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Is your Warehouse System Efficient? If Not, Why Not?
Warehouse software is supposed to be the answer to all (or most) of your warehouse concerns. If you are struggling with vast amounts of paperwork, not getting accurate data on delivery statuses and finding it hard to optimise floor space or keep track of...
Largest Warehouses In The World- Will WMS Get You There?
If you own a warehouse, or you are in charge or somehow involved with warehouse management, you might sometimes wonder how people manage to organise and streamline warehouses that are as big as 50 football fields, but somehow they do. Amazon owns one of the largest...
Warehouse Management Software (WMS): Will Robots take Over?
Imagine walking into the warehouse of a company that has branches all over the world. You would imagine hundreds of workers in a single warehouse- scanning items, operating forklifts, updating IT systems- to ensure accurate distribution, delivery, invoicing etc. But...
Logistics Management- The African Opportunity
According to the EY Africa Attractiveness Survey of 2013 the transport and logistics sectors account for 42% of Africa’s infrastructure projects up to February 2013 and 41,5% of all capital invested into the continent. Africa is a developing continent and is turning...
Dovetail’s Canadian Partner Named as Top 100 Logistics IT Provider
HighJump has been named a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 2014 by Inbound Logistics Magazine. This year marks the seventh consecutive year that HighJump has received the distinction. Methodology Every April, Inbound Logistics editors recognize 100 logistics IT...
Dovetail- Giving You a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
For the past 20 years Dovetail has enabled growth for leading logistics companies across Africa by providing innovative software solutions which solve the challenges of the logistics industry. As a result, our clients have increased their operational efficiencies...
How Warehouse Software Will Make Your Life Easier
As a warehouse manager or a fleet controller your life can be pretty hectic. If you do not currently have a warehouse management system implemented your life is inundated with data capturing, report sheet typing, comparing data sheets, manually trying to setup the...
Freight Software- Why You Can’t Live Without It
Freight Software The proportion of commercial freight tonnage transported by road in South Africa has steadily increased over the last ten years to approximately 89% today- This statement reflect the growing needs of South Africans as the population and economy of the...
Advanced Supply Chain Capabilities Needed for Strong Financial Performance
According to a new study from Deloitte, organizations with superior supply chain capabilities achieve significantly higher levels of performance on both revenue growth and EBIT measures when compared to the industry average The Deloitte study, Supply chain leadership...
The Best Painkiller for Your logistics headaches
Ensuring logistics efficiency is not an easy task. In fact, it is one of the biggest drivers behind technology innovation. The world is on a quest to speed up telecommunications to the point where a delay is no longer possible and develop infrastructure to ensure that...
Handheld Scanner- Streamlining Warehousing Processes
It is quite amazing when considering the effect that handheld scanners and mobile software devices have had on warehousing processes. Not only do they speed up processes, but greatly reduce the amount of administration necessary in a warehouse environment and, most...
Reviving U.S. Manufacturing- HighJump
What ails us, and what may fix our manufacturing problems, could be different than you think... It’s counter-intuitive. That was my first thought listening to a presentation by Suzanne Berger at last week’s Crossroads 2014 hosted by the MIT Center for Transportation...