Supply chain volatility has thrown a wrench in many organizations’ procurement strategies as buyers and suppliers struggle to connect and move goods where and when they’re needed.

While eProcurement and vendor management technologies can help ease the friction, B2B trade doesn’t begin with the purchase order.

Minneapolis, MN., March 23, 2020 — WithoutWire Inventory Sciences, a leading provider of inventory management software, today announced that Jim Peterson has been named as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 19.
Peterson joins WithoutWire bringing decades of experience in leadership roles in the cloud and mobile software space.

With an ever-growing market and an increased demand for high-performing supply chains, effectively managing a warehouse has become more challenging than ever. According to Statista, 50% of respondents identify warehouse management as one of the most important inventory practices in the current era of business. 

WithoutWire Inventory Sciences, a leading provider of integrated distribution and warehouse management software solutions was named a Top 100 Food Logistics Technology and Software Provider for 2019 by Food Logistics magazine.

Since 1932, Stahmanns Pecans has consistently supplied quality bulk pecans for re-bagging, as well as pecans for commercial and industrial markets. Located on a lush 3,200-acre oasis in a southern New Mexico desert, Stahmanns’ pecan tree orchard consists of over 168,000 pecan trees that produce eight to nine million pounds of pecans each year. Read more about inventory management from WithoutWire.

Traceability requirements are costly. The financial risks and costs associated with food safety are increasing due to trade wars and retaliatory uncertainty. The stakes are rising for food suppliers in a landscape of continuously evolving food safety challenges, technologies, and regulations. An increasingly complex food chain with many touch points and value-added products has increased the potential points of contact and opportunities for contamination. It has also increased the complexity of traceability.

Kitting in the manufacturing environment represents a kind of intake process. Logistics kitting organises and even assembles parts used in the manufacturing of a product so they can be delivered to the point of use, saving time on the line. It is often the best example of Lean Manufacturing in practice, eliminating wasted time in production. These two types of kitting are not mutually exclusive as they combine both manufacturing and logistics. The latter is performed in a lower-cost warehouse, such as a third-party logistics providers (3PLs) who manage suppliers’ material, prepare it, and deliver it just-in-time (JIT).

The height of the holiday shipping-season is coming very soon. 3PLs (third party logistics companies), warehouses, distribution centers (DCs) are ready to pick up the pace when high volumes hit. Delivering to the ever-faster demand for same day and next day delivery can cause firms to compromise the principles of occupational health and safety.

Kitting in the manufacturing environment represents a kind of intake process. Logistics kitting organizes and even assembles parts used in the manufacturing of a product so they can be delivered to the point of use, saving time on the line. It is often the best example of Lean Manufacturing in practice, eliminating wasted time in production. These two types of kitting are not mutually exclusive as they combine both manufacturing and logistics. The latter is performed in a lower-cost warehouse, such as a third-party logistics providers (3PLs) who manage suppliers’ material, prepare it, and deliver it just-in-time (JIT).

The benefits of kitting are well known because assembly workers immediately become more efficient. Manufacturers who do not utilize some form of kitting are bottle-necked in material flow. Kitting starts with the production team defining the kit of combined parts. 3PLs can be involved in this process and often can provide good advice on how to package kits in the most logical and effective way.

​The global medical industry is one of the world’s fastest growing industries, accounting for more than 10% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most developed countries. This includes drug, pharmaceutical and medical device companies that have made significant contributions to the improved health and well-being of billions of people worldwide.

A typical process to move parts from a warehouse to a field technician generates a 77% reduction in barcode scans using automated optimization

Insight into techs, warehouses, and neighboring sources have a direct correlation to customer satisfaction. Automating this process by using mobile devices, field service technicians keep inventory updated, allowing everyone in the eco-system to review part inventories. When a part is needed, warehouse operators are notified on their device immediately for fast delivery or pick up. Once a part is in the possession of the tech, inventory is automatically tracked to that tech location. This automation ensures that techs can perform part requisition lookups from the main screen of the app, searching on item description, item number, or scanning an item.

​FREMONT, CA-- Logistics Tech Outlook announced WithoutWire Inventory Sciences, a global provider of supply chain solutions, as one of the Top 10 Inventory Management Solution Providers of 2018. 

WithoutWire Inventory Sciences and Pacejet extend their partnership to complete an end-to-end cloud and on-premise mobile enabled end-to-end supply chain solution!

When it comes to the job of the field tech, the last thing you want to do is add more steps when there are already too many.  Technology is supposed to enable the field tech, not prevent them from best servicing the job ticket. Learn more about Field Service Inventory Management from WithoutWire!