Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

Ground was recently broken for a new distribution centre where Dematic is set to supply the latest warehouse automation technology to parent company KION Group at its site in Kahl am Main near Aschaffenburg, Germany. The post New Distribution Centre has Latest Automation appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 19, 2024

At the end of December 2023, MERCADONA awarded the WITRON Group with the construction of a new 15,000 square meter dry goods distribution centre in Guadix (Granada) in southern Spain. Starting in 2026, the highly automated facility will supply more than 90 stores of the Spanish food retailer with 4,000+ items.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. We define the market as those warehouse automation providers responsible for delivery of the system to the end-user (to eliminate double-counting). Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion in 2019.

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

This new idea has become a big part of the modern business world, revolutionizing how goods are transported within warehouses and manufacturing plants through automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Table of Contents Toggle Understanding Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) What is an AGV? Let’s dive in! So what is the difference?

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

This new idea has become a big part of the modern business world, revolutionizing how goods are transported within warehouses and manufacturing plants through automated guided vehicles (AGVs). Table of Contents Toggle Understanding Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) What is an AGV? Let’s dive in! So what is the difference?

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Logistics Matter

JULY 8, 2022

From digital storefronts to same-day delivery, increased automation to 24/7 customer service, the unique and rapidly evolving demands placed on modern retailers has pushed many businesses to the tipping point. There is no shortage of ways that the continued shift to eCommerce has changed the retail business landscape.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Contrary to popular belief, automation doesn't spell an end to the presence of humans in manufacturing and distribution environments, according to Mark Juelich, president of Industrial Procurement Services.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Cimcorp is a pioneer in intralogistics solutions, simplifying material flows and improving customers’ profitability by offering innovative and efficient solutions for automation. The company’s high-level technical skills combined with software know-how have created a unique formula for success in grocery retail automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

ARC Advisory Group’s Global Warehouse Automation Research study is now complete and available for purchase. The research process includes an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s research study. Growth Inhibitors.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 27, 2024

Leading Finnish logistics services provider Inex Partners Oy has partnered with SEE to enhance packaging automation, as part of its strategy to further improve efficiencies, customer satisfaction and capacity for managing sales peaks. Inex handles fulfilment and distribution of E-Commerce orders for one of Finland’s largest retailers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

How can AI contribute to end-to-end decision automation? Here, let’s explore 6 essential elements of AI-powered automation in supply chain planning & analytics, culminating in a powerful solution. Process automation is pivotal in providing end-to-end visibility across the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Association for Advancing Automation hosted the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Week (Co-located with the Vision Show), October 10-13. Especially informative and relevant to me was the roundtable discussion – Productization and Scaling for Next Generation Automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 4, 2022

And the key to delivering the product is distributed order management. Distributed Order Management. To combat these pressures, companies are continuing to look at distributed order management. There are a few key growth drivers that are pushing distributed order management technology. The first is the move to the cloud.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

In today’s global village, the demand for distribution services is escalating rapidly due to the increasing complexity of supply chain operations, the expanding e-commerce, and retail sectors, and a pressing need to deliver swiftly and enhance the customer experience. The customer remains king for now.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

After the successful implementation of several robot-assisted palletizing and depalletizing applications at various locations, the supply chain and e-commerce service provider now has decided to use the robot item pick solution “justPick” from the Polish robot specialist Nomagic as the next step in its holistic automation strategy.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 1, 2023

Cimcorp helped Kwik Trip automate order fulfilment in its new baking facility with a rapid, scalable solution designed to meet rising demand and guarantee freshness for its bakery products sold at over 700 locations daily. Opened in the fall of 2018, the La Crosse baking facility produces and distributes 19 types of bread and buns.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Fives will present its complete ecosystem of smart and automated solutions at the LogiMAT tradeshow in Stuttgart, Germany (Hall 1 at Booth 1A61 & Hall 3 at Booth 3A30) from March 19 to 21st. This event will also be the opportunity to showcase its innovations designed to optimize the performance in material handling and automation.

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The combined forces of a strong economy, e-commerce growth and a tight labor market are making it more important for distribution center (DC) operations to find ways to make their existing infrastructure and people more productive. Software and automation continue to prove to be a vital part of the solution.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

Descartes and SAPIO Research surveyed 1,000 supply chain and logistics decision-makers in late 2023 across three sectors: a) manufacturing, distribution and retail; b) carriers; and c) logistics services providers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Under the terms of the partnership, Savoye will implement a fully automated fulfilment center, the first-of-its-kind in the region, which includes a X-PTS Goods-To-Persons (GTP) shuttle system, Warehouse Execution Software (WES), Zone to Zone fast picking system and automated orders packing to process 15K orders per day.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 31, 2024

Under the deal, Fujitsu will provide Japanese businesses with its warehouse management system (WMS) services while YE Digital will offer its MMLogiStation warehouse automation tool to Japanese logistics companies.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This highly efficient, fully automated picking system provides up to 40,000 drug packages per hour during peak times on an order-by-order basis while meeting the pharmaceutical industry’s high standards. The system then performs fully automated picking, accelerating processing and accommodating the zero-defect strategy.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A 2020 SYSPRO survey showed that 60% of manufacturing and distribution businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic. For the manufacturing and distribution CEO the challenge is not only getting back to pre-pandemic operations, but crafting businesses that emerge more resilient than before.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Automation can help get more out of less, making it intrinsically sustainable. Automation and strategically planned intralogistics can enable businesses in diverse industries to become more eco-friendly. Cimcorp’s automation solutions work perfectly with RPCs. Automation also enhances sustainability in the tyre industry.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

with Hai Robotics, details the major trends that are impelling distribution operations to embrace automation solutions. Brian Reinhart, vice president-sales U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

Part of Edeka Group, the largest German supermarket chain, Edeka Freienbrink is on a mission to distribute fresh food to its 488 stores around Berlin and Brandenburg quickly and efficiently. Edeka Freienbrink is one of five Edeka distribution centres Cimcorp has been modernizing with intralogistics automation designed for fresh food handling.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 28, 2023

Speaking at the Deliver Europe conference in Amsterdam, Pretin said automation is better than manual handling because costs are controlled after installation, whereas labour costs can rise, as they are now, thereby impacting the running costs of the warehouse. “Automation increase accuracy and quality,” he said.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

BEUMER Group , a leading global supplier of automated material handling systems, has been awarded a contract by Helthjem, a relative newcomer to the Norwegian express parcel delivery business. This is the first time Helthjem has automated sortation, having hitherto been a purely manual operation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Its state-of-the-art, highly advanced 46-meter-tall stow Silo is the result of a highly successful project with the stow Group and demonstrates the future of warehousing and distribution. For this project, unlike most other automated warehouses, Dematra decided to work with shuttles instead of cranes.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 11, 2022

Over the last decade, the role of the manufacturing and distribution CFO has undergone a profound shift. survey , 57% of manufacturing CFOs agree that proficiency and knowledge to create an effective plan to operationalize and transition the business into a digitalized and automated manufacturer is the most critical factor globally.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 31, 2022

Steady demand growth, labor shortages, supply chain congestion and rising costs are testing distribution center capabilities. In response, distribution and fulfillment centers are furiously seeking to automate more and more of their operations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With over 350 clients serviced from the fulfilment centre, the storage and distribution operation has to handle a very diverse range of products, from phone cases to wine and cosmetics to yoga mats. Automated Sortation “The company moved into this new facility in 2020,” enthuses Stuart Ruchman, Head of Operations at James and James.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Manitou Group, supplier of handling, aerial work platform and earth moving equipment, has opened a new automated warehouse at its spare parts centre in Ancenis, France. Manitou Group, headquartered in Ancenis, has showcased its new automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS).

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

Robert Branigan, vice president of international distribution and logistics at Wonder , says that automation is the driving force to improving supply chain efficiency. With advancements in technology benefitting consumers and businesses alike, increased automation will be one of the key supply chain trends in the coming years.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 26, 2021

Robotic automation can provide tremendous value for distribution and fulfillment operations, but how do you know where to start, what to expect along the journey, and whether your organization is ready?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

OPEX® Corporation, a global leader in Next Generation Automation providing solutions for warehouse automation will exhibit the company’s innovative warehouse automation systems at ProMat, the leading trade show for the manufacturing and supply chain industry, March 20-23 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Today, the OPM system is the world’s most successful fully automated logistics and order picking system for cases. The workplaces in the distribution centres became more attractive thanks to the OPM system. The number of items changes, the volume varies, the order lines adapt, and more distribution channels are added. “We

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