Order Management & Fulfillment

Amazon to Increase U.S. Workforce by 50 Percent

February 9, 2017

Amazon recently confirmed it will add 100,000 full-time jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months, many of them at the new warehouses it is building to fulfill orders quickly and cheaply.

Adapting Supply Chains to the Digital Phase of Business

February 8, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

There's no doubt that the digital supply chain is of great benefit to a company, but we need to look at the world of social media to learn how to maximize use of digitalization, says Trevor Miles, vice president of thought leadership at Kinaxis.

Supply Chain Centers of Excellence and Customer Success

February 7, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

The ideal center of excellence not only supports internal teams at a company but advocates for customers, says Leah McGuire, director of the Kinaxis Center of Excellence.

Continuous Sales and Operations Planning Process at TE Connectivity

February 6, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

The task of linking systems of any company with truly global reach is difficult enough to begin with, says Lindsey Kathmann, supply chain analyst at TE Connectivity, but complexity is heightened when the enterprise is structured into separate business units, some with their own spinoffs.

Trends in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

February 6, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Merging two companies is seldom easy, but it's even more difficult when their supply chains are highly dissimilar, says Jim Calarese, director of supply chain systems at Sanofi Genzyme.

Taming Supply Chain Complexity

February 3, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

For Xilinx Inc., a supplier of programmable logic devices, the focus is more on speed than optimization, says Alex Brown, vice president of supply chain.

Improving Production Planning Efficiency

February 3, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Speed and accuracy are everything to a company, says Jenny Balderrama, production planner at Keysight Technologies. All too often, however, speed is associated with orders arriving rather the ability to meet them. And accurate forecasting? Forget that.

Trends in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

February 2, 2017

Jim Calarese, Dir. of Supply Chain Systems, Sanofi Genzyme

The Role of IT as Competitive Global SCM Strategy

February 2, 2017

Zoltan Pekar, VP of the Global SC Division, Roland DG Corp.

Taming Supply Chain Complexity

February 1, 2017

Alex Brown, VP of Supply Chain, Xilinx

Order Management & Fulfillment

The latest news, analysis, services and solutions regarding order fulfillment for warehousing and distribution. Today’s companies are moving goods across more suppliers, vendors and customers than ever before, and warehouses are critical points in the overall supply chain. New technologies in order fulfillment are transforming the way warehouses and distribution centers operate — allowing corporations to stay ahead of competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving supply-chain operations through their strategic use of order fulfillment solutions in the warehouse.