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FEATURED ARTICLES

  • Simplify Your IT Asset Management With A Managed Service Provider

    In today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape, it can be difficult for organizations to create and adhere to business processes and guidelines related to their IT infrastructure. It is also becoming more challenging for organizations to make the most of their investment in IT equipment when it is not managed properly.

  • Mastering Integration For Supply Chain Industries
    9/14/2020

    Supply chain disruptions happen. From something as isolated and simple as a missed order or lost cargo to the global disruption that has been caused by COVID-19. Now that supply chains are stretched thin under the weight of the pandemic, their inherent weaknesses are showing. End-to-end visibility provided by supply chain integration is more crucial than ever if companies are to deliver the best customer experience possible, regardless of market circumstances. How can companies that want to be best equipped to face adversity and opportunity feel secure in the fact that they have mastered supply chain integration?

  • Importance Of Supply Chains No Longer Taken For Granted
    6/15/2020

    Most people seldom think about supply chains – unless they’re a part of them, such as in the IT industry where distributors, vendors and solutions providers all participate and contribute unique value. However, in recent months the awareness of and dependencies on supply chains has been a central focus worldwide.

  • The 3 Keys To Developing A Sustainable Supply Chain
    1/6/2020

    Creating sustainable supply chains is no longer a choice. It’s necessary in today’s world, where climate change, environmental disruptions, and human rights issues are real risks to smooth (and ethical) supply chain management. Waste must be reduced and, in most cases, it must be reduced significantly.

  • How Defect Management Tools Improve Software Reliability
    11/11/2019

    There is no software in the world that is 100% defect-free. Developers spend a significant amount of time tracking bugs to ensure a high-quality product. Programming bugs can be annoying and make defect management difficult across the various lines of codes. The question is, should developers spend so much time on defect management? There are tons of defect management tools out there, many of them are free of cost which mostly suits smaller teams for fixing bugs on schedule without requiring a huge investment. Larger QA teams, however, may prefer paid options since they have more robust solutions to offer.

  • Performance Testing And Its Types
    11/7/2019

    Performance testing is a type of software testing that focuses on how the system runs under certain circumstances. It determines the speed, responsiveness, and stability of a computer, network, software program or device under a workload. A performance testing company can help identify the nature or location of a software-related performance problem by highlighting where an application might fail or lag. Performance testing can also verify that a system meets the specifications claimed by its manufacturer or vendor. The process can be used to compare two or more devices or programs.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

  • Identifying New DC Operations

    Omni-channel consumer demand has pushed the connection between shoppers and goods deeper into the supply chain, creating fundamental shifts in DC operations.

SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT

Cutting-Edge Supply Chain Strategies: Omni-Channel's Next Big ThingCutting-Edge Supply Chain Strategies: Omni-Channel's Next Big Thing

Consumer expectations of a seamless omni-channel experience are reinventing the supply chain.

Communication between retailers and suppliers will look very different in the near future. In order to meet the increasing demands of the consumer, control costs, and enhance collaboration, retailers and suppliers must improve processes for sharing data and extract as much value as possible from that data. The Trading Partner Interface of the Future, as conceptualized by RVCF, will achieve these goals while strengthening relationships between retailers and suppliers. By exploring the key areas of retailer-supplier communication, this report provides insights into what such a solution would entail and the business benefits it would create. Stakeholders in technology companies should take note that it is our vision that unrestricted, synchronized data sharing is the direction of the future.

FEATURED PRODUCTS

  • Intek Integration's Slot Logik Slotting Tool can be used as an integral component of Intek's Warehouse Librarian Warehouse Management and Control System or as a stand alone application.

  • DeltaOne Software has crafted a simple, but comprehensive, inventory control module for the leading mid-tier accounting systems, allowing you to have the productivity and accuracy gains of a warehouse management system without its cost and complexity. DoubleCheck Live provides the missing functionality needed for today’s warehouses. You get accurate shipping, multi-bin inventory, advanced inventory counting, and simplified receiving.
  • Sage MAS 500 is a highly reliable, robust series of business applications covering all areas of business management, including customer relationship management (CRM), accounting and financials, distribution, manufacturing, human resources, payroll, project accounting, and electronic commerce.
  • Private and public cold storage warehouse providers are challenged by harsh environmental conditions as well as regulatory, safety and traceability concerns in handling sensitive products such as food and pharmaceuticals.  The public refrigerated warehouse industry is highly competitive and driven to continually reduce costs and errors.

  • Manhattan Associates' Labor Management solution offers an advanced approach to resource allocation to help you realize the full potential of your workforce. This comprehensive and flexible solution can be configured to track all warehouse activities, providing objective performance monitoring, as well as analysis and reporting of labor activity.
  • Ideal for team-based approaches like zone picking, the LP Pick solution increases the pick rate productivity, accuracy and cost efficiency of this labor intensive operation by reducing the walk time, eliminating the reading errors and simplifying the task throughout the pick process.
  • Integrated satellite navigation services for the mobile workforce.