For Prologis Inc., the world's largest warehouse owner, the biggest challenge to growth has been acquiring land in the markets most important to its e-commerce tenants. The solution: Buy a rival.
When Bert Hooper brings on new workers at TechStyle Fashion Group’s 450,000 square-foot warehouse in Perris, California, he tells them, “If you know how to use a smartphone and you know how to use an app, you can do about any operation that we have in our facility.”
If anything is in constant flux, it is manufacturing and supply chain. MODEX 2018 is the best venue to showcase the services, products and solutions needed to meet the challenges these two vital areas face.
The ability to work and manage your supply chain in real time is all about having access to the right data. Customer expectations have changed and, delivery commitments are now next day, or next hour – customers expect full visibility into the status of their shipment through all phases of the supply chain.
In the quest to increase productivity in material handling and manufacturing environments and be more responsive to the changing interests and expectations of the consumer, companies are increasingly embracing new technology.
As large enterprises seek to deploy next-generation asset tracking technologies to improve operational efficiencies, the market will hit $4.5bn by 2022, according to ABI Research.
Imagine being able to know not only where everything is exactly, but its condition, and what has happened to it along the way. The implications are enormous — temperature can be monitored and adjusted en route, unexpected delays can be determined and corrected, and deliveries to the wrong location can be found and quickly corrected. A much more efficient supply chain is on the way.