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Other Voices: The need for an evolved supply chain in e-commerce
Supply chains can improve customer experience by making it easy to send data up and down the chain, with real-time information delivered via APIs and automated updates.

Other Voices: Where is your supply chain business on the inventory maturity curve?
Majority of companies that should be aiming for level 4 or 5 are still "fumbling about" in the first two levels of the curve.

Other Voices: Six ways modern warehouse design has changed
The location, height, contents and velocity of distribution are in flux, driven by data analysis and exacting customer demands.

Other Voices: Why ergonomic initiatives fail and how to improve them permanently
Desirable, usable equipment can ensure workers commit to maintaining ergonomic initiatives.

Other Voices: How to help your manufacturing business navigate economic downturns
A comprehensive review of worker activity, safety and attitude is an important element to optimizing labor value and surviving an economic downturn.

Other Voices: 10 operational steps to a peak season home run
The best time to prep for holiday peaks is last year. The second best time is right now.

Other Voices: Three tips for implementing intelligent packaging
Intelligent packaging technology can improve the supply chain by providing operational visibility that may not otherwise exist and the data to make better and faster decisions.

Other Voices: Six ways manufacturers can make system data migration easier
Cleaning data, standardizing it and protecting its quality are essential to successful materials handling operations.

Other Voices: Play it safe with automation
Automation supports reinvention of the warehouse worker and helps meet the rising demands of order fulfillment.

Other Voices: Lessons from WMS in the Cloud
Cloud is rapidly gaining share in WMS, as it is with all other supply chain software categories.

Other Voices: Inventory forecasting and delusions of accuracy
With increasingly volatile variations, forecasting in weekly periods may be less effective than forecasting by month.

Other voices: Balancing safety with utilization and capacity with road trains
Leveraging road train solutions may help mitigate the driver shortage

Is space the next materials handling frontier?
NASA is looking to our industry for innovative ideas on how to handle supplies in space

Other Voices: Shaping professionals for the next generation supply chain
Supply chain professionals must have multifaceted skills and the ability to interface with individuals from diverse departments within an enterprise.

Risk events are everywhere
A new survey from Supply Chain Management Review and ASCM looks at how our readers and members are experiencing risk

ASCM Day 1: If it’s Monday, it must be Las Vegas
The first day of the first event under the ASCM banner began with a focus on the global supply chain

Other Voices: A primer on high-velocity, low-speed (HVLS) fans
How the right HVLS solution can radically transform a company's wellness standards while boosting its bottom line.

MHLC Day 2: Change is happening
Software will drive the materials handling industry, says Dematic’s CEO

If it’s September, it must be Park City ….. Again
The 34th annual Material Handling & Logistics Conference is focused on the predictive revolution

How to handle a disaster
The DLA has raised the bar on hurricane and disaster relief


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Extend the Life of Brownfield Warehouses
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Power Supply in Overhead Cranes: Energy Chains vs. Festoons
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