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It’s fair to say that the supply chain may carry a sort of ‘boring’ stigma. Very much a process part of the business, involving dark warehouses, late night transportation runs, administrative tasks, etc. Whilst many appreciate the importance of the supply chain (or at least they do w

From Blockchain to Artificial Intelligence, ‘next-generation’ technologies have long been tipped to transform and revolutionise supply chains. The list of potential benefits is both extensive and endearing; automation of processes, reduced operational downtime, greater operational performance

There is a huge amount of data present within supply chains. To achieve in-transit visibility (which is the particular challenge that Entopy focuses on) these data sources need to be brought together. The challenge is that the data sit’s in silos across multiple stakeholders involved in

The acceleration of supply chain transformation The transformation of the supply chain only seems to be accelerating. As businesses strive to find the most efficient ways to deliver goods to their customers, new operating models are emerging involving many more stakeholder

Customers want to know what’s happening with their purchase Real-time information in today’s world is critical to delivering good customer service. More than 80% of customers expect real-time delivery tracking but many businesses still do not offer this. This is

We write a lot about our technology, the challenges across multiple industries that we have made our mission to resolve, and our fantastic partner network. We don’t spend a lot of time talking about us, Entopy. In this blog, we are going slightly off-piste and going under the bonnet of E

Shrinkage is the retailer’s nightmare. Every year, shrinkage costs retailers billions of pounds. Often, shrinkage is caused by theft or wastage however, some shrinkage, ‘unexplained’ or ‘unaccounted for’, is caused by poor inventory accounting. ‘Wooden dollars’

Supply chains are becoming more and more complex. More suppliers, more 3PL’s, more complex routing, more warehouses, more outlets. As the complexity increases, so too does the throughput. It’s inevitable that more errors will occur. Aside from the obvious costs to business such as lost

The Internet of Things (IoT) will enable business operators to learn more about their business-critical environments, an understanding and set of controls that they have never had before. This knowledge and understanding is critical in ever-evolving, complex environments such as supply chains.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a broad brush term for a number of transformational technologies. Not only do ‘things’ need to be connected through sensors or integrated technology, but the data needs to be communicated, processed, analysed and redistributed. The technology stack alone