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3PL CEOs Like Where Their Companies Are Headed and Their Revenue Opportunities, Study Finds

October 1, 2015

CEOs of third-party logistics services providers are confident about the current state and future revenue growth potential of both their companies and the regional 3PL industries.

Intel Targets Retail Inventory Tracking Market With Sensor Platform

September 24, 2015

RFID Journal

Intel Corp. is marketing the Intel Retail Sensor Platform, an RFID-based system designed to make retail radio frequency identification deployments easier, as well as enable inventory tracking to be performed in real time.

When the E-commerce Explosion Leads to Raising the Roof on Warehouses

September 23, 2015

Jim Neuner, Senior Vice President of Intralogistics Design, Wynright Corporation

For 130 years, Chicago and New York City have been locked in a battle of the skyscrapers. Nine of the tallest buildings in the U.S., as well as more than one-half of the nation's towers greater than 785 feet, were built in just those two cities.

In Retail, Technology Transforms Supply Chain, In-store Operations, Customer Outreach

September 21, 2015

CRM Daily

Easier access to information is pushing the retail sector closer to what 18th century economist Adam Smith described as "perfect information" -- the idea of having equal information from all providers in order to make a choice.

Employing Proper Technology Upfront Could Reduce Returns of Clothing Purchased Online

September 21, 2015

Apparel

As most shoppers have experienced, ordering clothes online can occasionally be a shot in the dark – not every item fits the way they'd hoped, nor does every color match the description exactly. This not only annoys consumers, but also retailers when those disgruntled customers send their unwanted items back.

Australian Cotton Company Relies on RFID Technology to Make Ginning Process More Efficient

September 18, 2015

RFID Journal

RFID tags embedded in bundles of unprocessed cotton bolls help Southern Cotton track when it receives, stores and gins those bundles, and the company then shares that data with growers.

There Could Be Transport Solution Gold in Work Performed by Robot Garbage Man

September 18, 2015

Volvo Group

Imagine a robot that quietly and discreetly enters your neighborhood, collects your refuse bin and empties it into the refuse truck. It is done without waking the sleeping families and without heavy lifting for the refuse truck's driver. This is the purpose of ROAR, a joint project with the aim to develop tomorrow's smart transport solutions.

True Omnichannel Model Eludes 80 Percent of Retailers, Study Says

September 18, 2015

HRC Advisory

Retailers are working hard to transform their supply chains to a customer-centric, omnichannel model, but 80 percent are not prepared for the magnitude of change required, according to HRC Advisory (HRC), a retail advisory firm and unit of Hilco Global.

Disruptive Mobile Technologies Key to Best Supply Chain Performance

September 16, 2015

EBN

Tying the Internet of Things to a strategy for mobile devices - wearables, tablets, smartphones - is not only forward-thinking, but gets to the heart of what good supply chain management is all about.

Are Purchasers of Transportation Management Technology Really Using All of That IT?

September 14, 2015

ChainLink Research

Transportation management software providers have been in a race in the last few years to build out their software and capture more business. ERP players have also been building or buying TM. A profusion of new modules, emerging players, new niches and acquisitions are reaching a fevered pitch. And we are certainly not at the heights yet.