Softeon In the News

02.12.2020

As logistics demands increase and processes become more complex, Logistics Tech Outlook finds companies each year to help meet these ever-growing challenges. See who made it into their "Top 10 Warehouse Management Solution Providers 2020" and learn about what differentiates Softeon from other providers.

The first generation of warehouse execution systems (WES) brought a new level of orchestration to automated warehouses. The next generation promises to bring a new level of optimization and productivity to the conventional warehouse. Get ready for WES 2.0.

02.12.2020

Technology continues to be the driving force, but it's evolving.

01.01.2020

In early December, a researcher asked me what were going to be the solutions driving the supply chain 20 years from now.  To be honest, I didn’t have a clue. I think back to stories I was writing less than a decade ago, and none of them predicted the rise in robotics or the emergence of things like artificial intelligence or the Internet of Things. Then e-commerce fulfillment kicked into high gear, and we were all off to the races. 

12.10.2019

Whether inside the four walls or between locations, the pharma supply chain is becoming increasingly complicated. The reasons range from new Federal regulations to increasing demand for delivering more drugs faster than ever before. This is a game changer.

Talk to the people in the know about trends in pharma these days, and it becomes clear pretty quickly that things are in flux. And we’re not talking a tweak here, a tweak there, either.

These shifts include:

11.02.2019

Although Warehouse Management Systems were Late to the Cloud Party, Adoption is Now High – Know Your Options

By Dinesh Dongre, Softeon

For a variety of reasons, the Warehouse Management System (WMS) sector were late to the party in terms of Cloud deployment versus other areas of supply chain software.

10.14.2019

by Gary Forger

Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things are making their initial forays into warehouse operations. The expected outcome is DCs able to respond dynamically to current supply chain conditions not pre-set rules. Look for newfound flexibility and an ability to respond to specific customer demands.

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07.09.2019

Although warehouse management systems were late to the cloud party, software pricing and deployment options are driving adoption.

We’re seeing about 60% of new WMS implementations being Cloud-based, with that number continuing to head higher. Despite the rapid growth of supply chain technology delivered in in the Cloud generally and for WMS specifically, there are often still a lot of uncertainties among potential adopters. I see it time after time. To sort out the options, the following discussion may help. Read on...

06.06.2019

Warehouse execution system (WES) software is becoming more important to automated warehouses that need to manage machines, people and inventory resources against a high-velocity stream of orders and tight delivery commitments. WES can be more than a one-function solution for orchestrating zones “inside the four walls,” and can instead operate as a complex hybrid that paces work to logistics events.

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05.28.2019

Softeon provides insight into what DOM can do for any organization looking more fore connectivity and visibility, especially those with a complex supply chain or are trying to compete in the current retail climate. Featured in CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly:

Distributed order management systems have been around since the 1990s and have proven to be essential for conducting omnichannel fulfillment. But many supply chain managers still do not know the full range of applications that the software can provide.

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Retailer is using automation at warehouses, stores in delivery race 

05.25.2019

LOS ANGELES – The scene looks almost like a giant 3-D chessboard. Box-shaped robots scoot across a grid high above the warehouse floor, moving up and down as they pluck items from among 30,000 bins filled with Best Buy’s bestselling orders.