INDUSTRY NEWS
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AutoScheduler Introduces Make-n-Ship Warehouse Optimization Platform
Today, at the Retailers International Leaders Association, (RILA), AutoScheduler.AI, an innovative Warehouse Management System (WMS) accelerator, introduces the Make-n-Ship warehouse optimization platform that optimizes loading products straight off the production line to better orchestrate production, warehousing, and transportation plans
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FourKites And RCS Logistics Partner To Bring End-To-End Multimodal Visibility To Customers Worldwide2/16/2023
Leading supply chain visibility company FourKites and RCS Logistics, one of the world’s leading independent logistics service providers, today announced a partnership to provide RCS customers with a one-stop shop for end-to-end visibility into their shipments across ocean, air, drayage, intermodal and over-the-road (OTR)
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nChain And Unisot In Strategic Partnership To Boost Supply Chain Traceability2/16/2023
nChain, a global leader in the creation and delivery of Web3 solutions through Research and Development and the implementation of blockchain technology, today announces the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with UNISOT, a leading Platform as a Service enabling supply chain traceability
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Chemours Introduces Track & Trace Technology To Provide Real-Time Visibility Into Ti-Pure TiO2 Order And Delivery Status2/15/2023
The Chemours Company (“Chemours”), a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials, today announced the launch of Track & Trace, an innovative order tracking technology that provides Ti-Pure Flex and Connect customers with real-time visibility into their order location and status directly from the eCommerce portals
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Sweep Empowers Companies To Build Sustainability Across Their Supply Chains2/15/2023
Sweep, the carbon management and reduction platform has launched Sweep for Supply Chain, a solution leveraging corporate-supplier collaboration to get a complete view of indirect Scope 3 emissions and anticipate supply-chain-related risks and opportunities.
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Finite State Introduces Next-Generation Platform For Software Supply Chain Security2/13/2023
(S4X23) -Finite State, the leader in managing software supply chain risk for the enterprise, today announced its Next Generation Platform featuring extended SBOM management with the ability to ingest and aggregate 120+ external data sources
FEATURED ARTICLES
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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.
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Mastering Integration For Supply Chain Industries9/14/2020
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?
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Importance Of Supply Chains No Longer Taken For Granted6/15/2020
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.
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The 3 Keys To Developing A Sustainable Supply Chain1/6/2020
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.
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How Defect Management Tools Improve Software Reliability11/11/2019
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.
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Performance Testing And Its Types11/7/2019
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
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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.
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Can You Meet Consumer Expectations At Any Cost?3/21/2014
There’s no prescriptive approach to establishing true, seamless, anychannel retail commerce, but experts agree on four imperatives to the equation.
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Cloud-Based Hub Simplifies Fulfillment Process For Goedeker’s3/21/2014
Increased online sales volume pushed a Midwestern appliance retailer to find a way to connect its e-commerce platform to ERP software, streamlining the ordering process and decreasing shipping times.
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Mobile 2014: Best Bets And Epic Fails In Retail Mobility2/18/2014
Mobile POS races to the bottom, customer service apps reign supreme, and BYOD begins to make perfect sense.
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Fulfillment/Order Management Solutions2/18/2014
Take a look at some of the leading companies helping retailers with fulfillment and order management in today’s rapidly changing retail environment.
SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH SUPPLEMENT
Cutting-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.
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FEATURED PRODUCTS
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Epicor PLM is the product data and document management system that supervises the entire process, the product life history, in conjunction with the ERP system. Workflow management, scan and plot management, as well as document viewing in large heterogeneous networks and over the Internet, complete the range of powerful Epicor PLM features employed.
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A unique combination of global functionality, robust construction, and outstanding performance-to-size ratio.
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Computhink's document management system ViewWise provides organizations in warehousing/distribution businesses with an efficient and secure solution to manage their incoming and outgoing document records across the "order-to-cash" flow.
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Deploy a solution which ties into your existing warehouse management systems to detect and correct issues as they occur. Ease of deployment and a truly distributed architecture provide a low-maintenance solution that can even be extended to customer locations to verify delivery and to remotely monitor customer stock levels.
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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.
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When RFID technology is combined with well-designed business processes and intelligent application software, such as the SPEDE Material Control System, you can achieve 100% correct customer shipments. SPEDE not only provides RFID compliance labeling, but enables you to leverage your RFID investment to control and streamline internal processes.
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Janam’s XP Series delivers state-of-the-art processor and memory technology in a remarkably small and light package. As a drop-in replacement for existing rugged Palm OS mobile computers, the XP Series provides an easy migration path that protects users’ investments in legacy Palm applications and work processes.