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techtarget | August 30, 2017

E-commerce is having a powerful effect on logistics and the supply chain. Here are three developments that are happening today that are likely to affect your company. Perhaps the most dynamic logistics trends that should be on your radar include the rapid rise of e-commerce and its dramatic effect on brick-and-mortar retailing; the growing importance of emerging technologies, such as the industrial internet of things; the ability to more closely monitor and manage goods and vehicles in transit; ...

techtarget | October 05, 2017

Getting real-time information on where goods are in a supply chain is commonplace with sensors and big data, but some firms use machine learning to predict more accurate ETAs. The availability of inexpensive sensors and internet of things connectivity has made supply chain visibility easier for manufacturers in the past few years. In fact, it's possible to know exactly where your goods are at any time and, in many cases, what condition they're in. But what if you could take this capabili...

techtarget | March 29, 2017

Additive manufacturing popularly known as 3D printing has been touted as the next big thing in manufacturing, but its impact will soon be seen in supply chain management. Additive manufacturing the creation of product parts or components from a digital 3D model has gotten a lot of attention lately, and rightly so: It's one of those ideas that's simultaneously wildly innovative, and yet glaringly obvious. Indeed, with the benefits of additive manufacturing causing a stir in manufact...

techtarget | August 10, 2017

Wearables find new footing in industries that need to keep hands free. One company explains how Intel's Recon Jet Pro smart glasses have improved its productivity. Time is money, and time wasted is money lost. So, when efficiency stalled in a freight-forwarding company's warehouse, it turned to wearable smart glasses. Workers at DB Schenker in Houston needed to streamline the time-consuming processes of tracking inventory and communicating with each other on the large warehouse floor. In...