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. Fellow KION Group brand, Linde Material Handling, will supply several autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

With labour hard to find and performance at peak under scrutiny, businesses may be tempted to opt for a complete, turnkey warehouse automation project to solve all their problems in one move. Dan Migliozzi, Head of Sales at independent systems integrator, Invar Group , considers the options.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 23, 2023

In 2023, the SYNAOS Intralogistics Management Platform (IMP) will be implemented in six projects within the global Schaeffler Group in France, Germany, and Hungary – two of which are already live. The entire market is currently experiencing a breakthrough in automation and mobile robotics. We are witnessing a technology push.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 11, 2022

Warehouse automation does however not mean replacing employees with machines or robots, it simply means certain automation, requiring minimal human assistance, are introduced in the warehouse. For example, picking automation relieves warehouse employees from time consuming and physically demanding tasks.

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

EazyStock’s Tanazia based Partner Elsante Mnzava helps distributors in Africa become more competitive with automated processes. As this month’s Automation Hero, you know how automation can benefit a business. What kinds of tasks have you helped your clients automate? Congratulations on the award!

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MercuryGate

JULY 2, 2020

Supply chain automation provides a significant opportunity for maximizing return on investment (ROI) across all supply chain systems. For example, ARC Advisory Group found a typical ROI of implementing a transportation management system (TMS) of approximately 8.5%. More importantly, TMS automation features include a […].

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Conger

MAY 24, 2023

This is the complete list of warehouse automation companies from across the globe. Because in this post, you’ll learn: A little bit about each company’s history Where they’re located What automation solutions they offer And lots more! Today, the company is a member of the Toyota Advanced Logistics Group. Let's dive in!

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

EazyStock’s Tanzania-based Partner Elsante Mnzava helps distributors in Africa become more competitive with automated processes. As this month’s Automation Hero, you know how automation can benefit a business. What kinds of tasks have you helped your clients to automate? Congratulations on the award!

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Rockwell Automation hosted its user conference, Automation Fair , in Boston, MA during the week of November 6. Many of my ARC Advisory Group colleagues were in attendance due to our company’s strong focus on manufacturing automation. However, it was a different experience for me due to my focus on logistics technologies.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Late last year, a San Francisco politician launched a statewide campaign to raise money for a California ballot that would penalize private enterprise for embracing automation in the workplace. Certainly, there will be taxes that relate to automation.”. More often than not, automation is much simpler and far less frightening.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In response, most companies are investing in warehouse automation and robotics. Businesses would like to make the most of their investments in warehouse automation, but they’re not sure how to do that. Let’s look at the example of an order that needs to go out by 5:00 pm, when FedEx or UPS is making a pickup. The result?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

Examples of Mobile Warehouse Robotics included in ARC’s Research. I recently completed ARC Advisory Group’s research on the mobile warehouse robotics market. Fulfillment centers are operating in a time of frequent change, so they value the ability to easily adjust automation to their frequently changing requirements.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Automated material handling systems reduce—and sometimes eliminate—the need for human intervention in industrial tasks. It’s for this reason that increasing numbers of industrial organizations are electing to automate as a means to minimize manufacturing costs by reducing human involvement. Increased automation isn’t a new.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

Automation used to be about the multi-billion turnover, blue-chip global players putting out global tenders for eye-watering sums. Return on Investment (ROI) on warehouse automation is becoming both faster and more visible for a whole new tier of organisations. Step forward, Iain Gillard and Big Box Group. Not any more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 15, 2021

Optimize automation/robotics alongside human workers. For example, the traditional approach to workforce planning is to use an engineered labor standards system. For example, the traditional approach to workforce planning is to use an engineered labor standards system. Predict and eliminate stock outs and other exceptions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

The latest data from Manpower Group reveals that the net hiring intent for businesses in the UK’s Transport and Logistics sector is +21% (for this current business quarter – Q2 2024). Examples of new Transport and Logistics roles that have emerged in recent years include transport software engineers, drone operators and AI analysts.

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Logistics Manager

JANUARY 26, 2020

The birth of automation has roots stretching back all the way to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. They have long been a force in the automation industry, and with their parent company KUKA , they offer both the software and physical hardware needed to bridge the gap to the new age of automation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

Supermarkets face a pressing need to automate their DCs. Dan Migliozzi, Sales & Marketing Director, at independent systems integrator, Invar Group , gets to the root of the problem. The problem lies not with the appetites of the automation, but in how we feed the robotic beast. What is going wrong? What am I receiving?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Repeat custom now accounts for almost two-thirds of the Beumer Group’s business. BEUMER Group is a large organisation operating on a global scale, with locations in more than 50 countries, but is determined to avoid organisational complexities and local variations in quality and service. David Priestman reports.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2021

For example, the Delta variant of COVID-19 may cause an increase in infection and disruptions to business in the fall. At the beginning of 2021, ARC Advisory Group, in partnership with DC Velocity magazine, anticipated factors such as a subsequent surge when we crafted our survey of warehouse practitioners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Here are some good examples: The Australian retailer Woolworths dominated Australian online trade in the sector food and personal care with a volume of about two billion USD and a market share between 15 and 20 percent within just a few years of entering the online market. Automation as key for growth.

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Transporeon

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Entries provide examples of innovative approaches and impressive metrics of sustainability programs. Yuva, editor for Supply & Demand Chain Executive. We congratulate this year’s honorees for their commitment to sustainability and recognize their tremendous achievements.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2022

For example, related to warehouse technology, a recent Lucas Systems industry study found 89% of respondents agreed that implementing artificial intelligence-based software within distribution centers can provide a competitive advantage. Let’s explore how: Use automation to alleviate workers’ tasks.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2015

The Rodon Group often hosts school tours and engages with administrators. The use of video testimonials would show kids a real-life example of a pier that chose a manufacturing career. Here is an example from the website Profoundly Disconnected, a project developed by Mike Rowe of “Dirty Jobs” fame.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

After, he was the CEO of Freight Mango, a Global Digital Freight Marketplace focused on streamlining and automating global trade. ? Then, he acquired and managed Manning’s Truck Brokerage, a 50-year-old, private equity-backed logistics company, which he successfully digitalized and sold in 2020 to FitzMark. ?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Time and again I write about the business value of warehouse technologies – WMS, warehouse automation, and robotics. An experienced implementation team will be able to align business objectives with the capabilities of the software or automation. I also discuss business processes that these technologies support.

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3PL Links

APRIL 16, 2024

The solution is found in robotic automation, which is the topic we will discuss in this article. Furthermore, the warehouse can carry out procedures more quickly and effectively because of robotic automation. The incorporation of workers and group activities is another way that robotic automation transforms warehouses.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Motormax is hosting a webinar with Samsara to learn how the automated use of vehicle telematics and 360° video-based safety solutions can be used to: Enhance driver and vehicle safety via 360° vision. Improving fleet safety through automated use of vehicle telematics. Develop data driven, impactful driver training.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Representatives of arculus, Cargotec, idealworks, Interroll Group, STILL and VOLUME Lagersysteme received their IFOY Awards – dubbed the “Oscar of intralogistics” – at an awards ceremony at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. Smart Pallet Mover (SPM), Interroll Group. Dr. Dr. h. IFOY 2021 AWARD WINNERS.

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IoT World Today

APRIL 18, 2019

Larry De Shon, president and chief executive officer of Avis Budget Group, which owns Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental and car-sharing firm Zipcar, among others, has a fresh perspective on the car rental industry. ( Avis Budget Group is a finalist in the IoT World Awards for Best Enterprise IoT Deployment.)

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Camelot 3PL Software

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Leverage Automation Automation in a warehouse can range from software workflows and triggers to automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), robotics, and AI. These technologies can automate repetitive tasks such as picking, packing, and sorting, reducing manual labor and minimizing errors.

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Envase Technologies

DECEMBER 14, 2022

From there, Allen explained how Envase uses a combination of acquisitions and technology development to assemble a collection of service lines such as Compcare Services, DrayMaster, GTG Technology Group, Infosite, Profit Tools, SecurSpace and Tailwind Transportation Software. Envase Mobile Driver App allows drivers to get more done daily.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In fact, both groups — 82% of associates and 76% of decision-makers — acknowledge they need better inventory management tools to achieve better accuracy and determine availability. Over half of warehouse decision-makers believe automation increases worker efficiency and productivity by reducing manual picking, order errors and cycle time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Ship from warehouse (robotics and other automation can be used to lower labor costs), 2. One example of the detailed costing this is used in warehouse fulfillment, but not in store fulfillment, involves engineered labor studies. In general, she asserted, the order profitability by flow path would be the following: 1.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

The TGW Logistics Group will demonstrate its Future Fulfilment Centre – how it works, how users can benefit from its advantages, and what technology it uses – for visitors at the LogiMAT intralogistics trade fair in Stuttgart from 25 to 27 April. This means that it fulfils tasks independently, optimises processes and is constantly learning.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Craig Whitehouse, Managing Director at independent systems integrator, Invar Group , offers a survivor’s guide to peak season. With so much uncertainty, it may seem counter-intuitive to suggest that investment in automation is an important part of the answer. But perhaps, most importantly, automation isn’t ‘just for Christmas’.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 4, 2021

On the second day of the Forum, Andy Chatha, President & CEO, ARC Advisory Group, invited Herbert (Bert) Vander Elst, Senior Director of IT for Manufacturing and Supply Chain at GSK Vaccines to give the keynote address. Mr. Vander Elst contributes significantly to the company’s digital transformation agenda.

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