Walmart’s Gigantic Private Cloud for Real-Time Inventory Control
WalMart's Data Cafe has 200 streams of internal and external data, including 40 petabytes of recent transactional data. One use? Faster sales and inventory …
Topic: Supply Chain Management
How real-time analytics is used to optimize supply chain and inventory control.
Using Mobile Devices for a Real-Time Warehouse
A major warehouse used handheld mobile devices and Datek supply-chain software for real-time inventory control and anticipatory
How a Walmart App Speeds Inventory Control
How solving a retail supply chain problem also helps boost customer experience and employee
Levi’s Real-Time Tracking of Jeans: RFID in Retail
With RFID, Intel analytics, and sensors, Levi's can quickly find a pair of jeans a customer left by the
Keeping Fuel Flowing: Saving $300,000 a Day With Industrial IoT
How an industrial IoT solution from Microsoft Azure allowed predictive maintenance and supply chain insights for the oil and gas
Inventory Control With WiFi and Driverless Vehicles
For inventory control and supply-chain management, food giant Seeberger built a "warehouse of the future" with Cisco WiFi and driverless
Keeping Track of Gear in the London Underground, Wirelessly
Workers in the London Underground can get engineering and safety equipment from vending machines. A wireless solution enables real-time tracking of
Real-Time Retail: Why Uniqlo Employees Use Handhelds
Almost everyone has seen a Uniqlo store. If you see their employees with devices that look like smartphones, here's
Aircraft Manufacturer Enables Real-Time Spare Parts Lookups
Aircraft tend to remain in service for 25 to 30 years or longer. Often, the aircraft may be out of production, creating challenges with finding spare parts. …
Real-Time Sensors Track Food as It Moves Through Supply Chain
The food ingredients of the average meal in the U.S. travels over 1,500 miles to get to a plate. RTInsights Editorial Director Suzanne Kattau discusses how …