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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS to deploy RFIDs through 100 facilities this year. UPS plans to implement its smart package initiative at 100 facilities in 2022, which will involve using RFID tags on packages to speed up throughput. RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. The Czinger 21C costs $1.7

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Trends 2021: Warehouse Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

Warehouse automation acceleration – spanning the entire supply chain from warehousing operations to distribution centers – has been driven by the need to deliver directly to consumers in increasingly shorter timeframes. RFID technology and machine vision. This acceleration will continue in 2021 and beyond.

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Top 10 Practical Supply Chain Management Tips for Businesses

3PL Links

A supply chain, broadly speaking, is an intricately linked system that includes every phase of the creation and delivery of a good or service, from acquiring raw materials to ultimate distribution. Optimize inventory The goal of inventory optimization is to effectively control stock levels by preventing shortages or excesses.

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Lean Manufacturing Systems: How Mobility Empowers the New “Lean”

GlobalTranz

As a result, many manufacturers have deployed extensive process review and analysis programs to move towards a higher level of lean manufacturing. Most modern manufacturing programs use RFID scanners , barcode scanners, and automated data capture for processing in the manufacturing control platform, asserts an Apriso blog post.

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Warehouse Cost Savings: 5 Key Areas of Focus and 13 Practical Objectives

GlobalTranz

A big driver in the first part of warehouse cost savings is knowing your data so you can apply analysis and then create a strategic plan to improve. . Slot and Re-slot regularly based on demand/sales trends. Improve SKU tracking: RFID, bar coding. One 3PL-managed distribution center for a major U.S. Minimize packaging.

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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has continually been pushed and pulled in different directions. Logistics services provider TNT runs a large distribution hub in Belgium. From a simple place to stock goods, warehouses have developed in many ways—function and form included.

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Top 20 Automatic Data Capture Suppliers of 2017

247 Customs Broker

Richa Gupta , senior analyst for AutoID and data capture at VDC Research, says in 2017 she’s seeing “a bit of a downward trend” in the markets she covers, which include bar code scanning and printing. AutoID ma rket analysis. Overall market trends. Top 20 ADC suppliers. Total 2016 Revenues (in millions). Bar code printers.

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