Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In addition, several retailers found that holiday sales were spread out across a longer timescale — for example, JD Sports reportedly commented that higher rates of inflation had prompted customers to buy sooner. The post Automation Key to Warehouse Demand appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

Narrow Aisle Ltd, for example, will demonstrate the benefits of the Easi-Pick, a compact ride-on electric-powered vertical order picker designed specifically with e-fulfilment operations in mind. The post E-Commerce technologies showcase at IMHX appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

In only a few years, for example, veganism has moved from being an eccentricity to a mainstream market that few in the industry can afford to ignore. Retailers are changing their own models, and of course responding to each others’ developments. Bis Henderson Recruitment can help bring about that partnership.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Of course, it is helpful to have some statistics on hand to validate the statement above. Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2022

We have the latest market insights, trends and best practice examples in digitalisation, e-commerce and green deals. You will experience a combination of networking, good music and dance, inspirational people and stories, and of course an ultimate foodie experience. An evening from which you will emerge inspired and energised.

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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. This resulted in over one-in-six (17%) missing out on critical sales.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Challenges from Covid to Brexit, driver shortages to microchip shortages, eCommerce to ethical consumerism, mean that businesses are having to learn, change and adapt their logistics operations at great speed, and often in areas where they lack high-level skills and expertise. appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

For example, Ireland’s leading furniture importer and wholesaler reduced complexity and increased its stock volumes in 40% less overall space by investing in a new facility and implementing a state-of-the art WMS. Another possibility is that the profile of the stock is different, for example more larger pallets or fewer small ones, and so on.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Christmas Panic Robert concluded: “A broader choice of delivery options can of course mitigate some of this panic, with many consumers looking for faster options to ensure that they get their products in good time, leaving more time for merriment and less time for stressful shopping and travel.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

According to recent figures from eMarketer, US Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) ecommerce sales have more than tripled over the past six years. It is not possible to pick a single item with a forklift truck, for example. The market has grown from $36.08bn in 2016 to $128.33bn in 2021 – a gain approaching $100bn in about half a decade.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Now, however, highly flexible automation is changing the dynamics of the warehouse, particularly around ecommerce operations – and this is reshaping how 3PLs can present their service offerings. The post Think outside the box on automation appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. That at least has been the traditional thinking.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Even newer warehouses can come with obstructions – a cold store, for example, may have fans at the top of a wall where the company may want to put racking. Ecommerce operations often require a large number of pick spaces to hold a broad range of SKUs. With any bespoke design there will not, of course, be previous examples to refer to.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

Of course, implementing DIAView was very straightforward since the Delta automation equipment already in operation at the facility was completely compatible. The post Delta Helps Plastic Packaging Manufacturer Achieve Control appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Everything is compatible right out of the box.”.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2020

An example is automotive manufacturing, where automated vehicles move parts from station to station. A common use is within eCommerce, where simple path layouts are the norm. This approach requires the scan to be high quality (no deformation for example) in order to match correctly. In that sense it is like line following.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

They could of course do both – cutting back on eating out, for example, reducing hospitality trade demand, but investing more in entertaining at home and thus buying more groceries. appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. On the demand side, the ‘cost of living crisis’ is becoming a reality.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The State of Manufacturing: eCommerce, Analytics, and Robotics. Per Fortune Magazine , this was the most successful shopping holiday in history. For example, big data is all the data compiled and analyzed. In a sense, we are looking back at our previous selves to see how we can improve our future.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The shift to full end-to-end integration, of course, leaves no one else in the middle. The first is size , of course, with Maersk running over 17% of global ocean capacity , but also selling land-services to just under 20% of those same customers. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift.

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