CeMAT Insider

Cerebos Australia and New Zealand is part of Cerebos Pacific Limited, and is wholly owned by Japanese global food and beverage group, Suntory Limited. Its brands include Gravox, Saxa Salt, Asian Home Gourmet, Tandaco spices, Fountain sauces, Foster Clark custards, Toby’s Estate, and Mocopan coffee.

Have you heard the news about lean management? Are you curious to what it is and how you can implement this innovative philosophy into your warehouse? Lean or Six Sigma methodologies are taking the material handling industry by storm.

The logistics industry has been implementing mobile strategies for years, but with the rise of the “digital supply chain,” investing in technology that effectively manages the end-to-end supply chain without wires has become a strategic imperative for many organisations.

Shipping trends for e-retailers are a constantly evolving beast, and since we last looked into the latest shipping trends nearly a year ago, it’s easy to see a few common themes in customer expectations arise.

Common emotions associated with the world’s most successful furniture retailer may be: 1). Frustration - that bookshelf has far more intricate parts than initially anticipated, or 2). Nostalgia -  those Swedish meatballs, mashed potato and fruit jelly were actually pretty tasty.

Tech reviewers and self-professed geeks are about to have all their dreams come true with the release of the Apple iPhone X; the long-awaited smartphone phone that combines 10 years of innovation, R&D and user-experience into one, sleek, glass-encased device.

Building a customer-centric supply chain doesn’t happen without planning and strategic decision-making. In fact, if you want to achieve the dream of having a supply chain that has direct communication with the customer, you’ll need to make sure you’re tracking the efficacy and performance of your despatching operations.

Dissolving the wall between the customer and supply chain has never been more important for businesses.

The value of the supply chain market is set to grow past $13billion this year, and experts are saying it’s all down to digitisation.

Last week we covered how the 4^th Industrial Revolution will transform the roles and responsibilities traditionally held within organisations today. But Industrie 4.0 is changing much more than just the workforce; it's completely revolutionising the way people shop and their expectations for fast and cheap order fulfilment.