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Data-driven Decisions for Flexible Supply Chain

Logistics Business Magazine

While some businesses have sought to nearshore manufacturing operations or diversify suppliers in an attempt to wrestle back some control over the uncertain landscape, many neglect to consider how internal processes could hold more of the answers. It enables them to better adapt to unexpected shifts in market conditions.

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Improve Data Quality in Air and Sea Supply Chains

Logistics Business Magazine

Nevertheless, there is still a lack of transparency in logistics, as data volumes are often insufficiently filtered and processed. BlueBox Systems is the first tracking platform in the air freight sector to deliver real-time visibility of the location of air cargo shipments with highest quality data.

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ARIBIC digitalisation project saves AGV sensor data

Logistics Business Magazine

As automated guided vehicles ( AGVs ) navigate through warehouses or production halls, they become real data collectors. Data that is, however, immediately deleted again. The data collected via sensors and cameras can be used in the ARIBIC cloud to create continuously updated 3D maps of warehouses or production facilities.

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Automated Hand-Scanning Upgrade

Logistics Business Magazine

Now, a milestone upgrade to SICK’s Lector65x image-based code reader family has made it quicker and easier to set up and use the technology in high-volume operations. Hand-held barcode readers are still widely used to ensure the traceability of goods and packages, for example in retail, warehousing and parcel sorting operations.

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Using Data Collaboration to Aid Competitive Advantage

Logistics Business Magazine

In an industry where margins are already tight, the ability of Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) to harness data to make operational and strategic decisions – both in terms of responding to unforeseen events and delivering sustainable profits – can be the difference between survival and obsolescence. across the whole supply chain.

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Podcast: Fleet Insurance: Strategies to Control Costs

Logistics Business Magazine

How can data help achieve and support this? Advice from these experts on enablement, the use of dashcams and sensors, risk management programs and use case examples. Hear answers to key questions, including: How can fleet management improve operations and reduce costs? How can data be shared?

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Digital twins help postal and logistics companies plan for the future

Logistics Business Magazine

Powered by data-driven virtual models that can simulate real-world operations, digital twins are allowing the sector to predict the future and plan for it. Mature logistics operations are highly automated. This generates masses of data, which can be stored and analysed to offer insights into an operation.

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