Small-item fulfillment continues to grow, especially with e-commerce orders, but a lot of traditional sortation technology was never designed to handle smaller and lighter pieces, says John Park, product manager, Accu-Sort Systems.
Costly coding requirements have limited adoption of voice technology, but that is changing, says Steve Gerrard, vice president, marketing and strategy, Voxware. The technology is truly adaptive now, which is a key buying criterion.
Almost 72 percent of senior supply chain and operations executives are not completely confident in their organizations' product recall and traceability abilities.
Daymon Worldwide, a provider of brand-building and sourcing services for retail, has formed a new unit dedicated to transportation management and logistics support for retailers and suppliers.
Rizwan Asim, head of procurement and supply chain with SSC Al-Suwaidi Holding Co., discusses how integrated demand planning is helping Middle Eastern retailers to cope with a market boom.
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