Home Adapting Fulfillment to the Customer For supply chain professionals, the last few years have brought uncertainty and opportunity. The steady transition of consumer buying behaviors toward eCommerce suddenly accelerated with the pandemic, putting global supply chains to the test. Consumers are returning to in person shopping, but with new expectations. They expect to […]
Home The Ultimate Guide to Warehouse Automation Success: Preparation, Evaluation and Implementation As more supply chains are increasingly driven by technology, many organizations are investigating the benefits of an automated warehouse. Warehouse automation can make your operations far more accurate, productive and responsive, however, it is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. In fact, it’s a far […]
Home An Optimized, Frictionless Commerce Platform Solves Five Supply Chain Challenges Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, businesses around the world took the supply chain status quo for granted. Customers — consumers in particular — followed suit, simply assuming their purchases would arrive in a matter of a few days, on time, in full. Everyone […]
Home Perimeter 81: The Definitive WFH Security Checklist: 10 Easy Steps to Safer Remote Access According to Perimeter 81’s recent State of Cybersecurity Report, 87% of companies plan to have employees working remotely in 2022 and beyond. Get the 10 step checklist and download how to secure your remote workforce with Zero Trust. With […]
Home Santa Monica Seafoods Case Study Like any business facing the uncertainty of the market and challenges to come, building the capability to pivot and adapt to the opportunities in front of them is the most important outcome of all. Business is booming for Santa Monica Seafood, a top seafood distributor in Southern California. […]
Home Five Essential Ways a Buy-Sell Solution Brings Resiliency and Agility to the Supply Chain — and the Business Creating resilient and agile supply chains requires a platform that enables enterprises to leverage economies of scale when working with suppliers and contract manufacturers, while minimizing risk, disruptions and shortages. A buy-sell solution can increase resiliency […]
Home Using Digital Deflation to Prepare Manufacturers for Change Inflation is raging at an annualized rate of well over 8% and worker shortages and wage increases — at over 5% — are also increasing corporate costs and negatively impacting profitability. Many CFOs will want to scale back spending in such an environment but should resist […]
Home No Time for Final-Mile Complacency More than two years of jarring supply chain disruption have proven the business case for end-to-end, real-time shipment visibility. But the horizon keeps moving, and while actionable data and visibility are critical, they’re only just a good beginning. Shippers and third-party logistics providers have picked much of the […]
Home Five Key Challenges to Aligning Capacity and Demand Three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the “bullwhip effect” of misaligned capacity and demand persists, contributing to labor and equipment shortages alongside port and inland congestion. Balancing capacity and demand has proven elusive, as many companies still lack full real-time, end-to-end visibility into the location and […]
Home Improving Warehouse Operations with Automation Labor challenges. Getting orders out the door on time. As a logistics manager, you know it’s tough enough to deal with those firestorms, let alone find time to focus on warehouse productivity. What can you do to even out that struggle? Logistics managers worldwide are making the move […]
