Supply Chain Management Cost Reduction Strategies
Supply chain and logistics lies at the epicenter of our globalized lives, and unless a second dark age is in the cards, that won’t change. Even still, the industry and its major players, including cargo movers, owners, and regulators, stares down similar problems felt in industries nationwide. Do these major supply chain and logistics market […]
Logistics, Automation, and the Road Ahead
Charting a New Course with Automation The Logistics Industry has experienced significant setbacks in recent years — and while the COVID-19 pandemic added significant bottlenecks like tightened protocols and an unstable economy of raw resources — several of the industry’s biggest problems and inefficiencies go beyond what was introduced post-2019. Time, money, and labor costs […]
RPA for Logistics Companies, Part 2
Robotic Process Automation for Logistics Companies, Part 2 In an earlier post, we discussed the first use case of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for the transportation and logistics industry with shipment scheduling and tracking. Below, we discuss two additional use cases. 2. Invoicing and Credit Collections In addition to streamlining shipment scheduling and tracking, RPA […]
RPA for Logistics Companies, Part 1
Robotic Process Automation for Logistics Companies, Part 1 With logistics accounting for 9% of the global gross domestic product (GDP), it’s one of the largest and most productive industries in the global economy. However, the industry, as a whole, has been slower than other industries to adopt new digital transformation technologies. According to Kofax, 32% […]