{"id":14420,"date":"2017-06-05T08:49:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T12:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/?p=14420"},"modified":"2020-11-12T19:39:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:39:26","slug":"big-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/","title":{"rendered":"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the era of Intralogistics 4.0, companies will turn to \u201cbig data<\/strong><\/a>\u201d analysis to find ways to fix problems and improve productivity in their distribution centers (DCs.) Big data<\/strong> analysis is the process of examining large data sets to discover hidden patterns, unknown correlations, and obscure connections. By identifying relationships in data, companies can determine the factor or mix of factors that are inhibiting performance or causing a problem.<\/p>\n

DCs are ripe for big data<\/em> analysis because there is a tremendous amount of transactional data that can be exploited to identify cause and effect relationships and ultimately improve operational efficiency. In fact, some warehouse execution software systems overseeing distribution and fulfillment operations compile huge logs of transactional data that provide an audit trail of all warehouse activity and inputs, including receiving, material movement, handling, picking, packing, and shipping all by order, item, worker, and length of time. Tools such as data mining and statistical analysis can be applied to warehouse transaction logs to discover patterns, correlations, and connections that could enhance productivity.<\/p>\n

At MSI Automate, we\u2019re already using big data analysis to help our clients gain actionable insights to increase DC throughput and productivity. Since MSI Automate\u2019s warehouse execution software<\/strong><\/a> already logs huge amounts of transactional data, our Intralogistics Science team is able to use the data to perform a \u201ctrending analysis,\u201d which is the discovery of commonality in a data pattern that denotes when a combination of factors produces a certain outcome. To perform this type of analysis, the team uses \u201cR\u201d programming, a special computer language for statistical analysis and data visualization used by data scientists. R Programming was developed specifically to mine through data logs and find correlations between factors that are influencing or causing a specific outcome. The results of the trending analysis can then be applied to determine the root cause of a problem in the DC, or, simply to find more optimal ways to perform DC operations.<\/p>\n

But big data analysis is just the first step in solving a problem through the use of Intralogistics Science. Once the data analysis has pinpointed the root cause of a problem, the team at MSI Automate then uses simulation to test various hypothetical remedies. Some remedies may incorporate a design change or process change, or both. A computer model is then used to emulate how the proposed solution would perform in the DC to validate its effectiveness. By providing a emulation, MSI Automate enables its client to ascertain whether the solution has merit before making any operational changes or incurring any expenses associated with the changes.<\/p>\n

Because the growth of ecommerce in combination with rising consumer expectation for same-day delivery will pressure DCs to speed up order fulfillment in the era of Intralogistics 4.0<\/strong><\/a>, big data analysis promises enormous potential for companies to gain the insights needed to meet that challenge and gain a competitive advantage over their rivals in the marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n


<\/p>\n\n

Walter High<\/a> is VP Marketing at MSI Automate, where he has worked since 2012. \n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the era of Intralogistics 4.0, companies will turn to \u201cbig data\u201d analysis to find ways to fix problems and improve productivity in their distribution centers (DCs.) Big data analysis is the process of examining large data sets to discover hidden patterns, unknown correlations, and obscure connections. By identifying relationships … <\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[20,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity - MSI Automate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the era of Intralogistics 4.0., companies will turn to \u201cbig data\u201d to find ways to fix problems and improve productivity in their distribution centers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity - MSI Automate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the era of Intralogistics 4.0., companies will turn to \u201cbig data\u201d to find ways to fix problems and improve productivity in their distribution centers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MSI Automate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-05T12:49:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-12T19:39:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mll9sbjiwkq3.i.optimole.com\/w:669\/h:350\/q:mauto\/https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Big-Data5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"669\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Walter High\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Walter High\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Walter High\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b69560801f204b2d7495dc21ec35f7ee\"},\"headline\":\"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-05T12:49:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-12T19:39:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/\"},\"wordCount\":505,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Fasttrak WM+ Software\",\"Intralogistics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/\",\"name\":\"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity - MSI Automate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-05T12:49:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-12T19:39:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"In the era of Intralogistics 4.0., companies will turn to \u201cbig data\u201d to find ways to fix problems and improve productivity in their distribution centers.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/\",\"name\":\"MSI Automate intralogistics: Automated Fulfillment Solutions for Retailers\",\"description\":\"MSI Automate is a multi-disciplined, intralogistics provider that delivers comprehensive automated fulfillment and distribution solutions to businesses involved in ecommerce, retail merchandising, grocery, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and third party logistics.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MSI Automate\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mll9sbjiwkq3.i.optimole.com\/Hokj7iI-XJYFVdqF\/w:490\/h:176\/q:90\/https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MSI Automate-Intralogistics.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mll9sbjiwkq3.i.optimole.com\/Hokj7iI-XJYFVdqF\/w:490\/h:176\/q:90\/https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MSI Automate-Intralogistics.jpg\",\"width\":490,\"height\":176,\"caption\":\"MSI Automate\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b69560801f204b2d7495dc21ec35f7ee\",\"name\":\"Walter High\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc0ee6638fcbdf1e041ee6fff207b9f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc0ee6638fcbdf1e041ee6fff207b9f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Walter High\"},\"description\":\"Walter joined MSI Automate in 2012, with over 25 years of experience as a hands-on, creative marketing and communications strategy consultant whose capabilities include writing, photography, graphic design, and video production. Having worked for companies ranging in diversity from high tech firms to Hollywood studios and in size from start-ups to Fortune 500\u2019s, Walter brings a disciplined, discerning approach to MSI Automate\u2019s marketing efforts that is keenly focused on defining and clearly articulating MSI Automate\u2019s strengths, messaging, and unique industry offerings.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/author\/walter\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity - MSI Automate","description":"In the era of Intralogistics 4.0., companies will turn to \u201cbig data\u201d to find ways to fix problems and improve productivity in their distribution centers.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity - MSI Automate","og_description":"In the era of Intralogistics 4.0., companies will turn to \u201cbig data\u201d to find ways to fix problems and improve productivity in their distribution centers.","og_url":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/","og_site_name":"MSI Automate","article_published_time":"2017-06-05T12:49:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-12T19:39:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":669,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/mll9sbjiwkq3.i.optimole.com\/w:669\/h:350\/q:mauto\/https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Big-Data5.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Walter High","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Walter High","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/"},"author":{"name":"Walter High","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b69560801f204b2d7495dc21ec35f7ee"},"headline":"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity","datePublished":"2017-06-05T12:49:34+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-12T19:39:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/"},"wordCount":505,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Fasttrak WM+ Software","Intralogistics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/","url":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/","name":"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity - MSI Automate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-06-05T12:49:34+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-12T19:39:26+00:00","description":"In the era of Intralogistics 4.0., companies will turn to \u201cbig data\u201d to find ways to fix problems and improve productivity in their distribution centers.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/big-data\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Big Data Will Improve DC Productivity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/","name":"MSI Automate intralogistics: Automated Fulfillment Solutions for Retailers","description":"MSI Automate is a multi-disciplined, intralogistics provider that delivers comprehensive automated fulfillment and distribution solutions to businesses involved in ecommerce, retail merchandising, grocery, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and third party logistics.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#organization","name":"MSI Automate","url":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mll9sbjiwkq3.i.optimole.com\/Hokj7iI-XJYFVdqF\/w:490\/h:176\/q:90\/https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MSI Automate-Intralogistics.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mll9sbjiwkq3.i.optimole.com\/Hokj7iI-XJYFVdqF\/w:490\/h:176\/q:90\/https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MSI Automate-Intralogistics.jpg","width":490,"height":176,"caption":"MSI Automate"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b69560801f204b2d7495dc21ec35f7ee","name":"Walter High","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc0ee6638fcbdf1e041ee6fff207b9f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc0ee6638fcbdf1e041ee6fff207b9f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Walter High"},"description":"Walter joined MSI Automate in 2012, with over 25 years of experience as a hands-on, creative marketing and communications strategy consultant whose capabilities include writing, photography, graphic design, and video production. Having worked for companies ranging in diversity from high tech firms to Hollywood studios and in size from start-ups to Fortune 500\u2019s, Walter brings a disciplined, discerning approach to MSI Automate\u2019s marketing efforts that is keenly focused on defining and clearly articulating MSI Automate\u2019s strengths, messaging, and unique industry offerings.","url":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/author\/walter\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14420"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23753,"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14420\/revisions\/23753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/msi-automate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}