Were You Ready for Holiday Season 2013?

If that's you, be sure the solution you pick is, at a minimum, able to do the following:

• Provide complete organizational transparency, from supplier lead times and warehouse capacities to customer delivery.
• Be layered on your legacy network and track inventory levels through multiple methods, including RFID.
• Cull the data any way you need it — e.g., by product type, barcode, manufacturer, facility or supplier.
• Integrate seamlessly with applications for management of assets, transportation, warehouses, even invoicing and employee expenses. Properly configured and automated, all the information will line up so the entire supply chain is visible, from the top down.

C-level executives should be able to see the exact location of a single shipping container holding their product thousands of miles away, in addition to the date and time it will arrive onshore. The more actionable data you have, the more real time your decisions can be and you'll make the most of the holiday season, no matter how long it lasts.