Over at Dick’s Sporting Goods, they use four words to guide distribution center operations: Flexible Fast Flawless Frugal. Certainly, those are four powerful words when talking about fulfilling direct-to-store and direct-to-consumer orders. And, many DC technologies can help accomplish those four things. But perhaps the most often overlooked technology partner here is data capture from
Even though e-commerce continues to gain more and more traction by the day, consumers ordering items online and wanting (or expecting?) same-day delivery of these online orders are not in the majority, with the exception of millenials, of course. That was a key takeaway in a recent white paper issued by the U.S. Postal Service
Even though e-commerce continues to gain more and more traction by the day, consumers ordering items online and wanting (or expecting?) same-day delivery of these online orders are not in the majority, with the exception of millenials, of course. That was a key takeaway in a recent white paper issued by the U.S. Postal Service
Retraining is frequently offered up as the cure-all for jobs lost to automation. But does it actually work? It makes a lot of sense on paper: Instead of cutting loose employees with valuable industry and company knowledge, train them in another skill when their old jobs become automated. Often, though, insufficient thought is given to
IBM is bringing artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to bear on supply-chain management — with a twist. What distinguishes this latest effort from previous software industry offerings, IBM says, is the manner in which it’s open to developers and third-party applications. The strategy reflects the reality that it takes much more than a single vendor