftly been gaining popularity and relevance within supply chain in recent years. The current pandemic and its impact on the supply chain industry has made the conversation around AI even more interesting and relevant. For an in depth introduction to AI,…
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The Future Of Fashion Retail
Adapting to and Thriving in the New Normal Final sale clearances. Thousands of store closures. Big-brand bankruptcies. It is no secret that retail has been struggling in recent years, due to the inability to keep up with evolving customer preferences and an ever-changing landscape. Unfortunately,…
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Peak Planning With Robotics
The holiday season is just around the corner and peak periods are quickly approaching fulfillment centers across the country bringing with them new and unique challenges. Many warehouse managers will be resorting to the usual solutions such as hiring seasonal labor, running their facilities for…
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Commercially Available Warehouse Robotics Solutions
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, warehouse robotics solutions realized massive adoption from retailers and distributors, as well as increased investments from venture capital and technology organizations. While catalysts for robotics adoption such as labor shortages, capacity constraints, and increasing order volume continue to persist, there…
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Calculating ROI For Warehouse Robotics
Warehouse robotics is embarking on a critical growth stage of its adoption. According to a study by Tractica, between the years 2018 and 2022 the number of shipments of warehouse and logistics robots will jump from 194k to 938k per year. As we approach the end of 2020, that…
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Leveraging Agile Methodologies For Vendor Provided Technologies
Supply chain software companies are providing extensibility as part of their offerings. With the concept of extensibility, software vendors are providing the ability to “outsource” certain logic to a different system via interfaces, typically APIs. For example, once the product is picked in a vendor…
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Inside Gartner’s Magic Quadrant For WMS
Gartner is a research and advocacy company that publishes annual reviews in the form of a ‘Magic Quadrant’ (MQ) for a variety of software categories. In this blog, we will take a look at Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for the leading Warehouse Management Software (WMS) solutions….
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3PL Vs 4PL Explained
Understanding the difference between a 3PL and a 4PL is key to determining which would be a better choice for a business’s supply chain. In this article, we will discuss the definition of both a 3PL and a 4PL as well as compare the differences…
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