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IFOY Award 2024 Winners Announced

Logistics Business Magazine

Jungheinrich, RAVAS EUROPE, SAFELOG with Mercedes, SSI Schäfer and STILL have been announced as winners of the IFOY Award 2024. And if human dexterity is required for picking, for example, the autopicker can also be used for normal goods-to-person picking. The company claims that picking costs have been halved.

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Top 10 SCM Trends for 2024

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Ralf Duester, board member of the Bochum-based SCM software specialist Setlog, shows which trends will be important in 2024. His statements are based not only on discussions with experts from the industry and research, but also on data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA. At a glance: The top ten SCM trends in 2024 1.

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Inventory planning to reduce Chinese New Year disruption

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Chinese New Year shutdowns Every year factories in China (and other countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, and Brunei) shut down so that their workers can celebrate Chinese New Year. In 2024, this will be from February 9-15. When do you place the orders?

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What’s On Tap for Ocean Shipping in 2023?

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Marine Exchange of Southern California, for example, reported that the backup of container ships has fallen from a peak of 109 vessels in January to just four ships in October. In early-November, Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, was dealing with major disruption at its biggest iPhone assembly factory in China.

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Transparency for the customer who is king

Logistics Business Magazine

The new regulations will initially apply to companies with more than 3,000 employees from 2023, and to companies with more than 1,000 employees from 2024. In industry initiatives, for example, KiK also promotes company accident insurance in Bangladesh, building safety, fire protection and compliance with human rights.

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The Autonomous Truck Revolution Is Right Around the Corner

Logistics Viewpoints

TuSimple – a provider of autonomous freight semi-truck solutions – has said their technology will be operational by 2024. And it is not the “last mile” – the distance between an exit off a highway to a destination site – a factory, warehouse, or store for example. Or can we get there in the next few years?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

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This summer, Kroger started giving out free sample boxes, which include products from brands like Oreo, Snack Factory and Ghirardelli, along with its online delivery and curbside pickup orders. They have pushed through annual general rate increases of more than 30% from 2019 to 2024, and are often nearly lock step on pricing.