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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By : Renu Rajani
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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By: Renu Rajani

Overview of this book

The book is based on the author`s experience in leading and transforming large test engagements and architecting solutions for customer testing requirements/bids/problem areas. It targets the testing practitioner population and provides them with a single go-to place to find perspectives, practices, trends, tools, and solutions to test applications as they face the evolving digital world. This book is divided into five parts where each part explores different aspects of testing in the real world. The first module explains the various testing engagement models. You will then learn how to efficiently test code in different life cycles. The book discusses the different aspects of Quality Analysis consideration while testing social media, mobile, analytics, and the Cloud. In the last module, you will learn about futuristic technologies to test software. By the end of the book, you will understand the latest business and IT trends in digital transformation and learn the best practices to adopt for business assurance.
Table of Contents (56 chapters)
Testing Practitioner Handbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Chapter 35. Technologies for Digital Supply Chains and QA Considerations

The logistics, manufacturing, supply chain, and transportation industries are going through a time of rapid and unprecedented transformation. The future of these industries is paved with innovation and technology. It was not long ago that ideas such as 3D printing, the Internet of Things (IoT), drone delivery, and augmented reality were things of science fiction. Today, merchants and service providers within these industries are cautiously adopting these technologies to provide faster, cheaper, more reliable, and sustainable business practices. Supply chains of organizations are leveraging these technologies to understand customer value chain and optimize their inbound and outbound logistics.

In this chapter, we will discuss:

  • The non-linear journey of the customer buying process

  • Business and technology trends in supply chain management

  • New technologies in supply chain management

  • Focus of QA in supply chain