Data is the Cure for What’s Ailing the Supply Chain

摘要： With a seismic shift to online purchasing, consumers want to get what they want and when they expect it.

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The supply chain is in pain, and data can provide a cure. COVID accelerated the way consumers want to buy goods, and it has stretched supply chains nearly to their breaking point. With a seismic shift to online purchasing, consumers want to get what they want and when they expect it.

With the shift in purchasing in 2021, 20% to 25% of goods are now bought online. That percentage will continue to rise, placing continuous pressure on supply chains to meet the rising demands of accelerated last-mile delivery. Also, consumers have grown accustomed to their deliveries being made in much smaller windows of time. Consumers expect that their purchases will show up on their doorsteps within a day and even the same day.

The RFID Data Solution

A radio-frequency identity (RFID) solution enables data collection, storage, and access that ultimately provides end-to-end supply chain transparency.

Supply chain leaders are finding that by adopting a total RFID solution, they can optimize supply chains and provide end-to-end transparency for each parcel: its location, its contents, its destination and when it is expected. Automated data-driven approaches in the supply chain are essential to keeping goods moving quickly and accurately.

From manufacturing to end destination, RFID is taking on a more prominent role, ultimately enabling supply chains to meet the rising demands of e-commerce and the shift from B2B to direct-to-consumer fulfillment.

RFID and Intelligent Sorting

RFID can play an even larger role by providing the capability for intelligent sorting.

In fact, the fundamental element for intelligent sorting is having meaningful data enabled by RFID at the parcel level, partnered with artificial intelligence (AI).

Applying RFID technology to intelligent sorting is the next iteration of a total RFID solution. The flexible capability offered by RFID and intelligent sorting in last mile fulfilment will allow an increasing volume of parcels to be routed faster and more accurately.

轉貼自： informationweek.com

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