HighJump Software Inc. has developed a new version of its warehouse-management system (WMS), aimed at small and mid-sized wholesale distribution operations.
The new global marketplace has brought many benefits for consumers, while also ushering in new levels of expectations for manufacturers, which can complicate the delivery of products.
Hamish Brewer, chief executive officer of JDA Software, was giving a speech at the Economic Club of Phoenix last year, when the topic of global inventory levels came up. The question he posed: How much stuff is currently in transit or socked away in warehouses the world over? The answer: Nobody really knows.
Apriso Corp., a vendor of software for global manufacturing, has created an application to enable "pull-triggered" manufacturing and supply-chain processes.
Mark Wheeler, director of warehouse solutions with Motorola Solutions Inc., shows how warehouses and DCs are embracing the latest automation to realize new gains in productivity.