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Thinking out loud about traceability
Essays on traceability: what an ERP can and cannot know, and what has to happen at the point the goods move.
Essays
ERPs repeat the lies we tell
An ERP is a ledger of assertions, not a record of events. Understanding that difference is the whole of inventory accuracy.
Identity + Quantity + Context = Truth
Three inputs, and a test you can apply to any inventory process in about ten minutes.
5W2H Analysis for Operations Traceability: The Framework That Reveals What You're Actually Tracking
Before choosing RFID vs QR codes, define what you're actually tracking. Learn how 5W2H analysis reveals hidden requirements and prevents costly automation mistakes.
Inventory Management for Aesthetic and Medical Clinics: Stopping Shrinkage and Stockouts
Multi-location aesthetic clinics lose thousands monthly to expired products and inventory shrinkage. Learn how QR automation with Zoho integration cuts write-offs by 90%.
Stores Inventory Management in Cement Plants: From Manual Chaos to Automated Control
How leading cement manufacturers achieve 99% inventory accuracy and 50% faster PI/PV using RFID, QR codes, and SAP integration across 30,000+ material codes.
Digital Transformation in Sterilisation Services
How QR tracking and paperless workflows are revolutionizing gamma irradiation, ETO, E-beam, and steam sterilisation with real-world ROI calculations.
Automated Scanning for SOP Compliance: Eliminating Human Error in Assembly Lines
Manual scanning processes in manufacturing lead to errors, missed steps, and quality issues. Learn how automated code sequence scanning ensures 100% SOP compliance.
Asset Management vs Asset Tracking: Why Location Isn't Enough
Tracking tells you where assets are. Management tells you how they're performing, when they need maintenance, and when to retire them.
RFID vs Barcode vs QR vs BLE: Choosing the Right Technology
Not all tracking technologies are created equal. Learn when to use RFID, barcodes, QR codes, or BLE sensors.
ERPs Repeat The Lies We Tell Them: Why Operations Data Accuracy Matters
Your ERP is only as good as the data you feed it. When operations rely on manual data entry, discrepancies compound.
Store Inventory Management with RFID and QR
How to implement store inventory management using RFID and QR code technologies for accurate tracking and visibility.
Boosting Employee Productivity with WMS
Warehouse operations play a pivotal role in the supply chain, and businesses face numerous challenges in optimising labour costs and enhancing employee productivity.
Streamlining Each Stage of Your Supply Chain with WMS
Efficient inventory management is crucial for businesses to minimise wastage and pilferage.
Role Of Data Analytics In Warehouse Management
The modern warehouse is now more than just a place to store goods. Discover the role of data analytics.
Impact Of E-commerce On Warehouse Management
The growth of e-commerce has brought about significant changes in how warehouses operate.
How A WMS Can Help With Inventory Control
Warehouse management is a crucial aspect of any business. Learn how WMS helps with inventory control.
How Your WMS Can Improve Order Picking Efficiency
Warehouse management systems have revolutionised inventory and supply chains.
Enhancing Efficiency with WMS: Inventory, Layout, Shipping
Customers expect fast and reliable shipping times. Learn how WMS enhances efficiency.
The Basics Of Warehouse Management Systems
A warehouse management system (WMS) is designed to streamline and optimise warehouse operations.
ERPs for Warehouse Management
An ERP system is software designed to streamline information between a company's processes.
Turnaround Time and Workflow Automation
How long does it take you to complete a process? Learn about turnaround time and workflow automation.
Cloud-Based Inventory Management & Traceability
For low-margin grocery and food companies, robust inventory tracking is the difference between profit and loss.
Choosing The Right Label For Your Product
Labels can be made from plastic, paper or vinyl. How do you know which label is right for your needs?
Understanding & Reducing Waste in the Meat Sector
1.3 trillion kgs. That's the amount of food we as a society waste every year.
Getting Meat Packaging Labels Right
Eliminate errors and ensure compliance with proper meat packaging labels.
Packaging Labels In The Online Meat Delivery Industry
A look at packaging labels and their importance in the online meat delivery industry.
Inventory Shrinkage In Grocery Ecommerce
The grocery business is a famously low margin business. Learn how to combat inventory shrinkage.
Monitor Your Factory Floor Fleet of ESP Nodes with rsyslog
Track down problems and examine what your ESP32 devices have done on the factory floor.
No Single Way To Weigh
Weighing is one of the most common operations in the logistics workflow.
Auto-ID For Asset Tracking
The tracking of various entities in a commercial enterprise, from capital equipment to inventory.
RFID manufacturer ? You really should know about GS1 / EPC standards.
In this article I will give you a brief introduction to these standards and show how our raw RFID data gets transformed as it moves through the business process hierarchy.
Using client and server certificate bundles to secure and mutually authenticate ESP32 connections
This article will show you some simple steps of how to use client and server certificate bundles to secure your communications and to achieve mutual authentication.
stamp_esp32 - a minimal form factor ESP32 development board
While the ESP32 has many development boards available on the market, sometimes you want a minimally sized version that can easily mount on your own pcb.
Using SPIFFS to Simplify AWS IoT Integration For ESP32
Manually preparing devices to connect to AWS IoT Core can be cumbersome, especially in large numbers. We present a script to help you prepare devices fast and reliably while storing certificates in the SPIFFS partition.
Automating your firmware upload, device-cloud configuration and monitoring for the IoT world
Designing a "smart" product should also include the vision of fast firmware uploading, configuring device with the cloud securely and automation to meet demands and keep important data pouring seamlessly into the cloud.
WiFi configuration on the ESP32 over Bluetooth
A simple pre-thought out plan to include this feature could save you huge hassles of re-deployment of your ESP32-enabled WiFi connected devices in the long run.
Easy To Use Building Blocks For EPS32 Applications - Network configuration.
Having shipped over 50000 ESP32 powered IoT devices, we have distilled our learnings into easy to use open source building blocks.
Hands On With AWS IoT, Timestream and Grafana
We integrate AWS IoT with the brand new AWS managed Grafana, compare it with ODFE and make a recommendation.
Selecting a Suitable RFID System For Your Operations
There are multiple RFID standards. we present a few simple rules to choose the right one for your application.
Excited by Machine Learning for intelligence at the edge? Make sure it's the right tool for your job.
IoT devices can generate a lot of data, and of course there is a natural interest to apply machine learning techniques to look for trends and patterns. Of course, we have plenty of tools up in the cloud, and it is certainly possible to build a solution this way for some use cases.
Easy to use GSM and GPS building blocks for mobile IoT devices
Among the numerous applications that IoT technology has been applied to, there is a large class of applications that need some unique capabilities from their underlying hardware platform in order to enable their construction.
Over-the-air (OTA) updating your IoT system? Plenty to think about before you sign up.
Among the more critical building blocks of an IoT solution, and one which should be thought about sooner than later is the concept of over-the-air (OTA) updates to your deployed fleet of devices.
Anomaly Detection For IoT Using Open Distro For ElasticSearch
Real time anomaly detection is now part of ODFE and allows applications such as predictive maintenance.
Server Side Time Series Plots With Elixir Using Contex
Contex makes creating server side plots easy with Elixir but the documentation could be better.
From Metal To Alerts With AWS IoT, ElasticSearch 7.9 and Kibana
AWS IoT and ElasticSearch with Kibana is a classic combination for quick, scalable visualisations, analytics and alerts. This stack has only gotten better in 2020.
From Metal To Alerts With AWS IoT, Timestream and QuickSight
AWS IoT and aligned PaaS offerings have come a long way since being launched in the early 2010s. They allow you to build robust, scalable workflows for cloud-connected IoT applications.
Websockets for Hardware Engineers - Part 1
Websockets are a communication protocol that allow the creation of persistent, bidirectional communication channels between client and server.
IoT's big dirty secret - It's the cloud!
It all arises because of the dependence of the vast majority of IoT solutions on a cloud back-end.
Weighty problems, Simple Solutions
When you are building IoT systems, one of the more difficult (and not yet satisfactorily solved) problems is the establishment of the semantics of a measurement that an IoT device reports up the food chain.
More from the X-Files... Weird ways to solve IoT measurement problems
No, not those X-Files. I am talking about those interesting measurement stories where we were, like Mulder and Scully desperately seeking a solution to a complicated problem.
The Internet of Things Lemon
This is a picture of a simple lemon that I bought in the grocery store the other day. This particular brand of lemon is really juicy. It's also an organic lemon which is important if you are going to use some of the rind for zest in your salad dressing recipe.
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