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Convinced that "whatever we're doing today won't be good enough for tomorrow," Nick LaHowchic keeps challenging his group to expand services into new, unconventional areas.
The Defense Department, an institution that once issued an eight-page specification for doughnuts, is now buying the technology for its advanced cargo tracking system off the shelf. It's even offering to share what it learns with the rest of the logistics world.
It's not easy being green; nor is it cheap. Reclaiming returned products requires investments in technology and labor. But there are a lot of good reasons to make the effort.
The word's spreading quickly that voice recognition systems are a lot more than just toys for gear geeks. Wearable computers let DC workers do their jobs faster and better whether it's picking, putaway or cycle counting.
Although widespread implementation of RFID at the item level is still some years away, it's not too early to begin integrating RFID into your operations.