Inventory Tracking Software by Jason Gluckman
In view of the close interrelation between inventory level and customer service level, inventory control definitely involves a compromise between cost and service. These two factors are the main ingredients of inventory tracking software. The different functions of physical distribution such as... This is because when there are no curbs on transportation costs, the firm can use faster modes of transport and rush the stocks to the desired warehouse, and thereby keep inventory at reduced levels. ... The transportation people would go all out to reduce the cost of transportation unmindful of...

Material Handling Software Guide by Mansi Aggarwal
Material handling software is a designed to take care of storage, retrieval and transportation of products within an automated warehouse. It may even control certain crucial issues in material handling such as key picking, putaway and routing instructions. ... Broadly the software can be categorized into four groups: the distribution management software, warehouse management system, transportation management system, vehicle routing, loading and scheduling system and whole distribution system. ... With Macola ES you can manage accounting, distribution and manufacturing activities along with...

Artificial Intelligent Software Cross Pollination by Lance Winslow
Many computer programmers of artificial intelligent decision matrix software end up specializing in a specific industry or endeavor. Yet as we look at such completed application software we readily see how many potential applications there are. Programmers who design such systems should have... What level of thought is needed for a quick look see into the industry often varies, yet here are some possible abstract thoughts which could help you in designing and programming the next killer application for decision matrix software; Monetary, economic, currency and trade flows;...

RFID Tags Read for 69 Feet by Lance Winslow
We now have RFID Tags that can be read from 69 feet, not just any RFID Tags or using just any system, no this system and these tags were designed by Hackers at the annual Defcon Conference in Las Vegas Nevada. No matter who designed it, it works and one of the biggest problems with RFID in the... We can use this knowledge to show where everything is at all times in our massive transportation and distribution network, which serves 300 million people. ... Having such instant information about our civilization can help shippers, distributors and system monitoring folks with real-time data,...

Fleet Maintenance Management Software by Eddie Tobey
The movement of goods in and out of warehouses, distribution centers and final outlets like retail chains form an integral part of supply chain management. With the gradual demise of ‘just-in-case’ inventory management and the arrival of the ‘just-in-time’ inventory concept, the logistics... The ownership of oil tankers and other container carriers, and airplanes in the tourism and courier industries, involves huge costs. ... The function of transporting goods is provided by transportation companies who have extensive fleets consisting of trucks, ships and planes.

Microsoft Great Plains: Chicago ERP Market Overview by Andrew Karasev
In this small article we will review Chicago ERP market: Chicago with suburbs, Northwest Indiana, downstate Illinois and St. Luis. Let us begin with small introduction. Microsoft Business Solutions has recently renamed its products – new unifying brand name will be Microsoft Dynamics. ... As you should expect, nowadays ERP requires customization and altering to fit unique business needs and considering the specific of Chicagoland you should expect Services, Finance & Distribution modules and custom pieces for Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains: Service Management Suite, integration with...

3D Modeling in Transportation Flows by Lance Winslow
We need to borrow the technology that the military uses for the Battlefield 4D holographic simulations in the Net-centric Warfare Battlespace and transfer this technology to help the DOT and DHS predict how to keep the distribution systems are moving in our Nation in real-time. ... http://worldthinktank.net/wttbbs/index.php?showtopic=6 Someone like Snow the treasury secretary, a former Railroad man, might want to have a similar device for money flows and markets and since he is very valuable to the administration than that of merely a treasury secretary, he should be given the assignment...

2007 Future Technology and Trends to Watch For by Lance Winslow
What will be the biggest news and trends in 2007? What are some of the technologies we should watch? What can we expect and what should we be keeping an eye on these days? Well not long ago our Online Think Tank considered this subject and it was deemed that the list of trends was growing and it... This project took about 500 man hours and still one has to wonder if it is complete, as there are always new things on the horizon which pop up every day in the realms of science and technology and world events.

Read This Article if You Think Technology is Bad? by Lance Winslow
Many have said that technology is prostituting what is to be human. They say that humans are hunter-gatherers and peaceful creatures by nature. They say that humans are loving and caring and close social species with love for family and friends. We see this in the great apes and our genetics are... Then maybe humans will have more time to reflect on their behavior and look in the mirror and decide where they can make personal changes to improve themselves and the world around them, thus technology is a good thing, not bad.

Microsoft Great Plains Nationwide Remote Support by Andrew Karasev
ERP Consulting industry is on the way to serve clients nationwide and even worldwide, when the client is multinational corporation. There are several reasons to specialize in remote support. In this small article we’ll give you these reasons and the advantages of remote installation,... Usually remote support partner has US based lead developers and project manager and uses excellent programmer in such countries as Philippines and Brazil where developers have excellent Dexterity source code programming experience.