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Inventory Management Requires More than a WMS

Posted by Steve OKeeffe on September 21, 2020 12:57 pm

A supply chain director for a large global manufacturing organization recently told our team, “We have invested heavily in successfully managing inventory and are utilizing our warehouse management system [WMS] to drive our digital transformation efforts and optimize our supply chain.” This response led to an internal discussion as to whether solely relying on a WMS would create a connected supply chain that provides full inventory management capabilities, delivers […]

Topics: Cloud Inventory®, Inventory Management, WMS

The Commerce Marketer Podcast With DSI’s Bob Carver

Posted by Maggie Mcmichael on December 7, 2018 10:26 am

This year at SuiteConnect West in San Francisco, DSI’s VP of Cloud Inventory Solutions, Bob Carver was invited to join Commerce Marketing Analyst and podcaster, Gregory Zakowicz on the Commerce Marketer Podcast sponsored by Oracle Bronto Software. Their conversation flowed from consumer, retail and supply chain trends to last-mile logistics and digital transformation.

Topics: Customer Experience, Direct Store Delivery, FIELD INVENTORY, Inventory Mangement, Product Delivery, Visibility, Warehouse Efficiency, WMS

Solving the Goldilocks Problem” in Inventory Management”

Posted by Maggie Mcmichael on September 25, 2018 10:04 am

The past few years have been filled with the fear of an impending “retail apocalypse” that will leave all physical stores empty and abandoned in its wake. In 2017 alone, 21 major retailers filed for bankruptcy. But in their State of Retail 2017 report, TimeTrade found that more than 70% of consumers would still prefer […]

Topics: FIELD INVENTORY, Inventory Mangement, Visibility, Warehouse Efficiency, WMS

The Necessity of End-to-End Inventory Management

Posted by Maddie Magruder on January 9, 2018 8:30 am

“End-to-end” is a hot term now in the inventory management industry. But what is it, and why is it so important?

Topics: Customer Experience, Dsi Inventory Management Solution, End-to-end, Inventory Mangement, Inventory Visibility, Product Delivery, WMS

The Warehouse of the Future Has No Walls

Posted by Jim Hoskins on February 22, 2017 12:53 pm

Whether your warehouse is a traditional building with aisles of inventory, a series of components spread across multiple divisions or suppliers, or a field of pipe spanning 600 acres, the need for access to critical supply chain data anytime, anywhere is now a business imperative. Additionally, upstream and downstream trading partners demand product fulfillment visibility […]

Topics: Connected Warehouse, Consumerization Of IT, Customer Involvement, Data Collection, Digital Supply Chain, Direct, Dscp, Dscp Page, Marquee, Mobile Supply Chain, Print Envoy, Productivity, ScanworkX, ScanWorkX Express, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Optimization, Supply Chain Visibility, Warehouse Of The Future, WMS