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Should My Warehouse Be Automated?

Logistics Business Magazine

A smaller warehouse footprint is achieved at an increased level of productivity (for example, the area can be reduced by as much as 80%, which can be important in the absence of space or the high cost of land). Advantages of a fully automated warehouse: Performance, accuracy, and speed improve with no human error.

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How sanctions affect shipping companies and trade

Shipping and Freight Resource

In the US there is a special body responsible for control over the above issue: Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department (OFAC). Passage through Kerch Strait by vessels is a prime example of possible financing (or other financial impacts) in favor of maritime business entities being subject to sanctions.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Even today, some companies are planning distribution fleet routes using legacy applications that are not a patch on the solutions now available. As I recall, over these 20 years, the software available to fleet managers graduated from digital pigeonhole shuffling to basic map-based routing applications.