Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

However, if too many employees connect their electric vehicles to the chargers at the same time, for example during breaks or after the end of the work shift, the power demand increases rapidly. The post Charge Management Controls Energy Costs appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Taking responsibility is a matter of course for the Hamburg-based intralogistics company. STILL has been actively involved in the fight against the Coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, for example with a special vaccination line for the workforce and donations of vehicles for system-relevant supply areas. .

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Paul Hamblin, editor of Logistics Business magazine, meets one. For example, pedestrians getting in the way of the AGVs, or manual forklifts driving in areas originally planned primarily for the AGVs. Each datapoint will be an input and an expected output, so these pairs are examples to learn from.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 6, 2022

Of course, with global energy prices soaring, the commercial incentive for operating in an environmentally conscious way has never been greater. For example, as part Combilift’s drive to help customers achieve their aims of more sustainable operations, over 60% of the company’s output is now electric.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 21, 2022

There were 10 fatal injuries in 2020/21 – a period that of course includes the Covid pandemic – which compares with the annual average number of 13 fatalities for 2016/17-2020/21. An iFollow robot, for example, analyses its situation in real time to avoid obstacles or even overtake slower vehicles. The fatal injury rate (0.85

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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? AI, of course, is high on the agenda. The post Find your Warehouse Rhythm appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Generative AI can query the WMS.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

For example, if a lead acid battery is opportunity charged, this can cause significant implications to the battery. The post Snack producer reduces forklift fleet size appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. The I_Site system monitors the forklift’s battery and highlights if the power source is being managed incorrectly.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

For example, the ‘full service’ package involves a comprehensive parts and labour plan that covers preventative maintenance, breakdowns and parts used in service and breakdown repairs. For example, by constantly upgrading the quality of spare parts and checking them before shipping, we ensure that the right part will be delivered in time.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

Increasing numbers of technical innovations first saw the light of day here – for example, the first double-portal excavators for coal mining, which were developed and built by the company. The post Successful Through Tradition for Beumer appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. A difficult period of modernization followed.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

As part of this growth strategy, for example, new plants were recently commissioned in the Heilbronn/Heidelberg, Germany, area and in Georgia, United States. “As As part of this growth strategy, for example, new plants were recently commissioned in the Heilbronn/Heidelberg, Germany, area and in Georgia, United States.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 16, 2022

It enables businesses to save up to two days per operator, per course, freeing-up Instructors to deliver more practical training. For example, pre-use inspections, load types, racking, and more. Reach truck and lift truck operator theory courses using eTruck can be booked via RTITB Accredited Training Providers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

How, for example, must future user interfaces or tools be designed? For example, with our on-demand service tool WITOOL, the handling and documentation of all active and proactive service and maintenance work becomes much more transparent, both in terms of organization and execution. “The Technical” ergonomics is important.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 7, 2021

For example, the Delta variant of COVID-19 may cause an increase in infection and disruptions to business in the fall. At the beginning of 2021, ARC Advisory Group, in partnership with DC Velocity magazine, anticipated factors such as a subsequent surge when we crafted our survey of warehouse practitioners.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

Of course, lead acid batteries remain a highly efficient option for electric forklifts and many electric Flexi Truck lift trucks still feature this type of battery. Maguire added: “We see it as essential that our product offering constantly evolves and, of course, sustainability drives much of our research and development thinking.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

Of course, like other sectors, the beverage industry is also dealing with the fall-out from the pandemic and the surge in e-commerce sales. Toyota’s automated forklifts (AGV’s), for example, deliver a typical ROI period of between 12 and 36 months. Increasingly, this means deploying some form of automation. Production efficiency.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

Covid-19 did of course present risks and challenges for training and assessment, but operators without the correct training also pose a serious danger to the supply chain.”. Selected eLearning courses are also available for Plant and LGV training. Statistics from RTITB show that Counterbalance Lift Truck Operator tests declined by 24.7%

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Even in ancient times, wood-fired beacons kept seafarers on course. There are also a number of examples in our everyday life that illustrate the great advantage of easy-to-understand signals: A red traffic light, the horn of a car or the siren of a fire engine. CLICK HERE to download the free white paper.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 11, 2023

First, of course, it is about the distribution centre and the number of pallets and customer orders that are handled every day. If they notice, for example, that suppliers use unnecessary overpack, then we immediately seek discussions with them. We have to re-define efficiency in the design phase with the customer.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

However, there is of course a cost to processing a return and this is leading some retailers to question the economics of free returns and to consider invoking a charge for customers. For example, pallet racking can be configured with a single pallet bay level and shelving above to provide locations for unpalletised ‘returned to stock’ items.

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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 Business Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

Each of these areas can of course stand alone; however, when combined, they provide an incredible advantage. For example, the KiSoft software configures the AMRs, so they go where they are needed, and also trains the KNAPP Pick-it-Easy Robot picking robots so they continually improve. This is exactly the combination KNAPP focuses on.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 26, 2020

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. Hikrobot, for example, will only release a solution to the market once it has completely verified its stability. Hikrobot’s first UK application is at Superdry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

Q: Can you give some specific examples? Spatially constrained warehouses in urban environments, for example, rely on high scalability of picking systems. BB: But if course on the customer! The post Customer remains focal point for the future of intralogistics appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Q: Instead…?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 13, 2022

Q: Can you give some specific examples? Spatially constrained warehouses in urban environments, for example, rely on high scalability of picking systems. A: But of course on the customer! The post “The focal point of intralogistics remains the customer” 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. That is no longer true. Bis Henderson Recruitment can help bring about that partnership.

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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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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

MV: Of course! MV: The price is of course an important factor for many of our customers, even if it is not fundamental. MV: Of course, these negotiations are very individual. For example, we provided one of our customers with a forklift truck on loan to cover their production peaks, and offered them a 2.5-tonne

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

For another, knowledge is lost over the years when, for example, the IT experts who still know how to work with the programming languages C and C++ retire. These days, users can zoom in down to the system’s sensor level to find defective components, for example. Of course they have to budget for it.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

What are the fire risks in cold storage warehousing? Of course, the issues are further compounded by the fact that modern technology now means that an increased number of warehouses are automated almost 24 hours a day, meaning very few or no personnel are on site. So, where to start? With special attention paid to vulnerable areas.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

“These are interesting, for example, in indoor logistics when integrating driverless transport systems. For example, digital twins of the environment are created that process relevant information in real time. STILL is, of course, one of the participants.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 6, 2022

And, of course, better space utilisation means increased storage capacity – which, in turn, equals reduced storage costs per square foot. The post Narrow margins deliver big returns appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

For example, pallet cages often have to be tipped so that goods can be removed more easily. The post Enhanced scissor-lift ergonomics with Blickle’s ErgoMove appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Today, it is not enough for lifting platforms to simply lift and lower loads.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

For example – what is the importance of the human element in the current pandemic situation? They can be related to the requirements for certain types of goods – for example, functionalities related to the work with excise goods, dangerous goods, serial numbers, etc. This way there will be no lifting equipment idling.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2021

At Toyota Material Handling , for example, we expect the UK market for electric counterbalanced forklift trucks to grow by as much as 10% in the next five years as more and more truck users opt for electric-power over IC-engine driven machines when the time comes to replace or upgrade their fleets.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Of course, lorry loading has become a faster and simpler process too and, what’s more, we are now able to make full use of every vehicle’s load capacity – which means we can get more of the things that are so desperately needed to the people of Ukraine. The business community has been quick to get behind Boxes of Hope’s campaign.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

“We may not be on site at the customers’ premises right now, but we can still support them, for example with our BEUMER Smart Glasses,” says the cement expert. What happens if for example a packaging system in Indonesia or Peru fails? Of course, this is partly due to the enormous overcapacity, especially in China.

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