Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Koerber Supply Chain’s ‘Elevate’ event in Prague was an opportunity to discover how software and technology address the unprecedented complexity in logistics. This provides visibility, for example if there’s a blockage we stop the next process.” Tech Trends Will conveyors continue to play a key role in warehousing?

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2022

Ahead of the WOF SUMMIT , which takes place in Vienna on 4 th -5 th May, we caught up with Chief Commercial Officer of the WOF Group Christoph Grasl and asked him about this inaugural event. LB: What is innovative about your event and how does it differ from rivals? An evening from which you will emerge inspired and energised.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

In the run-up to the recent LogiMAT event, Bernard Biolchini ( pictured ), Executive Vice President EMEA at Dematic , one of the world’s leading manufacturers of integrated automation technology , software and services for supply chain optimization, spoke about the new era. Q: Can you give some specific examples? Q: Instead…?

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Ship Monk

JULY 27, 2022

We’re talking, of course, about demand forecasting, or the process of predicting customer demand for a product or service. The COVID-19 pandemic was a prominent example. #5 For an eCommerce business owner, the answer is obvious: How the heck do I get a handle on my inventory management ?!

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

Having in-depth conversations was an obvious outcome of the events of the last two or so years, where many parameters have undergone fundamental changes where there is no going back. Q: Can you give some specific examples? Spatially constrained warehouses in urban environments, for example, rely on high scalability of picking systems.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The answer depends, of course, on your company’s objectives and, particularly, on your customer service promises. It’s a random approach in which, for example, a consignment of electric blenders might find a home in a storage location between bottles of shampoo on one side, and dog collars on the other. What Next for Toyota IM?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020.

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Forto

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Major calendar events are – quite literally – casting their shadows ahead for the supply chain: Golden Week in China, Black Friday and Cyber Monday on November 26 and 29, and of course Christmas holidays and also Chinese New Year are already just a few logistics steps away. But what exactly do these seasonal events entail?

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Stord

JANUARY 11, 2022

Stord’s team works with hundreds of companies every day to drive efficiencies and optimize their operations across a range of freight, warehousing, fulfillment and packaging requirements. For example, the price of 42# linerboard has gone up 35% in the last 12 months, over the course of 4-5 price increases.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 10, 2018

This means for example, that marketing-campaign planning involves manufacturing and procurement functions, to ensure preparedness for an uptick in product demand. The desire to avoid data falling into the wrong hands is, of course, understandable, but digital security measures are improving all the time. Capacity Buffering.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 7, 2022

Sales of autonomous mobile robots and driverless lift trucks are taking off but the game-changing intralogistics technologies we will see at IMHX 2022 go much further than the simple replacement of man by machine, says event director, Rob Fisher. Of course, other forms of robotic and automated intralogistics technology are taking off too.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

What Is Warehousing Safety? What Is Warehousing Safety? For example, an injured employee may have to miss work, spills and debris need to be cleaned up, and damaged equipment needs to be repaired. In the United States, the warehousing industry has a higher rate of fatal injuries than other industries. Let’s dive in!

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Conger

JULY 20, 2020

Of course not. With lots of options and aggressive marketing for online certification courses, you've probably had this question cross your mind. Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about what you can expect from online courses. The course will most likely have end-of-section quizzes to test your knowledge.

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Conger

JANUARY 11, 2022

One such example is the swing mast forklift: Not all sit-down forklifts are the same - some, like this swing mast truck, are quite different. This is because, in the event of a collision or tip-over, the seat belt keeps the operator in place within the operator compartment. In a sit-down forklift, of course, the operator sits down.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

At LogiMAT 2020, TGW is continuing on its course of progress and adding a digital twin of Rovolution to the product line. This means that not only can the current condition of Rovolution be monitored, but with a replay function, you can also look back at the past in order to detect causes of unexpected events.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Sabine Ursel talks to Bettina Bohlmann (above) , Managing Partner of 3p Procurement Branding GmbH in an interview focused on themes to be explored at this year’s EXCHAiNGE event in Frankfurt. Bohlmann: By eliminating ineffective communication loops, for example. This is now widely acknowledged. That’s to be expected.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 13, 2018

That means, if you have warehousing and delivery needs in Houston, your 3PL should have vehicles available to accommodate those needs, and quickly. . For example, a company shipping high-value electronics, will want to check with their 3PL about security protocols. Door to Door deliveries. Are trucks secured?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 31, 2019

Although the traditional brewer produces more than 20 different beers, it is more than just the variety in the range that its customers value: they also love the events held at the brewery’s premises. With over 200,000 visitors and more than 5,000 events each year, this concept has developed into a core feature of Viennese city life.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

Many manufacturers & retailers have found that they can use state of the art supply chain management to reduce inventory & warehousing costs while speeding up delivery to the end customer. These events can throw off production schedules even creating idle labor or eventual lost sales.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The first steps, of course, are to understand the challenges you face, prioritise them for action, and consider the resources and help you need to meet and overcome them. There are, of course, several ways to achieve a logistics knowledge infusion. Where to Access the Knowledge You Need. How to Improve Product Availability.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2018

If certain necessary systems—fire suppression, for example—aren’t in place, you could be facing a choice between expensive rush installation or huge insurance increases as a result. Force majeure should be covered as well — it provides guidance and responsibilities in the event of emergencies like earthquakes, floods, and so on.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. EasyJet, for example, uses dynamic pricing. It is still common practice to negotiate tenders privately at industry events. They’re coming. Accountability.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Shipping industry stakeholders have faced many of these events, and they have changed the shipping industry irrevocably, for good. One event after another pushed the overall supply chain to its limits. For example, the Port of Savannah went from one of the best-performing posts to one of the most-congested in a matter of weeks.

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IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Supply chains will survive COVID-19, of course, but not without interim pain and structural change. But with a black-swan event, it just magnifies the risk.”. Sign up for virtual event updates here. ]. Erratic consumer demand adds further dysfunction. All of that works perfectly well when things are OK.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Slotting a warehouse product is the same, for example, as placing your umbrella close to your front door at home, so it’s easy to pick it up and run when it’s raining, and you’re late for work. Those calculations, of course, will necessitate using some digital software. For example, what if you have a lot of fast-moving products?

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Andrey Kazachkov, Head of Warehouse Automation at premiere custom software development provider First Line Software , takes a look at some warehousing situations that determine whether to first invest in hardware or software when beginning the process of warehouse automation, and some notable exceptions to either case.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 8, 2023

5: The Mistake of Spurning Digital Transportation Technology Few corporate leaders today would deny that digital technology is essential for end-to-end supply chain management (SCM or ERP systems) or even for a specific logistics function such as warehousing (WMS).

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2019

By the time the December 2017 implementation deadline arrived, it was not the cataclysmic event some had feared would strand trucks on the side of the road, nor did it remove significant capacity from an already constrained market struggling to meet the logistical needs of a booming American economy. ELDs: A fleet perspective .

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

Helping customers in the event of faults or shutdowns of existing systems is no problem for BEUMER Group – even from a distance. BEUMER Group was flexible and set the course for “remote commissioning” – commissioning from a distance. “A broadband Internet connection is, of course, required,” says Teichrib.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2018

So how can you help make sure that your warehousing work environment is safe for you? They also have a great publication titled the OSHA Pocket Guide Worker Safety Series – Warehousing. Human-caused events like fire, gas explosions and even terrorist events are examples of emergencies.

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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. Growing into a Warehousing and Fulfillment Powerhouse. Driving the Maersk Shift.

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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

MAY 24, 2018

With more than 2200 supply chain professionals in attendance, the event had a very good representation across practitioners, technology providers, and consultants. Here are some key takeaways from the Gartner supply chain event: 1. He gave examples of how large companies are acquiring digital startups.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

Bitcoin as an Example of Blockchain. The brief description of blockchain above may seem a bit abstract, so let’s look closer at the real-life example of Bitcoin. However, it also happens to be the most well-known example. For supply chain, it could be payment, warehousing, transport or delivery. Provenance.

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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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