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

Logistics Viewpoints

VF is using Visulon for line planning and Browzwear for digital product creation and PTC’s product lifecycle management solution to generate bills of materials (BOMs). Supporting Ecommerce and Omnichannel. TGW is their material handling supplier and Manhattan Associates is the warehouse management system supplier.

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Ecommerce Order Boom Boosts KION Despite Slashed Revenues

Logistics Business Magazine

While it expects significant falls in its core industrial trucks sector, the fast-moving supply chain solutions arm, driving automation particularly in the ecommerce sector, is strongly up year on year. The post Ecommerce Order Boom Boosts KION Despite Slashed Revenues appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. percent to 5.2

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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. What is the thinking behind the GENI-AntTM sorter? “

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Flexi highlights sustainability goals to distributors

Logistics Business Magazine

Narrow Aisle Ltd – the VNA materials handling solutions specialist – recently hosted a series of distributor open days at its UK Flexi Truck manufacturing plant in Great Bridge, West Midlands. But lithium-ion technology is now regarded as ideally suited to the needs of modern, 24/7 logistics and e-fulfilment operations.”.

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Leading the way for the Mobile Robot Takeover

Logistics Business Magazine

This of course includes Europe and the UK, where the number of companies understanding the productive power and cost efficiency of these platforms is ramping up. Getting large warehouse management software (WMS) vendors engaged to write the interfaces for materials handling systems can sometimes present a hurdle for any automation project.

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Pets at Home outsources automation maintenance

Logistics Business Magazine

When lockdown triggered a huge surge in ecommerce orders, Pets at Home recognised the importance of upgrading the maintenance and support of its automated warehouse systems by outsourcing to Invar Integration. Pets at Home is the UK’s leading pet care business with over 450 stores and a growing ecommerce channel.

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Forewarned is Forearmed in Supply Chain

Logistics Business Magazine

He explains why increased use of automation and digital technologies is essential and talks about how he saw the industry developing over the course of 2023, particularly in terms of the way in which e-commerce affects the material handling and logistics business.