Rugged tablets play an integral role in the digital transformation taking place in the manufacturing industry currently. As warehouses digitize their operations, they depend on rugged handheld devices to assist with day-to-day operations from the production line all the way through to shipping.
The pandemic of the last year has brought many changes and challenges to the supply chain industry that have never been seen before. Supply chains are continuously working hard to overcome unique challenges such as supply shocks, demand shocks, closures, lockdowns, and more as global human and economic changes occur.
Supply chain management has a lot of moving parts that need to be synchronistically aligned in order for products to get out the door. Every small thing that comes up could affect the success of the chain. From shipments being oversized or too heavy to forecasted delivery dates based on real-time information, the attention is in the detail.
In today’s digital age, corporations rely on industrial tablets to automate the majority of their warehouse components. While it still takes a physical body and mind to run the warehouse, automation lowers human error and boosts efficiency. This digital movement is pushing companies to stay competitive and ahead of trends by automating their systems as the e-commerce wave sweeps the global commercial environment.
The COVID-19 disruption highlighted the importance of the supply chain, as a vital sector for ensuring the uninterrupted delivery of critical goods and global trade during crises, recovery and return to normality. The supply chain sector is currently dealing with not only urgent worries as a result of the pandemic but also longer-term, far-reaching issues. Changes in supply chain design and globalization patterns, new consumption and spending habits, a greater focus on risk assessment, adaptation, resilience-building, and digital transformation, as well as heightened global sustainability and low-carbon agendas, are just a few examples of current topics being discussed as it pertains to global supply chains.