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Robots, Robots, and More Warehouse Robots!

Logistics Viewpoints

And almost all the large material handling vendors and systems integrators that don’t include that word in their title were also displaying bots. Managers, of course, would prefer not to have to add an inspection process. The best solution Fortna tested could only reliably handle three different sizes.

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UK University Launches New Logistics Degree Course

Logistics Business Magazine

The UK’s University of Bolton has launched a pioneering degree course in partnership with well-known transport and logistics company Eddie Stobart. Students will be interviewed by representatives of both the university and Eddie Stobart before being accepted on the course. To apply for the course, visit [link].

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4 Ways to Enhance Warehouse Efficiency with Prescriptive and Predictive Analytics

Logistics Viewpoints

While predictive analytics seeks to answer questions such as “what might happen in the future,” prescriptive analytics goes beyond by recommending the best course of action going forward. By combining historical data with predictive analytics, managers can identify bottlenecks, process inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.

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Lift Truck Series: The brave new world of buying lift trucks

Logistics Management

The old days of buying a lift truck as a commodity unrelated to other materials handling equipment purchases are going away. It’s all because of fundamental shifts in how distribution centers operate—and new technology, of course.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. The supply plan will include the procurement plan for their raw material supplies (Tier 2) needed for their finished goods suppliers (Tier 1). This will be about a 1.2

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Metal Fabrication Robots Get More Mobile with Mix of Technology and Cross-Training

Blue Grace Logistics

based BlueGrace Logistics, who presented at this year’s MODEX , the material handling and supply chain show held in Atlanta in March. He added that in the future we will see workpiece data cover not just geometric but also “physical information, including texture, payloads, load distribution, and friction coefficients.”.

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Small Sorters, many Destinations

Logistics Business Magazine

As the world’s leading partner in supply chain performance, Fives, through its Intralogistics Business Unit, provides and integrates world-class solutions for sorting, warehousing, material handling and advanced automation, serving a wide range of industries. Mobile sorters.