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What are Digital Twins and How Can They Drive Warehouse Efficiency?

Logistics Viewpoints

The concept of digital twins has emerged as a powerful foundational tool to drive improvements in warehouse productivity and efficiency. To define what exactly it is, a digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical asset, process, or system. Simulation is the most widely used benefit of a digital twin. Physical change (i.e.,

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Hapag-Lloyd Reaches a Milestone for Digitalization with 700,000 Smart Containers

MTS Logistics

Last week, Hapag-Lloyd announced a big step towards digitalization. On October 23rd, Germany’s Federal Minister of Digital and Transport, Dr. Volker Wissing, installed the 700,000th tracking device that turns a standard shipping container into a smart container. The shipping industry giant aims to go fully smart by early 2024.

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Digital technology helps mitigate climate change risk

Logistics Business Magazine

According to the survey, 44% of respondents have a general sense of potential climate change risks based on previous events. However, the past is not a good predictor of future climate change events, as the severity and impact of events will escalate. Technology Use Still in Infancy Stages.

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6 Crucial steps to starting your digitalization Process

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Part of the solution is to have an ERP system that is already set up for the future and which can offer the capabilities and information needed for digitalization – enabling the digital transformation process. Here are the steps to guide you along the digitalization journey. But where do you start?

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Is It Time to Move Beyond the Traditional Approach to IBP?

Logistics Viewpoints

The subsequent discussion outlines what the key problems areas with the traditional approach to IBP versus a suggested approach and some of the key capabilities that an organization should look for when starting a digital transformation journey centered on IBP. Capabilities you should be looking for to enable decision focus.

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SICK Launches its IntegrationSpace Digital Services Platform

Logistics Business Magazine

SICK has established a new web-based platform, SICK IntegrationSpace, to be the home for its growing data-based digital software and services portfolio. A range of asset-focused digital services are among the key foundation modules included in the initial launch: • The SICK Installed Base Manager database smartphone app. •

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

Geopolitical events. The creation of a new digital ecosystem has enabled these and other changes that will shape the definition of supply chain agility and resilience in the 2020s and beyond. Digital technologies will allow companies to increase their visibility, collaboration, speed, and responsiveness ? Natural disasters.