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Real-Time Supply Chain Control Tower with Apache Kafka

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A Real-Time Supply Chain Control Tower powered by Kafka

ByKai Waehner
23. September 2022
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A modern supply chain requires just-in-time production, global logistics, and complex manufacturing processes. This blog post explores a solution that ingests all information flows into a unified central nervous system. The idea of the Supply Chain Control Tower becomes a reality: An integrated data cockpit with real-time access to all levels and systems of the supply chain.

Real-Time Locating : Tracking System (RTLS) with Apache Kafka and Event Streaming

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Real Time Locating System (RTLS) with Apache Kafka for Transportation and Logistics

ByKai Waehner
7. January 2021
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Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) enables identifying and tracking the location of assets or people in real-time. This blog post explores the use cases for RTLS, the challenges of existing implementations, and an open, scalable RTLS architecture based on Apache Kafka.

Supply Chain Optimization with Apache Kafka and SCM

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Apache Kafka for Supply Chain Management (SCM) Optimization

ByKai Waehner
15. December 2020
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Supply Chain optimization leveraging Event Streaming with Apache Kafka. See real-world use cases and architectures from Walmart, BMW, Porsche, and other enterprises to improve the Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes. Automation, robustness, flexibility, real-time, decoupling, data integration, and hybrid deployments…