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Automated, Accelerated Pharmaceutical Picking

Logistics Business Magazine

The company in this example has tailored its fulfilment concept precisely to these demands and implemented it with state-of-the-art technology from its long-term intralogistics partner SSI Schaefer. Example contents include headache pills, nasal sprays, and adhesive bandages. Employees refill the A-Frames during lower-load periods.

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Robots, Robots, and More Warehouse Robots!

Logistics Viewpoints

These were autonomous mobile robots where the bots and pickers moved through the warehouse together and optimally engaged in picking multiple e-commerce orders simultaneously. This year what caught my attention are robots that have “hands” for picking cases or eaches. This kind of picking system involves 5 different technologies.

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Navigating the Challenge of Dwell Time in E-commerce Logistics

Stord

Although not often talked about outside logistics circles, dwell time, and actually your Past Dwell Time Frequency is a critical metric that can significantly impact your performance – and how it's perceived. For example, parcel carriers normally sort and scan only in the evenings, and with a few exceptions only on weekdays.

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Omnichannel Retailers Leverage Optimization for Order-Promising

Logistics Viewpoints

A customer can of course buy goods in a store. Or they can order online and pick up the product at the store. For an online order that needs to be delivered within 24 hours, for example, the rule might state that the goods should be shipped to the consumer from the closest location. Rules were used to make these decisions.

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STILL offers top performance for order picking

Logistics Business Magazine

Is order picking always the same? Hardly any other field of activity in intralogistics is as diverse as goods picking. STILL – one of the leading suppliers of intralogistics solutions and a successful market player for more than 100 years – says it can provide the right order picking vehicle for any customer requirement.

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What is Genuinely New in Supply Chain Management?

Logistics Viewpoints

A customer can of course buy goods in a store. Or they can order online and pick up the product at the store. For an online order that needs to be delivered within 24 hours, for example, the rule might state that the goods should be shipped to the consumer from the closest location. appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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DHL Supply Chain’s Digital Transformation in the Warehouse

Logistics Viewpoints

Of course, we subsequently share interesting insights in Logistics Viewpoints articles. These are categorical technologies such as “assisted picking robots” or “robotic arms” rather than the technologies of specific technology providers. Autonomous Mobile Robots and AGVs. What makes Stretch novel is its mobility.