Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In this regard, mobile technologies are the leading factors why companies, for example, in retail and logistics, need to keep abreast of this. Especially in any industrial environment, the question arises: what is better – consumer smartphone or classic data collection device? From the beginnings till now. Smart, but short-lived. “In

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Richard grabbed attendees from the off by revealing he has had an RFID chip inserted into his wrist and hopes to have another in his brain in due course. Data is the oil of technology, it joins up the dots. They’re like tattoos – once you have one, you want another,” he announces).

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

This consumer-focused “cold chain”—temperature controlled supply chain—is only a recent example of a decades-long push to perfect a global system of item level tracking in supply chain management. When you boil it all down, digital communication and data collection are the true enablers for cold chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

For example – what is the importance of the human element in the current pandemic situation? Exporting data should be easy and convenient for its users. The integration possibility with automated and robotics systems, picking technologies (voice systems, RFID, pick to light, put to light, etc.) is aslo essential.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s also the time when I start to think about sharing my thoughts on trends for the coming year , but of course, stop short of trying to make predictions. 2018 Trend #2: Big Data and Advanced Analytics in the Cloud. These capabilities may in turn stimulate a higher degree of data-driven decision-making.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Transportation management systems are evolving to include information before products were even shipped, such as manufacturing or warehousing data. Computer systems are monitoring and adjusting living environments based on data collected from user’s control panels or smartphones. Self-driving car and trucks have become a reality.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

IoT makes use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips that “talk” to each other. Chips attached to individual items will transmit data such as identification, location, temperature, pressure, and humidity. The implication of this capability will be immense. Mobile applications extend the evolution even further.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

Every day, more data than we can imagine zings across that global conduit we call the Internet. Much of that data comes directly from devices, without human intervention. Drivers carry cell phones in their cars to feed GPS locations to a traffic information and navigation service, which uses the data to detect congestion.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Not entirely philanthropic, the contest was also designed to connect the carmaker with agile start-ups offering new approaches to what it terms ‘critical challenges’ in production flow management, big data and digital communications. The approach makes it simple to accurately specify destinations using text or voice input.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

For example, as online sales reach a record high, B2C service provider Jet.com uses some creative logistics concepts to bring value to customers. Darren Prokop, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): As in the academic world in general, there is a trend to online course delivery. But hard skills must be coupled with soft skills.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

Now There are Data Warehouses Too. While data warehouses are often considered brainchildren of the IT department, they and their physical counterparts are moving closer together. Premium orange juice for example has a storage life of about 65 days. Consider the case of Wal-Mart, the biggest retail organisation in the world.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 27, 2015

Since third-party logistics providers (3PLs), especially those involved in order fulfillment and shipping processes, have a duty to ensure accuracy and delivery of merchandise, the NMTA®’s decision to reduce the reporting time frame will greatly impact the course of business.

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Conger

MAY 11, 2022

AGVs are automated material handling equipment that follows predefined paths with limited ability to make real-time corrections to its course. AMRs are automated material handling equipment that use digital maps or sensors to navigate its environment, while being able to make real-time course correction. When Were AGVs Invented?

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 3, 2018

Meanwhile, Geely’s stake in Malaysian carmaker Proton may lead to further production and distribution of Volvo models in South-East Asia, for example. In Belgium, for example, we have had cases where truck drivers couldn’t take their rest period in truck cabs, only in rest areas – of which few are available. Sensors or RFID?

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. Once you have gathered the data relating to your customers’ needs, you should be able to see if a single logistics strategy will work for your entire customer base, or whether you need to take a segmented approach.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 3, 2019

The barcode – invented in 1952 – is still the industry’s lingua franca , with the use of RFID lagging far behind. Barcode technology is slow: we are reliant on third parties to carry out the scanning and report the data – which can take minutes but can also take days. Plus, when a customer asks ’Where is my car and when do I get it?’,

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Until now, there was no way to collect and analyze production data from the machines from a single location. A new, customized solution would need to have the ability to collect and aggregate data from all machines, including the new ones, and generate the corresponding reports and graphs.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 4, 2018

Getting into the store is somewhat similar to entering a mass transit system that has RFID readers with mechanized “saloon doors” (i.e. small swinging doors), except Amazon Go’s doors are clear plastic and you use your phone instead of an RFID card. We are almost certain Amazon is not using RFID for tracking items in their Go store.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2020

An example is automotive manufacturing, where automated vehicles move parts from station to station. Within the broad category of tags there are a myriad of technologies such as QR codes, RFID tags, and magnetic points that are embedded directly in the floor. Although a simple and precise technology, line following has drawbacks.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

The types of cold storage warehouses (with examples). 5 Cold Storage Warehouse Examples. Of course, the more of these items that are sold, the greater the need for cold storage. 5 Cold Storage Warehouse Examples. So let's go over a few common cold storage warehouse examples. Who uses cold storage warehousing.

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Automotive Logistics

JUNE 19, 2018

Wolfgang Lehmacher, head of supply chain and transport industries at the World Economic Forum (WEF), said it was the very interconnectedness of these systems and the exchange of data that was favourable to innovation. Getting predictions out of data is a big area. That control helps focus innovation, however, according to Lehmacher.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 21, 2019

These solutions include dock automation, business intelligence, planning and management systems, Big Data analytics, SaaS applications and Cloud services—tools to modernize now weary legacy processes. More automation, contends Gardner, also serves to mitigate risk at the ports by introducing big data into the picture. GDP in 2019.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

Will blockchain have the same fate as RFID in supply chain management? The only remaining and responsible course of action is to proceed to liquidation. In the pilot, two large global chemical companies facilitate document and data transfer of invoices, purchase orders, delivery tenders and proof-of-delivery posts.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups. As the phenomenon of Big Data has taken hold in the private sector, many firms which as recently as 10 years ago devoted minimal resources to large scale database mining and analytics have reversed course.

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