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Editor’s Pick: Fluid Futures – Creating Value from Uncertainty

Talking Logistics

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. So, let’s start first with its definition: dis·rup·tion.

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Omni-Channel Fulfillment is Key for the Holiday Season

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC’s definition of omni-channel fulfillment is end-delivery centric. Our research focuses on the end-consumer receiving their product, whether from home delivery, in-store pick-up, or other means. The focus is on customer demand in the short term, and enables the retailer to respond to local events to change their inventory levels.

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Warehouse Automation

Camelot 3PL Software

6 River Systems and the fine folks at Liberty Hardware put on the event. Prior to the Chucks, workers manually pushed carts up and down aisles picking items for individual orders. With the Chucks, workers dynamically pick items according to the most efficient locations based on where the Chucks and workers are located.

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Customer remains focal point for the future of intralogistics

Logistics Business Magazine

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. Most definitely not on technology implementation as such.

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How O2O Is Shaping the Future of eCommerce

Ship Monk

Although it might be easy to pin these closures solely on the eCommerce piñata, there are other factors that contribute to a store’s decision to shut down, namely: Events outside of our control , such as the economic effects of a global pandemic The shift from a service to an experience-based economy A shrinking middle class Poor management.

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7 Ways Retailers Can Reduce Delivery Costs

Locus

Imagine a customer browsing online, then picking up their order in-store, or vice versa. Instead of every order piling onto the delivery system, customers become willing participants in the logistics chain, picking up their purchases at their convenience. Read Also: The Definitive Guide to Logistics Route Optimization 4.

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“The focal point of intralogistics remains the customer”

Logistics Business Magazine

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. Spatially constrained warehouses in urban environments, for example, rely on high scalability of picking systems. Q: So, what is the focal point?