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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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2021

Leveraging Automation to Build a Competitive Advantage with Alfonso Quijano. Alfonso Quijano and Joe Lynch discuss leveraging automation to build a competitive advantage. The automation that Alfonso discussed is robotic process automation (RPA). Key Takeaways: Leveraging Automation to Build a Competitive Advantage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I see a similar paradigm playing out in the warehouse automation landscape of China. Traditional “bolted-down” automation is the landlines in this paradigm. There are limited situations where existing automation can receive incremental updates that provide substantial benefits.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Smart automation solutions for the entire inbound and outbound logistics and intralogistics process are the key to increasing efficiency while reducing complexity for customized implementation. Linear motion technology: Quick commissioning In new, highly automated small parts warehouses, linear robots pick goods around the clock.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

BÖWE SYSTEC, headquartered in Augsburg (Germany), has made a global name for itself with process automation solutions built around inserting, letter and parcel sorting as well as intralogistics. BÖWE SYSTEC has now become the BOWE GROUP. We are able to provide them with solutions that perfectly match their business segments.

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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 Business Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2021

The BLG Logistics Group is investing in an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) system from Jungheinrich at its Bremen site. Two ERC 213a automated trucks will take over the supply and disposal of materials for a coating line in the Bremen logistics centre, from which BLG provides comprehensive services for the automotive sector.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

ONO Lean Logistics has partnered with the METALSISTEM Group. ONO Logistics was established to design and develop Scalable Automated Warehouse Systems. These solutions mesh perfectly with METALSISTEM’s wide range of pallet racking, shelving and shopfitting systems as well as its automation and material handling solutions.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 13, 2022

The definition of a warehouse is evolving rapidly, and automation must keep pace with the change, says Jayesh Mehta, industry group manager with MHI.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A discussion about the evolution and use of automated vehicles (AVs) in warehouses and other industrial settings, with two attorneys in the Automated and Connected Vehicles Group of O’Melveny & Myers LLP: partner and group leader Melody Drummond Hansen, and counsel Jason Orr.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2022

HAHN Automation is celebrating its 30th anniversary on the market by inviting partners, customers, suppliers and press representatives to join the Innovation Days in Rheinböllen on September 14 and 15. The HAHN Group unites a network of specialised companies for industrial automation and robot solutions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

Lödige Industries, a global supplier of logistics systems, has recently completed the installation of an automated storage and retrieval system at The Hongkong Electric Co., The new fully automated 4-level system serviced by an ETV enables the customer to store significantly more stock on the same footprint in a safe and damage-free manner.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The way to sustainable warehousing is through automation, says Craig Whitehouse, Managing Director of Invar Group. The warehouse is the beating heart of the supply chain, but it may not be immediately obvious that investment in warehouse automation can significantly contribute to sustainability goals.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

Descartes Systems Group has released findings from its study What Are Companies Doing to Survive the Supply Chain and Logistics Workforce Challenge? read more Industry View: How to Mitigate Risk in a Changing Landscape The post Prioritising Automation to Mitigate Workforce Shortages appeared first on Logistics Business.

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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

APRIL 19, 2023

BEUMER Group, a leading global supplier of intralogistics and materials handling systems and solutions, opened a new UK head office in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, today. BEUMER Group has served the UK with clever material handling solutions since the early 1980s. The Heathrow premises will remain active as a satellite office.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 12, 2021

a provider of AI-enabled robotic solutions that automate supply chain processes, and Atos Group, a technology services provider, announced a partnership to accelerate the automation of supply chain operations. Berkshire Grey Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Robotic process automation (RPA) is one of the technological advances that helps to make every planner perform at the level of your best planner. Robotic process automation is a technology that has emerged over the last several years to automate business processes and it has a direct application in route planning.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Founded in 2016, and located in Fort Wayne, IN, Princeton TMX provides an intuitive user experience, configured to meet specific business requirements and streamline, automate, and optimize all modes of transportation. Optimized Load Planning: Automate daily load planning, matching loads to carriers and creating cost-effective plans.

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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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NGT News

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., an independent global bus manufacturer, has unveiled its Xcelsior AV automated transit bus – now being tested at Robotic Research LLC, a Maryland-based company that specializes in artificial intelligence and automation. New Flyer of America Inc.,

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

Big Box Group has teamed up with ProGlove to make automation a more attractive, affordable and accessible proposition for small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), helping them identify better ways to save costs and improve efficiencies. At Big Box Automation we use data to identify cost-saving opportunities. “The

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

BÖWE SYSTEC, headquartered in Augsburg (Germany), has made a global name for itself with process automation solutions built around inserting, letter and parcel sorting as well as intralogistics. BÖWE SYSTEC has now become the BOWE GROUP. We are able to provide them with solutions that perfectly match their business segments.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Can warehouse automation advance sustainability? Dan Migliozzi, Head of Sales at independent systems integrator, Invar Group, looks at the options available. As labour becomes scarcer, many businesses are considering automating warehouse processes. In practice, things are not quite so clear-cut.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2021

Chris Lewis, EVP Supply Chain at Ahold Delhaize Retail Business Services, and Mike Khodl, VP, Differentiated Technologies at Dematic , participated in an ARC Advisory Group event discussing this transformation. As such, they identified automation as a key tenet of the future to drive efficiency from one end of the supply chain to the other.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 30, 2023

The functional quality of mobile robots is largely determined by the automation software. Thanks to a new software platform from Bosch, the automation of service robots can now be realized very quickly, easily, and efficiently. The post Automation Software for Service Robots appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2023

A pilot project for highly automated lorry and electric container logistics is being launched at the HHLA TK Estonia terminal in Tallinn in partnership with HHLA International. The goal of the project is to develop solutions for the gradual automation of trucks within live operations.

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2023

Shawn is Co-Founder & CTO at Denim , a payments automation and financing platform for freight and logistics. About Shawn Vo Shawn Vo is chief technology officer and co-founder of Denim , a payments automation and financing platform for freight and logistics. Shawn Vo and Joe Lynch discuss the Denim story.

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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

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The founders of WEMO Automation – Sven, Olof and Bengt Ståhl – are handing over the management of the company to Johannes Kjellgren (CEO) and Håkan Larsson (COO). After more than 30 years of building, developing and managing WEMO Automation , the Ståhl brothers are handing over the management of the company to new hands.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Following on from the previously announced lamb automation system, Scott has been awarded a second large contract by Alliance Group, this one to design and build a carton handling, sortation and palletising system in frozen environment (-28°C). Scott Automation nv (formerly Alvey) is based in Deerlijk, Belgium.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 27, 2023

Following the opening of this facility, Żabka’s logistics network now consists of eight logistics centers as well as 19 transshipment terminals.

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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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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 31, 2022

Warehouse Automation: Future-Proofing the Global Economy , authored by Futurum Research, examines the importance of automation as an increasingly critical component in helping warehouse and distribution centre (DC) operators meet new escalation points in consumer demand. Constantly challenge assumptions and technologies.

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