Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2021

The journey was bracketed with a human driver handling pick-up and delivery of the shipment, while an automated driver took the long-haul segment in between. An impressive case study to be sure, but alas, the cost of the technology is still prohibitive for most companies.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Auto-ID solutions, handheld terminals and scanners as well as wearables from DENSO record data from picking to delivery. DENSO Wave Europe is also very well positioned in the field of IoT solutions and, with the ORiN IoT data management platform, offers an ideal tool for logistics and transport companies.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

After an extensive consultation and planning phase, STILL implemented a perfectly coordinated combination of six automated series industrial trucks (three MX-X order picking stacker trucks and three EXV high lift pallet trucks) at Danfoss, including all system components. AGVs are not allowed to enter aisles where picking is taking place.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 13, 2021

The better you are at writing cold emails or picking up the phone and making cold calls the better your odds are at closing new deals. . It doesn’t matter if you like using slides during a presentation or not. There are way too many stale PowerPoint presentations circulating in the freight world right now. Public speaking.

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Freightera

JULY 7, 2023

The present freight shipping industry demands technical support that can assist with every aspect of freight management. Recently, BI tools have taken over the Logistics industry with functions like predictive analysis, OLAP , interactive dashboards, warehousing, etc. Why does the freight Industry need business intelligence?

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Bobby left the team with a new found excitement for the year to come and with new tools and data to help accomplish upcoming goals. Following Harris’ kickoff, motivational speaker Alex Sheen captured everyone’s attention with his presentation. The next presentation was by Andy Burke, V.P. Featured Presenter| Day 1.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 12, 2016

This is solved through best practices, efficient and proven strategy, proper measurement of your tools and people, and the use of effective technology which doesn't add bloat, but is an enablement tool to provide a tangible Return on Investment in the way of reduced time and costs. . Reduce dwell time. Facilities Management.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

For instance, missed targets for on-time shipments may be due to poor warehouse management of product storage, picking and packing. Outsourcing providers use advanced technology to make their operations more efficient and to safeguard their own margins, but the same tools are available to all those prepared to invest in them.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

The systems integrator will be presenting the full spectrum of its digital services at the LogiMAT intralogistics trade fair (31 May to 2 June) in Stuttgart. They develop new applications, implement tools and maintain logistics centres during live operation. More than 600 IT specialists look after over 500 systems around the globe.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 15, 2018

Having a tool for accurate demand forecasting and capacity planning allows companies to be more proactive. However, while the technology is available, there is still a scarcity of people who can make sense out of the incomplete and low-quality data, the case commonly presented in the logistics industry.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 30, 2023

What does matter is having the right data to order the needed inventory, the right systems in place to pack and pick rapidly, and the right order fulfillment partners to get packages shipped and delivered at the best speed and cost. Whether the delay is caused by weather, transit issues, labor shortages, etc. doesn’t matter.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

So when I asked Cathy Roberson, a senior analyst at Transport Intelligence and a tech-enthusiast who is vox supplychainus on Twitter at cmroberson06 , I was not surprised when she sent me back an analysis that seems to match up perfectly with some of Google’s recent projects: Google Glasses, Android and 3D printing.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

With slack in the economy expected to dissipate, policymakers will need to look beyond monetary and fiscal policy tools to stimulate short-term growth and consider initiatives more likely to boost long-term potential. Increased policy uncertainty and a renewed decline in oil prices present risks of lower-than-anticipated growth.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2018

He says Aptiv is currently in the process of implementing this method, which means taking each supplier and matching the parts it makes with global demand; it involves one pick-up for worldwide distribution, which is a significant increase in efficiency.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, we’ve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It’s not a short list, so we’ll set it down here as a summary to help you with plans for analysis.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

The current Coronavirus pandemic has presented challenges for every industry, organisation and individual across the world. One well known supermarket is currently coping at four times its peak with the use of Dock Appointment Scheduling, demonstrating how effective the tool can be. Home Delivery.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

You can then use that calculation as the basis of a handling charge for customers to be deducted from their return credit or factored into any cost-to-serve analysis you might perform to determine customer profitability. Ideally, you will calculate the cost as a percentage of the sales value of goods returned over a specific period.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

For centuries, hand tools helped humans build dwellings, clothing, food containers and vehicles. The introduction of power tools then made it possible to complete this work much more quickly and with a lot less effort. December 3, 2018 ·. By Richard E. Robots Adding Another Level of Automation. References. Brown, S.; Pierson, Ph.D.;

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

As a 3PL who offers a transportation management system we’ve integrated to many ERP software, we view the use of technology as an enablement tool for shippers to cut out unneeded waste and thus add more to the bottom line by saving money from such efficiency. More accessible data.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

While each hazard presents a direct danger to the workers, the damage can also extend to their co-workers, families, and friends. Slips, trips, and falls (falls are a leading cause of death for people in general and present a danger in the warehouse). 1910 Subpart P: Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Other Hand-Held Equipment.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 1, 2014

First of all, I think that Predictive Analytics is still much more a research area than a set of tools or products capable of providing quick and immediate solutions to emerging requirements in various industries. The quality of prediction benefits from the careful statistical analysis of the available data. which can be tried as well.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 27, 2015

First of all, I think that Predictive Analytics is still much more a research area than a set of tools or products capable of providing quick and immediate solutions to emerging requirements in various industries. The quality of prediction benefits from the careful statistical analysis of the available data. which can be tried as well.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Too much leads to resources being monopolised on gathering tons of data and a subsequent risk of “paralysis by analysis” Cost to Serve (CTS) is an approach that helps you avoid both extremes. Picking and packing. Too little detail won’t give you the information you need to take action. Efficient order terms.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 1, 2014

First of all, I think that Predictive Analytics is still much more a research area than a set of tools or products capable of providing quick and immediate solutions to emerging requirements in various industries. The quality of prediction benefits from the careful statistical analysis of the available data. which can be tried as well.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

The usual themes were still very present as solution providers and retailers alike were more than happy to talk about omni-channel, mobility, robotics, and machine learning, to name a few. In some cases, a customer can cancel or change the shipping location after the item has been picked and packed.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

Naturally, overall cost-to-serve will be higher for online than in-store sales due to the added expense involved in picking, packing, and delivering customers’ purchases. The above examples reflect costs that include picking, packing, and last-mile delivery. Those expenses can increase the cost to serve by a considerable amount.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

Let’s put a major multinational – Saint-Gobain – under the microscope to illustrate how this kind of analysis. A worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain is present in 72 countries with more than 167,000 employees. The business directors pick the option that is best suited to their needs.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

So why not ditch the spreadsheets and bring those planning and forecasting tools up to the same degree of robustness as, say, your cloud-based ERP solution? A full audit of your planning processes and tools, executed by an impartial team of supply chain experts, could be well worthwhile. CTS Analysis Options.

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Conger

JANUARY 27, 2023

Programmable automation is code-based, allowing for excellent precision Programmable automation is most used in systems that produce similar items using the same automated steps and tools. This level manages the whole industrial automation system, with tasks like production planning, orders, customer and market analysis, sales, etc.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Accident causation analysis, or what’s also called root cause analysis, takes complex human psychological factors into account. They include the right to: Work in conditions not presenting a serious harm risk. Slips, trips and falls present a large part of recordable warehouse injury statistics.

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Parade

MAY 15, 2019

The opportunities presented by properly digitizing key aspects of dispatch. If no data exists in the TMS, use a separate tool of their choice such as; spreadsheets, notebooks, and sticky notes. dispatch), and 2) Empowering your people to perform their best by providing them the right tools and methodologies.

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Logistics Manager

DECEMBER 18, 2018

It must be clearly demonstrated that the temperature is controlled in all aspects of the supply chain, including storage, picking, packing, transporting and receiving; where products are returned, the temperature chain must not be broken, otherwise the product is deemed unusable and must be destroyed.”.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. It certainly appears AI will be better at identifying your malady than a human doctor, and probably pick the right forecast better than even a skilled demand planner.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 12, 2018

Implemented on smart glasses and tablets, Ubimax’s xPick hands-free vision-picking solution and the xMake make-by-vision solution have helped logistics service provider Schnellecke Group to improve parts sequencing speed by 25%, decrease its error rate to zero and eliminate time-consuming supporting tasks like manual scanning processes.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. Julie Leonard.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 4, 2014

You are captivated by the metrics and the proof that the numbers support the ideas presented, and like most statistics, the numbers at face value don’t lie. Too often we see them as an end point – the holy grail of research, evaluation, analysis, planning, rather than a step along the journey of better understanding.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

Using AI driven product nature of being and smart attributes, data can be structured to support the needs of ERP applications as well as strategic sourcing and Value Analysis activities , all from one data set.

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