Tech, geopolitical change, and customer expectations for speed and efficiency are driving supply chains to reinvent themselves. New advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and other technologies will provide opportunities to leapfrog the competition with efficiency and productivity gains while […]
Article from MHI Solutions Companies desiring greater visibility into their supply chains now have another option for tracking their goods. By using IoT sensors that communicate with low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, they can gain new insights into where their […]
Discussions about the Internet of Things (IoT)—the networked connection of physical objects that can share information— usually focus on the operational changes the IoT will bring to the supply chain. One aspect often overlooked is the IoT’s potential for creating […]
In addition to four keynote sessions, the MHI 2015 Annual Conference will include six expert panel sessions. These sessions offer a great opportunity to network and problem-solve with your peers on topics ranging supply chain management systems and omni-channel fulfillment to automation […]
Moving a roll of cloth destined for military uniforms from manufacturer to warehouse to fabricator has been, until recently, a time-consuming, labor-intensive process. The introduction of automatic identification—specifically Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)—has transformed it. Manufacturing employees used to handwrite each […]
DHL and Cisco jointly released a new Trend Report focused on the Internet of Things (IoT). According to the report, IoT will generate $8 trillion worldwide in Value at Stake over the next decade. This will come from five primary […]