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Don’t Swing Between Just-in-Time and Just-in-Case. (There’s a Better Framework.)

Yes, shortages can drag down revenue, but excess inventory can drag down your bottom line even more. Here’s why.

My Take: Four Ways AI Will Make Retail Better

Zebra's Suresh Menon shares four ways AI could make retail better or, perhaps, four ways AI is already making retail better.

You Need to Hear “What’s New” with Voice Technology If You’re Trying to Automate Workflows

AI, robots and other automation technologies will help you drive operational improvements sometime in the future. But, today, you need to be using voice-command automation (which is not the same thing as the voice-directed picking “solutions” you’re struggling with today.) Find out how voice-command automation differs from the other ways your frontline workers are using voice technology today.

Why – and How – Walgreens is Removing Friction to Stop Revenue from Walking Out the Door

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When Sustainability and Security Align

As sustainability reporting leaps up boardroom agendas, a byproduct of enhanced visibility is uncovering the most secretive malware.

When to Buy Tech Products Online and When to Buy Direct from a Sales Rep

While buying technology online for your business can be convenient in the short-term, in some situations buying from a sales rep can save you time, budget, and a headache long-term. Here's when you should buy online versus direct from a person.

How to Find the Right Stats to Support Your Business or Marketing Strategy

The National Football League knows how to collect, decode, and harness data fast – and it’s having a huge impact on its brand and bottom line. These are the best practices you can extract from its Next Gen Stats initiative and apply to support your business or marketing strategy.

Will There Ever Be a Communication Technology Standard with More Staying Power Than Bluetooth?

Bluetooth has become ubiquitous over the last 20 years. (30 billion devices using Bluetooth.) But can it really get even more widely deployed (or better) than it is today? Inventor Jaap Haartsen has some interesting thoughts on what may happen in the next 20 years. Check it out.

Is It Really Possible for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Companies and Retailers to Predict – and Plan for – Future Demand?

There’s both an art and a science to forecasting, especially when trying to achieve the “right” level of inventory. That’s why you need both people and AIs contributing to your fact-gathering and decision-making. Find out how you can get them to work better together.

How to Integrate Pricing and Trade Promotions Strategies into Your Demand Planning

It's so important to manage pricing and promotions in tandem and to integrate them into your demand planning strategy, especially when managing consumer packaged goods (CPG). This is why.

The Crucial Role of a Lead Partner in Complex IT Projects

When working with an ecosystem of partners on digital transformation or other complex IT/OT projects, it can be advantageous to have one partner who leads the charge. Larry Walsh of Channelnomics explains why in this blog post.

Three Ways a Good Inventory Formula Helps You Reduce Inventory as a Manufacturer, Warehouse Operator, or Retailer

You need safety stock in your store or warehouse, but you also need to avoid overstocks. So, how can you get the math right when you’re not even sure what figures to put in?

Wish You Could Easily Customize the Mobile Device User Experience for Your Front-line Workers? You Now Have Lots of Options

Check out the Design Studio in your Zebra DNA software suite.

What I Have Learned About Leadership as CEO the Past 15 Years

After 15 years, I am still amazed at the incredible things our employees, partners and customers accomplish each day. I have also learned a few things as CEO that I believe can benefit everyone.

Why Your Mobile Device Could Soon “Know It All”

Google and Zebra are pulling out all the stops around mobility (and AI and AR) so you and your employees can source the info needed to more confidently do your jobs and secure more wins. Hear what’s unfolding.

How Bimbo Bakeries USA Used AI to Transform Its Bakeries, Keep Stores Stocked and Reduce Waste

Bimbo Bakeries USA has shown us how data-driven insights from AI can transform demand planning for CPGs and help keep fresh food on our tables without anything going to waste - even during a global pandemic.

Why You May Not Always Want Your Workers’ Android Mobile Devices to Automatically Connect to Wi-Fi

Just because a Wi-Fi network is “available” doesn’t mean that it’s the right network to connect to at this moment. It’s a matter of productivity and whether or not your workers can actually get anything done. That’s why you're going to want to check out the Enhanced Connection Manager, which is going to let you decide whether WWAN (i.e., cellular) networks should be the first/automatic connection for your workers’ Android devices or whether to stick with WLAN (i.e., Wi-Fi).

One (Completely Preventable) Reason You Might Be Losing Money on Your Enterprise Software Investments

Software requires technical support and feature optimisation (just like hardware). So, unless you have access to experts via ongoing consulting services, the business impact of your software investment may disappoint.

Where Are Banks Falling Short on Branch Efficiency?

There are far too many good software tools out there to guide banking associates’ every move and automate decision-making. No one should feel like they are lacking direction or support.

Why the Best Replenishment System Might Be the One You Already Have

You probably don't need a new replenishment system to get a grip on your inventory, but your system probably does need a fresh diet of AI-powered augmentation. Here's why.

Shedding Light on the Dark Warehouse

How long will humans outnumber the machine workforce? And is there a way to extract more value from their current co-existence? Those are two questions answered by a warehouse automation expert in this blog post.

How to Use Public Maps to Locate Missing Zebra Mobile Devices

When Zebra mobile devices are accidentally left at workers’ favorite lunch spot, a customer site or on a pallet in the yard, Device Tracker can now pinpoint their last known locations on a map.

Three Things You Must Do as a Business Leader Right Now if You Want to Still Be a Business Leader in a Year

Some say now’s the time to take the road less traveled. We say it’s now or never. If you keep doing the same things you’ve always done, especially if you’ve typically avoided AI, you’re going to keep feeling the grind.

What Most People Don’t Think About Before Deciding Whether a Consumer or Enterprise Mobile Device is Best for Their Business

We are asked a lot of questions about why enterprise mobile devices should be the only type of devices used for business applications when consumer devices are being marketed for business use, too. Technology Solutions Engineering Fellow Bruce Willins attempts to answer them all now.

Happy 60th Birthday to the GUI: What’s Next for the Graphical User Interface?

There’s no doubt the GUI will remain a staple in our daily life. But will the GUI forever be as we know it today? Find out why one UI/UX designer doesn’t think so.