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Big retailers have many supply chain-specific compliance programs to which suppliers must adhere, or face being fined. At a technical level, regulations specify the data required for business documents and the timing of their transmission. At an operational level, unreadable barcodes, unauthorized item substitutions, incorrect carton sizes, defective products and late or early deliveries are […]

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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 network known as the cold chain. With assets moving through remote […]

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If you can find the bottlenecks that are slowing down your assembly line, you can increase efficiency and productivity. Manufacturing managers, roaming the factory floor, can address workflow impediments, but these supervisors can’t be everywhere at once. Using Edge Impulse’s industry-leading edge ML development platform, Advantech developed a smart monitoring system that autonomously flags even […]

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Over the last year, the retail market has witnessed disruption of seismic proportions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. While a black swan event, the impact of the pandemic has been long lasting. Tremors from the economic slump that followed were ubiquitously felt across the retail supply chain, as logistics stakeholders struggled to stay on […]

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A major-brand omnichannel apparel seller had a returns backlog of 650,000 units in its forward-bound fulfillment center. This backlog was diluting new corporate sales directives by restricting the movement of outbound goods; causing unacceptable margin loss from ineffective and inefficient returns liquidation. Inmar moved returns processing to its facility to relieve the backlog and retain […]

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