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IBS Dynaman WMS Reduces 90% Errors, Providing Substantial Cost Savings

Challenge: The distribution centers were processing about 150 truckloads per day, 10 truckloads per hour. An automated WMS was needed for expansion into cold store market. Current work flows were not fully automated, causing manual errors. Material flows between product, semi-finished inventory and packaging stages were long and complex. Frozen pallets left the refrigeration system too early, so goods arrived damaged.

IBS Dynaman WMS Meets 98% KPI's For Global Food Distributor

Challenge: A sophisticated warehouse management system (WMS) was needed to go live in 7 months to meet the company's new Direct Customer Shipment concept, which changed its supply chain to include additional countries.

Manufacturers Returning to U.S. Must Find Ways to Finance Equipment Needs

Onshoring has become a major trend in the United States. U.S.-based companies are increasingly pulling their overseas manufacturing efforts and setting up shop in the States. How are they meeting their needs for heavy equipment?

Blurring Line Between Direct, Indirect Procurement Can Be 'Dangerous'

There's been a great myth sweeping across the world of procurement. It's come about as procurement technology has grown widespread and companies are vying for customers to sign onto their solutions. The myth takes the form of an eraser, scrubbing away the lines between direct and indirect procurement.

Business Continues to Grow for Third-party Logistics Companies

Revenues for U.S. 3PLs, which provide services ranging from booking truck drivers to managing warehouses, rose 7.4 percent to $157.2bn last year, faster than the 2.8 percent growth in logistics spending overall, according to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, which recently released its annual State of Logistics report.

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SkyBitz Integrates Tracking Product With ALK Maps

SkyBitz Inc., a provider of remote asset tracking and information-management services, has integrated its InSight asset tracking and management Web application into the ALK Maps app of ALK Technologies.

Merchants Ditch Costly, Fixed Point-of-Sale Systems for Mobile POS Tablets

Mobile point-of-sale systems are intended to roam free, meeting and checking out customers wherever they may be, but many merchants are anchoring the devices to the counter as a replacement for traditional POS terminals.

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Recovery in Offing for Dry Bulk Market in Atlantic Trades

Shipowners operating in the trans-Atlantic dry bulk market, where prices have been plumbing two-year lows on the back of acute vessel oversupply and shifting patterns in minerals demand, could be facing brighter days, according to the latest special report released by Platts.

Hitachi Consulting Launches Cloud Outsourcing Service

Hitachi Consulting has enhanced its Hitachi Cloud Framework portfolio with the launch of a private, public and hybrid cloud platform.

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Use of Legacy Systems Lead to Excess Costs, Lack of Visibility Into Current Inventory Levels, Study Finds

Inventory information sharing is time-consuming and often results in visibility levels between "average" and "none," according to a report from Gatepoint Research.

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The Job of the Chief Information Officer in Manufacturing Is Evolving Greatly

The manufacturing CIO has long been associated with managing new technology implementation, strategic IT planning and keeping tabs on the latest solutions that could boost productivity. The job entails much more than that today.

Supply Chain, Logistics World Found 2014 Best Year Since the Great Recession, Report Says

In 2014, the supply chain industry experienced its best year since the Great Recession, according to the State of the Logistics Report issued annually by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and sponsored by Penske Logistics.

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