In the beginning, Web-based logistics exchanges were going to transform the industry. But four years later, we're still waiting. Paradise may not be lost, but it's definitely postponed.
Revamping warehouse operations won't seem half as risky if you try it with imaginary staff picking tiny items from hypothetical racking on a theoretical work schedule. Think The Sims meet the DC.
Sure you have plenty of brainpower. But when it comes to complex logistics or warehousing decisions, an intelligent software "agent" may be able to make the call better, faster or more cost effectively than you can.
Data bits swirl through the air in DCs across the country, moving vital information without a cable or cord in sight. So why have companies been so slow to take wireless on the road?
Sophisticated technology makes it possible to track a product's exact whereabouts through the entire supply process and beyond. But the story it reveals might be more than you want to or ought to know.
There's a dizzying array of ADC devices out there, each capable of delivering torrents of information. The challenge is to pluck just enough data from the chaos to help things run smoothly.
