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Softeon’s Mark Fralick on a New Way to Think about Warehouse Execution Systems and Workload Balancing

5m · Logistics Insights Podcast · 07 Sep 13:17

In the second of our two podcasts featuring highlights of Mark Fralick’s interview with Bob Trebilcock of Modern Materials Handling magazine, Fralick suggests a new way to think about how Warehouse Execution Systems might orchestrate order fulfillment to balance work across the distribution center.

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