Best Practice Guide: Five Keys to Creating a Resilient Retail Supply Chain With extreme disruptions to supply chains–from sourcing, to demand, to logistics, and a shifting retail workforce–retailers are being forced to reimagine their business models in order to survive. As the world begins adjusting to a post-pandemic environment, those who are slow to react […]

4 Reasons Why Data Scientists Should Add Mathematical Optimization to Their Analytics Toolbox It has been said that “data is the new oil” — and it’s true that data is indeed a valuable commodity in today’s business world. Most companies have the capability to collect and process huge quantities of data, but few are actually […]

Digital Robots Can Transform Your Supply Chain Management Processes One of the chief benefits of digitization is where it meets robotics in the form of robotic process automation. RPA, also known as software robotics, has the potential to transform daily and ongoing business processes by using automation technologies to mimic back-office tasks of human workers. […]

Advancing Along the Returns Journey Returns have taken center stage in the supply chain over the last few years, but it’s clear merchants and carriers still don’t know the best approach to optimizing them. For those managing returns the same way they did pre-pandemic, fixing this process may seem too complex or disruptive. Sky-high inventories, […]

Accelerating Growth & Revenue in Cold Chain with Edge Machine Learning Manufacturers and consumers of perishable goods, such as pharmaceuticals, food, and beverage products, are demanding deeper insights into how products are being stored and transported. It is therefore becoming increasingly critical that companies can track and control the temperature of assets through the logistic […]

From Clicks to Ships: Navigating the Global Supply Chain Crisis As the global supply chain crisis continues to disrupt the retail industry, consumers are being forced to change their shopping behaviors. Even though customers are making changes to how, when and where they shop, they are still demanding a high-level customer experience. For retailers, this […]

Drive ROI within your IBM Sterling Environment through a B2B Managed Services Strategy Creating, maintaining, and updating a robust, efficient back-office technology infrastructure is hard –really hard. Most companies struggle to find the balance and confidence to take a several-decades-old B2B integration in-house application, that is always evolving, to a managed services model. The struggle […]

Five Reasons to Automate Warehouses with an Integrated Robotics System With demand for goods at record highs, it’s crucial to operate warehouses efficiently and cost-effectively. The warehousing worker shortage underscores the benefits of introducing robotics to support human workers. Robots don’t replace humans but work alongside them to make warehousing work safer and more rewarding. […]

Optimizing Freight At Order-Level To Lower Freight Spend Supply chain leaders have a problem. Despite the advancements in technology, many organizations still rely on manual processes, especially when mapping route and load optimization goals. While that works in some cases, profitability hangs in the balance. As the supply chain changes, the ability to dynamically load […]

Future-Proof Your Logistics Operations to Build a Resilient Business Supply and demand in recent years have been consistently unpredictable and show no signs of returning to pre-pandemic norms. In response to these fluctuations, many businesses have started implementing new strategies to promote resiliency in their logistics operations, allowing them to grow revenue, increase margins and […]