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Widespread, Yet Cautious Optimism for 2021: ARC’s Order Fulfillment Research Findings

Logistics Viewpoints

As we enter the second half of 2021, there are abundant signs of improvement and optimization. At the beginning of 2021, ARC Advisory Group, in partnership with DC Velocity magazine, anticipated factors such as a subsequent surge when we crafted our survey of warehouse practitioners. Meanwhile, caution is prevalent as well.

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Trends 2021: Warehouse Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

Warehouse automation acceleration. How has the pandemic impacted warehousing and logistics operations in 2020, 2021 and beyond? As a result, many favor physical automation to maintain efficient fulfillment operations and productivity. This acceleration will continue in 2021 and beyond. Physical automation.

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Mecalux to Automate Manitou DC

Logistics Business Magazine

Manitou Group, supplier of handling, aerial work platform and earth moving equipment, has opened a new automated warehouse at its spare parts centre in Ancenis, France. Manitou Group, headquartered in Ancenis, has showcased its new automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). The project began in 2021.

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Mercadona Awards Witron 16th Automated DC

Logistics Business Magazine

This is already the 16th automated logistics centre that WITRON designs and realizes for MERCADONA – with a total of 203 COM machines in the dry, fresh, and frozen food sector. Starting in 2026, the highly automated facility will supply more than 90 stores of the Spanish food retailer with 4,000+ items.

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Automation Software for Service Robots

Logistics Business Magazine

According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), 121,000 of the smart machines for professional use were sold worldwide in 2021, which represents a market growth of 37% in comparison to the previous year. The functional quality of mobile robots is largely determined by the automation software. hot liquids).

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Automated Terminal Tractors in Series Production

Logistics Business Magazine

Today, Fernride, provider of autonomous trucking and Terberg, a leader in terminal tractors, announced their collaboration to develop an automated terminal tractor CE certified for commercial production. The partnership started in 2021 and the series-production of these trucks will start in 2024, ready for gradual autonomy.

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Qimarox automates unloading of containers

Logistics Business Magazine

The transportation trends in 2021 shows this as well, the biggest trend is the necessity to deliver more products in less time. Automation can be a solution. One of the solutions can be to automate the unloading process. The automation of this process has a lot of benefits for companies.