Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2024

A term once prominent in supply discussions optimization isn’t heard quite as often as it used to be. That doesn’t mean optimization isn’t as important now as it has been in the past. Also, validated financial statements are key in the underlying optimization models. Quite the opposite.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 15, 2021

Today’s article is from Lucas Systems and highlights the benefits of machine learning in the warehouse. Real-world uses of AI in business have exploded in the past decade, but few of those applications are focused on warehousing and distribution. This article provides an introduction to machine learning for warehouse managers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Inventory & Warehouse Management Warehouses and fulfillment centers are prone to stock discrepancies, mismanagement, and delays due to human error. How Smart Contracts Improve Warehousing Automated Stock Replenishment: Smart contracts automatically trigger new orders when inventory levels fall below a certain threshold.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2025

From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers may overlook. These capabilities are now being integrated into mainstream TMS, WMS, and ERP platforms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

But there is a technology gap between gleaming new automated facilities and tens of thousands of existing warehouses and distribution centers that pre-date the warehouse building boom of the past 5-10 years. Those systems and processes were designed to serve the current business model for 10 years or more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2021

We spoke mostly about achieving optimal warehouse performance. Subsequently, we discussed the broader concept of taking a holistic approach to warehouse performance improvement, including warehouse process design, solution selection, and the role of specific steps in achieving overall success in warehouse operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Warehouse management systems rely on RF scans of locations and products. Developing Models : Building and scaling AI models in a manner that ensures they are reliable and understandable. The agent selectively pushes data to the Aera data model.” Or it could involve machine logic or optimization.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Integrate with External Tools and Data: AI Agents can augment their inherent language model capabilities with APIs and tools (e.g., Inventory Management AI Agents can track stock levels in real-time and compare them with demand forecasts, optimizing inventory levels and preventing overstock or stockouts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Renewable Energy for Facilities: Warehouses and distribution centers can integrate solar panels and wind turbines to lower energy costs and carbon footprints. Green Logistics: Optimizing transportation routes, consolidating shipments, and employing energy-efficient vehicles to reduce emissions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Manhattan Associates is a leader in two markets, warehouse management systems and omnichannel systems. The WMS solution optimizes productivity and throughput in distribution centers and warehouses. The same disconnect can happen in the warehouse and in transportation. In a warehouse, workers pick cases and build pallets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2023

The concept of digital twins has emerged as a powerful foundational tool to drive improvements in warehouse productivity and efficiency. In the warehouse context, a digital twin can be created to represent the physical layout, inventory, equipment, and workflows of a warehouse. Physical change (i.e.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2021

Nevertheless, there are indications that AI in the warehouse is becoming a reality a lot sooner than most people might have expected. Machine learning is a process by which learning algorithms are applied to large sets of data to create predictive models. AI-Based Warehouse Optimization Examples.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Companies including Amazon and Wing are developing drone delivery systems to optimize logistical processes within restricted urban spaces. Their greater payload capacity is well-suited to intercity logistics and warehouse-to-warehouse transport.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

A data gateway is essentially a connective tissue across your supply chain, providing unified access to supply chain data from various sources, including enterprise systems, data feeds, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, and business entities. Achieving these goals requires visibility into the entire supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2025

A data gateway is essentially a connective tissue across your supply chain, providing unified access to supply chain data from various sources, including enterprise systems, data feeds, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, and business entities. Achieving these goals requires visibility into the entire supply chain.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 24, 2021

Imagine what would happen if each station optimized its schedule and traffic independently: city-wide chaos would ensue. Now consider that by not optimizing your inventory from a global vantage point you may be creating, if not outright chaos, a much less efficient network than you could have.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 12, 2022

The most common way to manage shopfloor complexity is to use a warehouse management system (WMS). The challenge is that traditional warehouse management systems on the market use 50-year-old scanning technology combined with sub-systems, like a labor management system, as a backbone to solve operational complexity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 16, 2025

Fleet Coordination and Route Optimization Efficient fleet operations depend on accurate, real-time information. In the warehouse, robots and human workers collaborate through synchronized networks that eliminate latency. 5G is already delivering benefits in pilot deployments across ports, warehouses, and smart factories.

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RFgen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By harnessing the power of data science and analytics, you can gain end-to-end visibility across your entire network, breaking down information silos and optimizing every stage of your operations. Route Optimization: Calculate the most efficient delivery routes based on several factors. Ready to get started? Let’s dive in.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

The demand, supply, transportation, and warehousing plans are created on the Blue Yonder platform. Daily transportation and warehouse plans are developed that go down to the level of what will be picked, packed, and shipped. Eventually, these plans are executed. The production plan is fed into the MRP for production execution.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Logistics equipment plays a vital role in the efficient operation of warehouses and distribution centers. By selecting the right equipment, businesses can optimize storage capacity, improve productivity, and ensure the safe and timely delivery of goods. They are commonly used in warehouses with narrow aisles and high shelving.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

However, there is the difficult question of which technology to implement to make better use of your warehouse. Simulation technology is broadening possibilities for how warehouses evaluate their: Processes. Plus, it eliminates costly errors by enabling the trialing and benchmarking of different solutions in a virtual warehouse.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

They offer software systems and technology for complex integration, rapid application development, and advanced analytics and sell those solutions to companies that need to accelerate optimized business outcomes. Marketing may want an optimization scenario that costs more but leads to maximum service levels for a new product.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Company specializes in crafting GTM strategies that are grounded in data – backed insights and sophisticated mathematical models. Optimized Processes: Streamline your revenue generation process for maximum efficiency. Measurable Results: Track the performance of your campaigns and optimize for better outcomes.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Salesforce.com model is primarily a pipeline management tool suitable for discrete markets but not process manufacturers. The models are just too different.) Customers will migrate off of the Logility platform onto newer flow-based outside-in models. This is despite the strengths of the recent purchase of Optimity.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Supply chain efficiency is the cornerstone of success and involves the effective management of processes, resources, and technologies from procurement to production, transportation to warehousing. As companies across industries have discovered, a well-optimized supply chain can drive significant improvements throughout their operations.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In the report, you will find capabilities across five categories: technologies, competencies, frameworks, operating model strategies, and organizational models. These capabilities include Machine Learning and Prescriptive Analytics , and organizational models like Agile Teams. What to prioritize. Network Design.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2025

The convergence of artificial intelligence and digital networking technologies is fundamentally reshaping our operating models. The new model combines AI’s ability to process millions of data points with digital twins that simulate outcomes, allowing human experts to focus on strategic exceptions rather than routine operations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. Uberization: Exploring On-Demand Transportation, Labor and Warehousing. then secure on-demand transportation, warehousing and labor assets dynamically, re-planning flexibly as conditions change.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Optimize Inventory and Pricing Use AI-driven insights for stock mix optimization and dynamic pricing, reducing excess stock while meeting service level goals. Optimize Distribution Networks Adapt warehouse locations and logistics for localized supply chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2023

APQC Digital Transformation in Logistics Results On average, respondents report allocating 14 percent of their logistics and warehousing annual budget to technology. These numbers show a significant gap around the use of advanced technologies for optimization and decision-making. Let’s take a deeper look at a few technology areas.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 13, 2021

Demand modeling is different from demand forecasting. Simply put, it doesn’t forecast demand, it models demand. Model demand from the bottom up. The real question is, how many cartons of low-pulp, 16 ounce, SKU12345 orange juice are you going to need to ship from the Newark, NJ warehouse? You trade away accuracy for ease.

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Logility

JUNE 28, 2022

With Starboard’s Digital Twin Technology, Logility Clients Can Better Answer “What if” Scenarios and Optimize Supply Chain Networks to Overcome Disruptions and Drive Growth. The solution is built for continuous use, eliminating the need for a consulting project to model potential resolutions to unexpected supply chain disruptions.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Not only does this phenomenon illuminate the pressing need to build resilience into existing supply chains to withstand global changes and challenges, but also the need to invest more in warehouse automation. Types of inventory that can be optimized.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This business model provides many advantages: Processing big data efficiently. Data can be easily used for various applications such as detailed monitoring and analysis of operations, planning, optimizing stocks and use of resources or preparing recorded master data for other locations. Rapid integration. Access to latest features.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The failure of business models in each case, ripples through the economy, reminding investors to invest in value. Consultants Failed to Deliver Value Through Software Models. Software and consultant business models do not support the development of software. Warehouse Robotics. I doubt it. Look up the history. The reason?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

The model learns continuously and can adapt to changing conditions in the network. Produce customized results: Shippers can create models specific to their business scenarios (mode, geography, business unit, etc), identify influential factors and fine tune each model for accuracy and performance.

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