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Protecting Freight From Cargo Theft with Technology

Blue Grace Logistics

Preventing Losses – How Technology and Personal Training Can Help. For instance, implementing hard locking devices on trailer doors, training drivers and personnel to understand risks and ways to mitigate them, or reinforcing background checks of all employees before they come on board are good ways to build a safe working culture.

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Four Ways Shippers Can Optimize Their Cold Storage Operations

Blue Grace Logistics

Ensuring rigorous traceability of goods: RFID technology is becoming more and more prevalent in cold logistics due to the advantages it presents for the automatic identification of goods. Awareness and training for professionals to match.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans launches new US plant

Automotive Logistics

Manufacturing at the Mercedes-Benz Vans plant includes driverless transport systems and paperless documentation. Autonomous transport vehicles, which can travel more than 60km in a shift, are controlled through the South Carolina plant’s IT system and the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

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Facing Cold Chain Challenges

Trinity Logistics

This regulation covers the cleanliness and function of equipment, protocols set in place for transportation, employee training on the proper handling of food in cold chains, and records of all FSMA compliance. Some of these temperature monitoring systems are RFID or wireless sensor network, thermal imaging , and temperature loggers.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented a new process to allow shippers to submit original vehicle export documentation electronically in lieu of delivering physical copies to their local CBP trade office. The platoon consisted of three trained, professional truck drivers in Volvo tractors, each pulling double 28-foot trailers.

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Dematic offers inspection by drone

Logistics Business Magazine

Equipped with high-resolution cameras and LED lights, the drones are controlled by trained, licensed Dematic service employees. Images can be used to create long-term documentation over a system’s entire service life. The images and videos captured during the flight can be analysed both in real time and at a later date.

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What Are Order Pickers? [Definition, Types, Pros/Cons, Uses]

Conger

Order Picker Forklift Training and Certification Order Picker Safety Order Picker Daily Inspections Order Picker Maintenance Frequently Asked Questions About Order Pickers What Are Order Pickers? In this way, it's almost like a train and track system. Do You Need Special Training to Operate an Order Picker?