Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Digitization is Your Friend. It’s not news to anyone that digitization is a roaring trend and I’m here to say: embrace it. Suspicion that digitization will eliminate jobs is not without cause—there is no doubt that certain roles are changing or being eliminated by automation. Digitization is not your enemy; it’s your friend.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Embracing conversational AI across tomorrow’s supply chains: Companies have been embarking on a journey of digitizing their supply chains for many years. In fact, that journey started in the 1960s as large companies around the world started to embrace EDI communication and document standards. Technology plays a key role in this.

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AIMMS

JULY 15, 2019

A great example of this is one of our customers, a Europ ean chemical company with $300M in annual revenue who is growing fast and was ready to move from spreadsheets to something more robust. Within a few months they moved from spreadsheets and silos to looking at real-ti me scenarios in monthly planning meetings.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Of course, it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the online retailer either. Buy Online Pick-Up In-Store (BOPIS) initiatives, for example, proved to be a game-changer, with two-thirds of retailers (67%) who invested in this capability seeing an increased sales volume. Adapting to a digital-first era. Peak season was a wake-up call.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Whereas online courses and programmes were previously managed as a separate entity, they are now an integral part of most academic systems. The study showed that upwards of 30 percent of American students enrolled in at least one online course in 2018. Online courses are the quickest path for a student to obtain a degree.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

” These tried-and-true capabilities include a Digital Supply Chain Strategy and Network Design. Prescriptive analytics “describes a set of analytical capabilities that finds a course of action to meet a predefined objective, such as maximizing revenue or minimizing costs.” Prescriptive Analytics. Download your copy here.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at some of those challenges and explore potential solutions to help you and your IM team meet the burgeoning demand for fast and accurate order fulfilment. So what can you do to ensure your inventory management meets the challenge of multichannel sales?

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

Pundits typically emphasize data and digital technology when proselytising for the S&OP concept. So, for example, the Head of Supply might be the Supply Chain Director, Supply Chain Manager, or another non-executive supply chain management specialist. Why S&OP Needs a Lot of Human Investment. The Supply Chain Head.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Paul Hamblin, editor of Logistics Business magazine, meets one. For example, pedestrians getting in the way of the AGVs, or manual forklifts driving in areas originally planned primarily for the AGVs. Each datapoint will be an input and an expected output, so these pairs are examples to learn from.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

o9 also uses in-memory, artificial intelligence, and other technologies in what they call their Digital Brain platform. And the models themselves were often not detailed enough to create a digital twin that represented how a company actually operated. But, of course, over the course of a month the demand and supply pictures change.

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Logistics Manager

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

As such, to continue expanding their business and reaching new markets and customers, the company has introduced myDHLi Quote & Book , a new digital experience that aims at making it easier than ever before for customers, even first time shippers, to access market competitive rates for moving their cargo to destinations around the world.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 3, 2019

As such, to continue expanding their business and reaching new markets and customers, the company has introduced myDHLi Quote & Book , a new digital experience that aims at making it easier than ever before for customers, even first time shippers, to access market competitive rates for moving their cargo to destinations around the world.

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AIMMS

JULY 15, 2019

A great example of this is one of our customers, a Europ ean chemical company with $300M in annual revenue who is growing fast and was ready to move from spreadsheets to something more robust. Within a few months they moved from spreadsheets and silos to looking at real-ti me scenarios in monthly planning meetings.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

Q: Can you give some specific examples? BB: Firstly, there is the potential of digitalization, particularly the growing importance of data- and cloud-based solutions. Data transparency is also key to another opportunity – meeting delivery deadlines by creating robust supply chains. BB: But if course on the customer!

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

The journey to digitize freight, while initially off to a slow start, has gained momentum in the last two or three years. But the road to true digitization is long and winding. Millennials make-up almost 50% of today’s workforce and that number is growing, along with expectations for convenient, on-demand and digital services.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 31, 2024

For example, our advanced 3PL platform looks after every aspect of your supply chain in an efficient, effective way and our Virtual Carrier Network safeguards your shipping by always applying the best rates and speeds while not handcuffing you to any carrier. Of course we’re talking about your ecommerce store’s data security.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

There’s a substantial amount that managers can do to upskill drivers, in driving and lots of other related things too, for example encouraging healthy lifestyles to training in first aid. There is a legal requirement to meet the 35 hours of training every five years and if uncompleted, this can result in £1,000 fine.

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Bringg

MARCH 24, 2021

To meet the new demand, companies will have to adjust their operations for greater efficiency, flexibility, and cost reduction. A good example of such a strategic decision could be choosing a warehouse’s location. Identify areas where technology can digitize and add transparency. Studying the market is vital at this phase.

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UL EHS- Sustainability

OCTOBER 31, 2019

But the most successful learning and development teams also understand how to measure the success of each training course and react accordingly. Example: Information collected during the review might include the learner’s opinion on the effectiveness of the training and the impact of the training on the employee’s job performance.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JUNE 16, 2021

Our focus to continue building that resilience internally and externally is three-fold: • Build tech-forward solutions and digital capabilities that will drive the industry forward, drive growth for our platform, and benefit our customers. And I’m excited to keep the wheels turning on our tech journey into the future. March 2007 John F.

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

So to meet capacity, airlines started to convert passenger planes into cargo planes at scale. And, of course, when anyone buys goods in a store, part of that cost is freight. For example, with the current steel shortage , factories aren’t able to produce as many cans as usual. A third of all cargo is carried in passenger planes.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

At LogiMAT in Stuttgart, Germany, KNAPP presented technologies that help companies meet these goals. The software solution KiSoft Genomix digitizes all the relevant item attributes, from their weight, dimensions and packaging type to their contents, centre of gravity, tilting behaviour and much more.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 28, 2022

Without having an overview of the location and status of inventory, or the ability to forecast customer demand to prepare for a surge in sales, businesses could not react quickly enough and plan the right course of action. For example, the U.S. On top of this, businesses struggled with both sourcing and receiving products. As the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Even mom-and-pop stores and diners had to step up their digitalization game with the pandemic erupting. Digital commerce efficiently requires the digitalization of many customer-facing operations and sourcing and procurement. Digital Transformation Journey. Going Digital: Creation of the Digital Foundation.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2015

They often shy away from STEM education courses and technical education. 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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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 27, 2022

A meeting between two pioneers during a cocktail party in 1956 turned out to be a defining moment in the world of manufacturing. Of course, robotics does not tell the full story, as the world of manufacturing has evolved even further over the last few decades, with the rise of data and smart, autonomous systems. The growing skills gap.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As an example of how illuminating the perfect order KPI can be, let’s look briefly at damage-free delivery as an example. For example, if the on-time percentage is 98%, the in full is 93%, the damage-free is 99%, and the orders with correct documentation is 96%, the calculation will look like this…. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The digitalization of all processes and the introduction of innovative and powerful WMS (Warehouse Management Software) is crucial. It should include professionals with digital thinking from the finance, sales, production, IT and warehouse departments. What if the selected software can’t meet the future growth?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Logistics Business magazine’s editor Paul Hamblin meets Rishi Lodhia, MD EMEA for Eagle Eye Networks. It sounds good – but can he give an example of how it might work? Here’s a great example. And of course, if the cameras are switched off, nothing gets recorded anyway. Regulatory compliance matters, too.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Throughout the last decade, the main trends were digitization and globalization. One notable example is Amazon, who uses AI to track customers’ purchasing habits and to use that information to make recommendations for other products. For example, governments are opening access to export tools and guidance.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2021

O2O bridges the gap between the physical and the digital. Meet BOPIS, otherwise known as one of the most popular baby names of 2021 — we’re kidding, of course. Take, for example, the Sephora app, which allows shoppers to try on different makeup products before picking them up in-store. So, What Exactly Is O2O?

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2022

CG: At WOF SUMMIT, networking is not just having a coffee with another interesting participant but is powered by the innovative 1to1 Meeting Scheduler. So, all our visitors can pre-arrange their most valuable networking meetings already online two weeks before the event. An evening from which you will emerge inspired and energised.

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Forto

MARCH 17, 2020

How do we at FreightHub meet this Corona challenge and what measures have we taken to support our customers? Thanks to meeting apps like Zoom, we can hold our regular meetings via video chat and exchange information as usual. What communication strategy should logistics companies rely on in times of crisis?

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

” These tried-and-true capabilities include a Digital Supply Chain Strategy and Network Design. Prescriptive analytics “describes a set of analytical capabilities that finds a course of action to meet a predefined objective, such as maximizing revenue or minimizing costs.” Prescriptive Analytics. Download your copy here.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2017

For example, a customer is a shoe store may purchase shoes, but if offered a new brand of socks, he or she refuses. While this example is a bit extreme, it highlights how a longer buying cycle can translate into insights for manufacturers. More importantly, it gives manufacturers a chance to find out more about what the customer wants.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Therefore, it is important to measure how well these suppliers meet the expected high level of quality. Return Material Authorizations (RMAs): RMAs measure how many products or deliveries are returned and whether a product meets customer requirements. It is best captured in an ERP system and analyzed digitally.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2023

More Resources Home Bridging Two Realms: The Digital-Analog Dance in Logistics Ian Arroyo Unbox your Freight knowledge. Visit our Resource Center The Digital Contradiction In the digital age, it’s easy to assume that all industries are racing to become fully digital. Digitization is underway…but it happens slowly.

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