Logistics & Supply Chain Technology, Transportation & Distribution

At the recent Schneider Electric Innovation Summit in Barcelona, IT Reseller spoke with Jamie Bourassa, Vice President, Edge Computing, Schneider Electric, about the development of a new type of analytics-focused partner model, and the benefits this type of service provision can offer retailers.

Footwear retailer schuh uses the BHT-1505BB handheld terminal from DENSO WAVE EUROPE. The branded shoe stockist was looking for a mobile data collection device to reduce the stock take time in their 132 stores in the UK and Ireland.

By Bill Conner, CEO, SonicWall. 

Black Friday kicks off the festive shopping season 29 November this year, with millions of shoppers expected to take advantage of low prices. In 2018 alone, online Black Friday sales totaled $6.22bn; up 23% on the previous year’s figures. 2019 presents an excellent opportunity for retailers to not only increase revenues again, but elevate brand voice and extract valuable customer data leading to potential repeat sales later on.

ANSecurity, a specialist in advanced network and data security, has announced a successful Zero Trust security enablement project with Hogarth Worldwide to strengthen access controls for over 4000 staff across 50 sites.

In an era filled with digital electronics, it would seem as if working with an actual plastic card would be a waste of a time. But modern technology has taken the use of plastic cards to the next level. Increased technological developments in plastic cards, such as smart cards and chip cards, are gaining traction among consumers.

Ingram Micro Cloud has announced the global availability of the Go-to-Market Hub for partners and the Go-to-Builder for vendors to ignite and accelerate their cloud businesses.

Schneider Electric has entered into a partnership with Scale Computing to deliver the Scale Computing HC3 Edge for retail solution in Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Micro Data Centres.

Manufacturing & Logistics IT spoke to a number of experts from the vendor and analyst communities about current and possible future trends and areas of development within the world of voice-directed picking systems – including those concerning augmented reality, the rise of e-commerce and the emergence of blockchain.

Part 2: Voice Picking Technology Report

Datalogic will be working alongside its Platinum partner OEM Automatic during the Smart Factory exhibition 2019, taking place at the Liverpool Exhibition Centre on the 13th – 14th November.  Together, the companies will be showcasing Datalogic’s latest range of I-O Link sensors and complete solutions for Industry 4.0.

Earlier this month, the 50th anniversary re-release of Abbey Road, The Beatles’ eleventh studio album, rose to the top of the charts again, a testament to the longevity of the band’s popularity and the universally magnetic quality of their music.