A bit of news that escaped me last week: eBay acquired RedLaser, a leading barcode-scanning iPhone application. We highlighted this type of application earlier this year in “Using an iPhone Barcode Scanning App in the Warehouse.” This acquisition is yet another example of how retailers and other consumer-oriented companies are investing in mobile technologies, specifically those that facilitate mobile… Continue reading
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Process manufacturing plants have distributed control systems (DCSs) that are connected to plant floor sensors that monitor pressure, heat, temperature, etc. These sensors are used to regulate processes. For example, flow measurements can be transmitted to the DCS; when the measurement reaches a certain point, the controller instructs a valve to open or close. These sensors can also generate alerts if measurements fall outside desired parameters. These alerts are a… Continue reading
The New England Roundtable of CSCMP recently organized a tour of Walgreens’ Northeast Distribution Center (DC). What an amazing facility! Because I live in a Boston suburb and the DC is in Connecticut, I used MapQuest to get turn-by-turn directions and it told me that the trip would take just under 2 hours.
I made it to the tour on time, but it involved significant speeding and stress… Continue reading
Before we get started, a quick request: We’re conducting a brief web survey on “Mobile Technologies in Supply Chain.” The goal of the survey is to understand the current state of mobile technology use (e.g., GPS, cellular, RFID, sensors, smart phones) in supply chain management operations. All responses will be kept confidential; only aggregate results will be reported. The survey findings will be included in an upcoming report, which survey respondents… Continue reading
Categories : Mobile Technologies, Software-as-a-Service, Sustainability, This Week in News
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It is a nice summer morning, the kids are out of school, a perfect day to go to the pool. The problem? My wife called National Grid, our utility company, to schedule our annual air conditioner tune-up. “We’ll be there sometime between 8:00 and 12:00,” they told her. And so they sit and wait, and wait, and wait, watching the sun move higher in the sky from the living… Continue reading
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