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Express Cargo Sorting

Logistics Business Magazine

Import sorting Managing Director of Ramp and Gateways Operations for Northern Europe, Alun Cornish, has been with the company for 20 years. The import sort facility is adjacent to the airside apron at Stansted, with ULD (unit load device) air containers fed directly on to a castor floor. The tour started with the customs hold ‘cage’.

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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. Whenever a parcel or letter travels through a sorting centre , it is photographed, scanned and tracked by a wide array of equipment.

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The Evolution of Warehousing with Joe Oliaro

The Logistics of Logistics

Since then, he has been leaving an indelible mark on the industry, earning accolades such as being recognized as one of Ingram’s Magazine’s 40 Under Forty and was also identified as a “Heavy Hitter in Commercial Real Estate” by the KC Business Journal. Episode Sponsor: Greenscreens.ai The Greenscreens.ai

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September 2023

Logistics Business Magazine

The September ’23 issue of Logistics Business magazine: 76 pages of exclusive content spanning the international supply chain and warehousing sector. The post September 2023 appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Click here to read. Our digital issues can be read in any language, or listened to.

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Turnkey Solution de-palletizing Pallets to Trays

Logistics Business Magazine

The goal is to fully automate and eliminate risks and sudden downtime in the sorting process. To meet the market’s challenges, Körber Supply Chain has now, as the first supplier in the industry, developed a total solution to manage the sorting of products from pallets to trays. The solution is called Downstream.

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Asendia Accelerates Parcel Processing at Heathrow DC

Logistics Business Magazine

Asendia has successfully installed automated sorting and six new robots for over-labelling at its parcel processing centre at Heathrow, fully operational from the end of May 2022. The system has maximum flexibility for despatch, able to sort into bags, pallet boxes, or onward into air containers.

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Automated Hand-Scanning Upgrade

Logistics Business Magazine

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. Read similar news here: Right for Size: SICK Upgrades Volume Measurement System The post Automated Hand-Scanning Upgrade appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.