Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Growing businesses will sooner or later need more capacity in their supply chain to fulfil larger sales volumes. Using WMS to increase factors such as occupancy, throughput, and data and task accuracy can all help to increase the capacity of an existing warehouse. The first is to ensure maximum utilisation of every available space.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

The company’s 2,000 sq m eCommerce fulfilment centre (EFC) in Kwai Chung has been equipped with an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) and Intelligent Racking system, and associated operating software, to improve the efficiency of operations and reduce costs.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

facility at London Medway, to develop a dedicated retail and eCommerce facility. ft of capacity, primarily for automation, eCommerce order picking and fulfilment. of capacity, primarily for automation, ecommerce order picking and fulfilment.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

UK-based ecommerce fulfilment specialist 3PL today announced the opening of a new flagship fulfilment & logistics centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester. It says the new facility will further enhance its range of fulfilment and logistics solutions to the eCommerce and wholesale sectors.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pooling inventory to serve both fashion retail stores and ecommerce channels can create an engine for growth, with increased sales and higher margins. Automation offers obvious advantages in terms of streamlining fulfilment processes, providing capacity to facilitate growth and cope with peak demand. These concerns can be put aside.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 20, 2020

Leading eCommerce and specialist mail services firm The Delivery Group has outlined its current position in light of the Coronavirus situation. We have capacity to relocate services across our network quickly if the situation requires it.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 28, 2019

Strong customer acquisition, supported by the burgeoning eCommerce sector, a rebrand and upgraded software platform, saw fulfilmentcrowd welcome on board 115 new clients during the last 12 months. The post UK Ecommerce Fulfilment Innovator Posts Record Growth appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Jo has been a high profile evangelist for the advancement of eco-friendly packaging in the ecommerce sector for the past six years. Sparck Technologies’ Richard Nijboer, director of sales & services, said: “This award is fitting recognition of Jo’s determination to change the way that ecommerce supply chains approach packaging.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 27, 2023

Leading toy retailer, Smyths Toys, has implemented Sparck Technologies’ advanced right-size auto-boxing packaging systems to boost throughput for its ecommerce business, installing three Sparck CVP machines at its distribution centre in Corby, Northamptonshire.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2022

UK-based sports and hobbies retailer Fishing Tackle & Bait has successfully transformed its international fulfilment capabilities with Descartes ’ cloud-based ecommerce warehouse management solution (WMS). With Descartes, the multi-channel merchant scaled order processing capacity by 250% without adding labour.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Rapid Ecommerce Growth The rapid growth of ecommerce is driving deep changes in our industry, from tightening up trucking capacity to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery processes. The post National Retail Federation on the Current State of Ecommerce Supply Chains appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

fulfilmentcrowd plan to add more than 75% more capacity in 2019 by expanding its network partnership programme (known as ‘FNPs’) and opening new centres at strategic locations in the Midlands and South East. Lee adds: “Continued investment in our network allows us infinite scale capacity and enhances our portfolio of specialist services.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A new installation by Vanderlande has doubled throughput capacity to 6000 items per hour, to cater for demand. Capacity is determined by the speed of the sorter through the x-ray scan tunnels, and the system maintains gaps between packages by selecting which belt to send them on. Phase two was still being completed when I visited.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 20, 2022

Peak season will soon be upon us, but how will ecommerce businesses cope when labour is hard to find? In fairness, this was a peculiarly difficult peak to forecast, the last historical comparators being a full ten years ago, when ecommerce was still ‘niche’. Now is the time to think ahead. That is really no longer the case.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

AG significantly improved order fulfilment productivity by over 40% and increased its warehouse utilisation rate by more than one-third by using Descartes’ cloud-based ecommerce warehouse management solution (WMS). Employee processing and warehouse capacity quickly reached their limits. Online Swiss beauty vendor haar-shop.ch

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Installing outdated intralogistiics technologies will prevent micro-fulfilment centres from achieving the efficiency gains ecommerce retailers are looking for, writes Xia Huiling, founder and chief executive of LiBiao Robotics. The post MFCs Benefit from Robotic Sorting Systems appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

IAG Cargo uses the freight capacity of passenger aircraft of IAG, which consists of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer lingus and LEVEL. With five airlines, and over 500 aircraft it’s a model that provides IAG Cargo with great capacity and a truly global network.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2023

Robotics, AI and digitalisation could hold the key to boosting capacity. Far from its traditional role as a repository for inventory, the warehouse has become a powerhouse for fulfilment, whether it be replenishing retail stores, feeding just-in-time manufacturing lines or serving a discerning customer base directly through ecommerce.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Packaging innovator Loadhog has been working with its customers in the post, parcel, and ecommerce industries to design a new versatile rolling container system. The post Next Gen Rolling Container System appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Loadhog’s new modular system can be adapted for transporting and storing.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

million part numbers in their catalogue and all operations handled in house, ECS recognised that they did not have enough capacity in their manual packing process to consistently meet customer needs or expectations. The post Right Size Packaging Automation appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. In that scenario, with over 1.3

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In recent years, Furniturebox has seen a rise in ecommerce, indirect sales, and 3PL opportunities, resulting in the need to expand into its new warehouse. This has already been a life-changing year for the company, as the founders made the Forbes “30 Under 30 2022” list for retail and ecommerce entrepreneurs in Europe.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The partnership, which will involve SEKO using a fleet of GreyOrange’s Ranger Assist Bots and GreyMatter fulfilment orchestration platform, will enable the company to both increase available capacity and throughput across its warehouse while also reducing operating costs. GreyMatter from GreyOrange.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Robotics, AI and digitalisation hold the key to boosting capacity,” explains Craig Whitehouse, Managing Director at Invar Group – authors of the report. The post White paper explores future fulfilment challenges appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Immediacy is now a commercial imperative.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Sales Director Bernard Dominici says that reducing the box height is also relevant in distribution, whether B2B or ecommerce (and thus direct to end consumer), because almost all parcels do not reach the minimum density of the dimensional-weight formula, used to calculate pricing models. Packaging system brings savings. www.durrenberg.com.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

There has been an undoubted change in consumer behaviour, including the acceleration of ecommerce uptake. Airfreight availability is reduced due to lower belly capacity with fewer passenger jets flying. The post Supply Chain risks to retail profitability appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

WINIT is a Shanghai-based provider of full warehousing and logistical solutions for cross-border ecommerce. In the past two years, the demand for global warehousing services has surged dramatically due to the growth of cross-border ecommerce businesses. It serves the United States, Australia, and several European countries.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 14, 2023

With these new funds, Plus One can further increase its capacity and rapidly scale deployment, as well as expand its sales and marketing efforts in North America and internationally. Ecommerce has grown to represent 19% of U.S. The post Funding Raised to Capitalize on $128bn Market appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

at Changi, but is heavily dependent on belly capacity in passenger jets. The ban on western airlines flying in Russian airspace reduces capacity but is leading to new lanes. He identified key verticals: perishables, pharmaceuticals, ecommerce, oil/gas and advanced materials. But it is quite flat so we are cautious.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Xi’he iRMS system features characteristics such as seamless integration into upstream and downstream operations, powerful scheduling capacity, and unique 1:1 simulation and WYSIWYG functions. The post Mushiny receives prestigious robotics award appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Benchmark in Hybrid systems.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Locus is currently deployed at more than 65 sites in Europe – including the UK, serving dozens of retail, ecommerce, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics customers. Global businesses across industries like retail, ecommerce, logistics and 3PL have used Locus to pick more than 2 billion units worldwide with 99.99% accuracy.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Onno Boots, Regional President & CEO, Asia Pacific, said: “Our investments in this AI-driven automation system brings substantial value to GEODIS ’ eCommerce and retail customers by addressing some of the key challenges they face today. The post GEODIS commits to Geek+ AMR fleet appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

The advanced real-time capabilities of the Descartes solution enable Halfords to offer dynamic delivery pricing that considers existing orders, business objectives, road network, vehicle capacity and service constraints to price delivery appointment options.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 5, 2023

With eCommerce booming, vision provider Cognex is helping to accelerate warehouse automation with a range of standard, easy-to-use logistics solutions. The global increase in eCommerce triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic saw functions within warehouses stretched to breaking point as businesses struggled to fulfil record volumes of goods.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The results reflect the surging demand for air cargo capacity as global trade rebounds. Throughout 2021, IAG Cargo reshaped its business to take advantage of the strong cargo market and actively repurposed Group capacity where appropriate. Overall yield for 2021 was up 11.3% at constant currency versus 2020. Sold tonnes were up 21.4%.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The RightPick 4 system showcases enhanced AI-based software algorithms, an upgraded sensor suite, and newly designed hardware that enables a larger picking range of item SKUs, advanced item handling capacity, and increased system autonomy. The post Autonomous Robotic Piece-Picking System appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The Pocket sorter supports three areas on site: B2C orders; B2B store orders storing ‘fast movers’ and ecommerce returns in the storage area. There are approximately 48,000 pockets within the Tilburg system and the solution offers de Bijenkorf a loading capacity of 8,000 pockets per hour. “We

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

“To sustain ecommerce growth, Posts must commit to investing in last mile delivery innovation. Transforming their delivery and retail networks to make them more market relevant is just as important as the investments they are making to expand capacity. CLICK HERE to download Escher’s Future of Posts 2022 report.

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