In a fiercely competitive market where businesses are constantly striving to enhance profit margins, reduce costs, and provide exceptional customer experience, disruptive technologies...
Scott Medford, Apex Supply Chain Technologies’ senior VP of global sales, highlights top supply chain automation trends and shows how Apex is responding to increased demand for “low-touch” solutions in the COVID-19 era.
In this Q&A, Scott Deutsch, EPG’s president, Americas, details the current state of the warehousing environment and introduces the company’s new “Make Things Better” program.
Coronavirus outbreak has gripped the world and its set to impact the logistics supply chain in a big way. Even though the world has come to a standstill but at 20Cube Logistics, we are in business through our virtual offices and ensuring that our customers’ freight operations are not being impacted. We are in regular touch with our shipping lines, Govt. agencies, agents, terminals to keep our customers updated about the latest information and freight operation details. We, through our location offices in Australia, Sri Lanka, East Africa, China and Dubai including India are sending regular updates that will help […]
A warehouse is a world of its own, loaded with complex tasks, but in recent times, the inclusion of technology to all the areas of the warehouse makes the tasks easier with increased efficiency and productivity. The implementation of technology does not guarantee optimisation if performance is not measured round-the-clock to achieve consistent and estimated productivity levels. If the warehouse performances are timely tracked, it’s sure to increase productivity and asset utilisation with continuous improvement and enhanced customer satisfaction. Let’s look at some of the top warehousing KPIs that are sure to be tracked by warehousing managers. KPI#1- Inward Any […]
Chatbots, most of us would have experienced them while shopping online or booking a ticket. It is estimated that the Chatbot market is expected to reach around 1.25billion US dollars in 2025 from 190.8 million US dollar in 2016. These chatbots include AI programming to converse with customers in common language by means of sound or content. Based on the recent records, it is observed that Chatbots are always available, don’t make mistakes, are intuitive and easy to manage. It is conveniently utilised by those who don’t want talking to support centres. Due to its consistency and success, Chatbots have […]
Technology is fast evolving and so is its adoption by vast industries like supply chain where it is been used more creatively and expansively. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is one such innovation which is widely used in Supply Chain and Logistics as it’s efficient and saves time. What’s RFID? RFID is a tool to read & understand digital data encrypted in RFID tags through a reader via radio waves. To understand it, we can take the example of a bar code or magnetic strip of a bank’s ATM card where data is captured by the device and stored in the […]
Warehousing and distribution plays a pivotal role in logistics and is capable of delivering a higher return on investment. For most, it’s just a storage facility but it is actually a CPU or a nerve system of the supply chain management. A warehouse provides complete control over your inventory and ensures that customers receive their consignment on time and in the pristine condition. How can a WMS contribute towards improving performance: Optimising space The space optimisation and its usage is extremely important for any warehouse. The inventory has to be stacked in the best locations and positions so that it […]
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