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Almost overnight, the pandemic fundamentally changed the way businesses operate. Many retail stores were forced to close, global supply chains were disrupted, and consumers shifted their focus to online purchases. Warehouses, often regarded as a back-end function, were now front and center and had to shift from fulfilling large retail orders to selling individual items directly to consumers. As a result, the need for a comprehensive e-commerce fulfillment strategy – centered around the warehouse – has never been greater. In this article, we explore nine practical and essential ways to align your warehouse operations with modern e-commerce needs. From integrating inventory management systems to optimizing packaging and returns processes, each step aims to streamline workflows, improve visibility, and enhance flexibility within the warehouse environment. These custom solutions ensure that your warehouse can adapt to fluctuating demand and deliver a seamless experience, ultimately strengthening the foundation for growth and sustainability in the evolving landscape of e-commerce. 1. Invest in an e-commerce solution that’s connected to your warehouse E-commerce popularity was growing before the pandemic began, but COVID-19 massively accelerated the growth for as much as 4 to 6 years, according to a recent Forbes report. The boost in online sales, while great, came with its own set of challenges. Most warehouses were not equipped to handle the influx of online sales, especially when selling directly to the consumer. New safety protocols, personnel shortages and supply chain delays compounded the issues further, highlighting the need for a comprehensive e-commerce strategy tightly integrated throughout the warehouse. Online communication between your e-commerce platform and warehouse management solution (WMS) is key to making better-informed decisions and having visibility throughout your warehouse. Technology solutions, like Novacura Flow (low-code platform and integration platform), enable you to connect your existing e-commerce platform to your WMS. This integration provides immediate online access to information such as current stock levels, order processing status, and online reservation of goods when they are sold. But this is not the end – Novacura Flow platform can help implement the “Omni-channel” strategy. The platform can integrate physical stores and e-commerce platforms and effectively manage all reservations from all channels. 2. Monitor warehouse activities in real-time Customer demand is often hard to predict and can quickly fluctuate based on a change in a situation or priorities. Governmental regulations, extreme weather events, and social media can all influence overall demand and the demand between channels (purchases made in retail stores vs. online). For example, not many could have predicted the toilet paper shortage that resulted from COVID-19. Still, there are steps your business can take to make better-informed decisions and react more quickly to fluctuations in demand. Warehouse activity can, and should be, monitored minute-by-minute online using e-commerce software solution, like Novacura Flow, so that you can be alerted to trend changes as they arise. By integrating your e-commerce with your warehouse, you will no longer have to guess where an item is within the warehouse or wonder where an order is in the process. Instead, you’ll be able to see exactly where everything […]
15-11-2022 Novacura participated in the ERP Future 2022 conference in Vienna. The event took place at Fachhochschule Technikum and was attended by 80 participants representing various companies involved in enterprise support in the ERP environment.
A common problem in any industry is inefficient management of packaging materials. Many industries may be concerned about bringing this part of the business under micromanagement, as it is very often difficult to get good enough real-time tracking of what has happened to the packaging material after shipment. Many companies are committed to reusing packaging materials throughout the process, but there is still a problem getting any data on this. And we need such data. There is no denying that during the last two years of the global crisis, the market has been affected by the shortage of resources for paper boxes. Currently, there is sufficient alternative to replace paper packaging materials in any type of distribution and prodcution. Making the decision for a company to shift to returnable packaging materials can be very important from an enivroment perspective. Therefore, every company operating in the market should consider a new approach to effectively manage packaging materials. A smart approach to these matters can have a significant impact on improving financials in supply chain and help a company avoid downtime. Comply with requirements for packaging materials Optimization of the reusable returnable packaging material process in supply chain is more than required to prevent the mentioned incidents. There are companies that offer separate software to handle several tasks within an operation. Nevertheless, several may be able to implement simultaneously multiple solution in operations and transportation and many others areas.Novacura Flow is software that can provide flexible digital solutions in the most well-known areas of distribution, manufacturing and other industries. One such solution is the fully digital management of packaging materials controlled by Novacura FLOW software. The system for returnable packaging material, from Novacura Flow, is packaging optimization software that enables packaging control throughout the supply chain and beyond, giving users: a complete digital overview of the ongoing cases real-time tracking of consumables and products digital solutions for internal and external administration returnable packaging Optimal packing material management Optimization of the reusable returnable packaging material process in supply chain is more than required to prevent the mentioned incidents. There are companies that offer separate software to handle several tasks within an operation. Nevertheless, several may be able to implement simultaneously multiple solution in operations and transportation and many others areas.Novacura Flow is software that can provide flexible digital solutions in the most well-known areas of distribution, manufacturing and other industries. One such solution is the fully digital management of packaging materials controlled by Novacura FLOW software. The system for returnable packaging material, from Novacura Flow, is packaging optimization software that enables packaging control throughout the supply chain and beyond, giving users: a complete digital overview of the ongoing cases real-time tracking of consumables and products digital solutions for internal and external administration returnable packaging Proven solution in returnable packaging loop Novacura Flow software architecture has been developed for integration with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, IFS etc. Integration with Novacura Flow addresses all internal packaging material management needs, such as the inbound and outbound of packaging materials, from dockside registration, inventory control, order picking, delivery to […]
For our valued partners and customers of Novacura Flow, we want to present some significant changes that we hope you will appreciate as much as we do. We have revised the Q&A, the Release notes, the Downloads page and the Knowledge Base and given them new homes and a facelift. The previous Flow Community will be shut down shortly. We hope you want to continue to be an essential part of our Community! Here is a list of the new locations to bookmark: FLOW FORUM Get in touch with other Flowers. Ask or answer questions to fellow Flow users and the Novacura Support in the new Forum. Signing up is easy – create a user name and password and you´re in! Please note that your user name from the old Community will be deleted. Novacura Forum NOVACURA MARKETPLACE Purchase ready-to-run Flow applications and components suited for your business and your ERP. Novacura Marketplace PARTNER PORTAL There is a new place for our partners to retrieve sales and marketing information and material. Get in touch with your Novacura representative if you haven´t gotten login credentials. Novacura Partner Portal FLOW HELP A go-to place for tools, guides and information about: Releases Installations Connectors and clients Development and more Flow Help FLOW DOWNLOADS Download Installation packages for all our clients, Flow Studio, Flow Servers and Connectors. Flow Downloads FLOW DOCS Novacura documentation, links and learning for developers and technology professionals. For example, Manuals, Installation guides and Release notes. Previously called Knowledge base. Flow Docs Have you subscribed to Flow Product Updates emails? If you aren´t already a subscriber, we suggest that you sign up for our Product Updates emails to keep you up to date with what is going on with Novacura Flow at the moment. Just follow the link and submit the form to subscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time. Subscribe to Product Updates Catch up on our latest blog posts? We would love for you to sign up for Novacura´s Monthly Blog post summary! Submit the simple form on the right side of this Blog page and there will be an email delivered every 1st of the month with the latest and greatest. Related articles : Brak wyników wyszukiwania
In Novacura we are always close to the real business processes and we observe the trends, so we can provide solutions that will support these trends in the upcoming years. In the user forum of Novacura in Feb 2022 our CEO, Johan Melander, shared our observations about business trends that all companies will face in the near future. He talked about what’s going to be important, observations and requirements in the future of the IT industry. 8 business observations were listed in this forum and we’re happy to share this knowledge with you and hopefully make it easier to prepare for what’s coming. 1. Be ready for change Change has always been part of business development, but now, due to Covid, change has come quicker than expected. We need to be more and more adaptive to the changes. Organizations need to deliver innovation and adapt more quickly to respond to the accelerating pace of business change. Gartner 2020 In March 2020, COVID changed everything: How do we work How do we purchase How do we sell How do we communicate It only shows how important is the ability to change for companies. 2. Everyone and everything will be connected All devices and everyone will be connected, which will, of course, affect all industries. To clarify our observation about connectivity, let us use the following example; How many ERPs do you see in the picture? In the future, we believe not only real people but also different devices, equipment, buildings, gages, computer vision systems, automated transportation systems, automated inventory systems, etc. will be connected – this is the IoT era. 3. Utilize AI It’s time to utilize artificial intelligence a lot more. We’ve started at the entry point when we get into the customer service and support areas. We will see a lot more of this. Reduce your workforce costs and demand by AI cloud service..your competitors have already started (…) Johan Melander, Novacura, CEO We dare say that more companies will implement it since it’s getting more accessible and affordable. 4. Adjust to your customer’s needs We also need to adjust to customer needs – millennials have tons of requirements. They want it all and they want it now, so we can no longer talk about the “target groups” or industries. We need to look at every company as unique and treat our customers (and users) individually. Customers and employees increasingly expect more contextualized and personalized application experiences. Gartner 2020 This is not only relevant for B2C where consumers request more and more individual treatment, but it’s also highly suitable for B2B. Companies have their own requirements and want to connect their suppliers into their ecosystems, which means – they require integrations based on their rules, boundaries, etc. 5. Process-based management: Process Data Mining It’s about time not only to define our processes, but companies should also establish a process measurement strategy and apply this way of thinking to all processes. Not only to production processes supported by MES systems but also to […]
We’ve built a Marketplace to give you direct access to some of our most requested apps. Get even more value from your Novacura Flow purchase with ready-to-use apps for IFS that provide you with innovative insights and speed up solution-to-delivery time. With a low-cost subscription starting at just $1,500 a month, you can gain access to the entire subscription library. That’s a growing list of over 50 apps for IFS geared towards HR, Service, Maintenance and Warehouse Management. Once subscribed, you can download the apps directly from the Marketplace, import them into your Novacura Flow studio environment and customize them as you’d like. It’s an entirely new way to experience Novacura Flow and we’d love for you to give it a try! We’ll even give you a 30% discount on your subscription if you sign up by July 30th.* The Novacura Flow beta client is only available on Android, iOS is coming soon. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the apps: Travel and Expense The travel and expense reporting Application makes it easy to track expenses, mileage and deductions during your travels and automatically creates an Expense Sheet in IFS for processing. Learn more Mobile Work Order Mobile Work Order is an Enterprise Asset and Service Management Application that helps technicians perform maintenance and other service-related activities while in the field. Learn more Warehouse The Start Warehouse Task is one of 29 other Warehouse Management Applications on the Marketplace that helps to automate warehouse data management tasks in IFS using mobile scanners. Learn more Improve now See our entire collection of applications to streamline your operations and much more. Marketplace **Frequently Asked Questions and Answers** What is the Novacura Marketplace and how does it work?The Novacura Marketplace is an App store that helps our customers get more value from their Novacura Flow purchase by providing immediate access to some of our most requested Applications. How often will Applications be added or updated?As new versions of Novacura Flow and IFS are released, Novacura Labs will make every effort to update the Applications in the subscription with the new APIs. How are the Marketplace Applications priced?A Marketplace account and subscription are needed in order to download Applications in the subscription library. In the future, free and paid Applications will also be available to active Marketplace members. How do I know if an Application is compatible with my environment?The compatibility details for each Application will be listed under the Details tab of that page and will represent the Novacura Flow version(s) and IFS version(s) that the publisher has verified and tested the Application for. How do I sign-up for the Marketplace?If you are interested in joining or subscribing to the Marketplace, please contact your Novacura Sales Representative or contact us. How can I share an idea for an Application that I would like developed?Active Marketplace users can share ideas for new Applications or enhancements on the Marketplace Idea Wall. For a full list of questions and answers, please visit our FAQ. Related articles : Unlocking The Potential Of AI For […]