Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The pandemic halted many supply chains last year, closing factories and stores, and limiting manufacturing and distribution operations. Now, a year-and-a half since the pandemic started, activity has picked up, but the disruption has spawned a shortage of 80,000 drivers in the U.S. ports to get backlogged.

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Kanban Logistics

APRIL 30, 2020

Makers of all types of products turn to third-party logistics (3PL) providers to optimize warehousing and distribution operations in order to meet modern supply chain demands. This lot number allows 3PLs to quickly identify batches of items in the event of a recall. 10 questions to ask prospective food distribution warehouse providers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This event will also be the opportunity to showcase its innovations designed to optimize the performance in material handling and automation. Take order picking to the next level Speed, visibility, and reliability are essential for the success of logistics operations.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2019

Triadic and non-triadic distribution centres! Attributed to Vilfredo Pareto, this principle, also known as the 80/20 rule, reveals that for many events 80% of effects, come from 20% of causes. The very reliable inventory tool of ABC analysis is used to locate goods in storage bins and picking faces. Here’s my hypothesis! .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 20, 2022

Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. A regional supply chain does not mean supply chain operations are not impacted by global events. There will be one view of inventory across the entire distributed network.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There were 582 supply chain events reported across the United States and Canada in the second quarter of 2023, a 57 percent increase when compared to the second quarter of 2022, according to the latest CargoNet report. Cargo Theft Tactics Cargo theft comes in many shapes and sizes.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

You save by not having to pick and pack goods, or coordinate and pay for shipping orders across the country. Distributed Inventory A brick-and-mortar store can serve as a pick-up point, where local customers can pick up online orders. Your customers can buy online and pickup in store (BOPIS) the same day.

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Camelot 3PL Software

OCTOBER 28, 2021

This week a few of us from Camelot had the opportunity to visit a large Liberty Hardware distribution center in Winston Salem, NC. 6 River Systems and the fine folks at Liberty Hardware put on the event. The distribution center is 650,000 square feet and does store replenishment and eCommerce fulfillment.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

While that’s great for trucking companies, as they can pick and choose the loads they want to take, shippers are going to have a harder time meeting delivery deadlines all the same. One of the strategies that we’ve helped our partners to employ is understanding their distribution density, or “center of gravity.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With customer demand at a high, OnRunning submitted a request for 300 pairs of THE ROGER to be shipped from the PFS Distribution Centre, based in Southampton, over to the Laver Cup venue in London as quickly as possible. Samuel Frei, Head of Operations at OnRunning, commented: “PFS helped to make the Laver Cup event a great success for us.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This requires complete transparency across all steps and events along the entire supply chain. The resulting insights enable optimal transport and route management: Which routes within the distribution network should be utilized? Thanks to automation, picking and shipping of orders will also be possible during night shifts.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Pallite Pix is a range of flexible, lightweight and durable storage systems, specially designed to consolidate pick locations. By utilising the between-pallet space the system enables operators to maximise the available space they have in their warehouse, helping them store more product and improve their pick efficiency.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The “man-up” vehicle expands the intralogistics specialist’s product range for wide and narrow aisle warehouses, thus offering distribution centre operators and manufacturing companies an even greater choice of customized solutions. Convincing set-up. The trucks’ maximum driving speed of 11km/h means movement is rapid.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

Perfect for ecommerce, micro-fulfilment, store replenishment, and omni-channel distribution, Infinity AS/RS features triple-deep, high-density racking along with a fleet of bots that access inventory from any of the storage locations. ProMat attendees can schedule personalized meetings with OPEX team members any day during the event.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 9, 2018

Last week, as I was getting ready for Modex, I had a few conversations to learn what’s happening in the piece picking space. Or, as Crystal Parrott, the newly appointed vice president of Dematic’s Robotics Center of Excellence, put it: “We’re at the very beginning in piece picking.” So, what is the state of piece picking robots?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

I picked a good time to cover what is now well-known to be a hot market. A couple of KNAPP’s prominent, publicly-stated projects include Walmart’s recently opened next-generation fulfillment center in Joliet, IL and Zalando’s recently commissioned 140,000 m2 distribution center. I underestimated the growth by $2 billion.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

Unforeseen breakdowns are another event that can be modelled and mitigated by a digital twin. Using the simulation, operators can find the best way to spread volumes and reduce the impact, rather than carrying out a time-consuming postmortem after the event. This can be replicated in the digital twin and the effects observed.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This month marks a historic event for logistics automation, as TBWB (Technical Bureau West-Brabant BV) will be celebrating its 45th anniversary on 14th February 2022, a rare achievement in this industry. TBWB’s core business is warehouses, distribution centres and production companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

At its annual event, Apple unveiled the new iPhone 15 lineup. Merchants can use the service, called Multi-Channel Distribution, to send inventory to warehouses run by other logistics providers, other online marketplaces and even to physical stores to be put on shelves.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 30, 2021

Logistex has a long-standing history of supporting UK supply chain operations with technical expertise, operational support and a range of other supply and distribution solutions, making them the perfect partner to help GreyOrange drive UK operations and sales,” said Jeff Cashman, Chief Operating Officer, GreyOrange.

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3PL Insights

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)—an event only held once every 3 years, and devised to empower girls to step forward, learn how to be courageous, and shape one’s own future by learning how to transform the world. we demonstrated how an ecommerce pick and pack station works by setting up a mock station. At G.I.R.L.,

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Edward Napier-Fenning, Sales & Marketing Director of leading supply chain software company Balloon , explores five key areas that can boost performance – including route planning, picking, labour management reporting and data entry. Quite suddenly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

Developed by Alstef Group through knowledge and experience gained over 40 years of intralogistics management and controls, OPAL is an innovative, unified software suite, which ensures the overall control of automated storage, AGV fleets, order picking, and the associated flows for all logistics solutions offered by the group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Consumers have gotten used to the convenience and ease of online shopping, home delivery, curbside pickup, buy online/pick up in-store and other alternatives to the traditional in-store shopping experience. Just as the world of omni-channel selling is here to stay, supply chain disruptions also seem to have become the norm.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Taking place recently in Antwerp, the 2022 event included insights from 15 companies including Microsoft, Bosch, Orange, Deloitte, Air Products and EcoVadis. CLICK HERE to view the after event movie. This includes a Logiconomi TV channel which can be explored via the company website.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

However, most warehouses continue using human labor for pick-and-pack processes, says Robotics Business Review. Capacity among distribution centers has slipped 1 percent to 66 percent this year as well. For instance, an event system with 500 potential tasks could theoretically lower that number of tasks to do this instant to 50.

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

eCommerce pick and pack : The 3PL can design the most effective picking pattern so that associates reduce walking distance and overlap, and therefore minimize labor costs. the labor involved with pick and pack). . 3PL customers can largely avoid this cost by paying only for the WMS resources they use.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 21, 2023

tons and is an ideal option for warehouse operators who aim for even more effective goods picking on various different racking levels. Some of its key features includes the ability to reach picking heights of up to 14.5 For the first time, drivers will be able to reach picking heights of up to 14.5 meters from the platform – 2.5

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Polycrisis logistics When multiple supply chain disruptive events happen concurrently how can they be tackled? For example, the Dexory View dashboard enables pick face analysis of volumes. Supply chain design, of the number and location of distribution centres , leads to a tech-based materials handling approach.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A specialist logistics technology firm is celebrating after picking up an award at the prestigious UK Business Tech Awards 2022. The tech company, based in Solihull, were awarded Tech Company of The Year (small) at the glamorous London event.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Distribution is no longer a backwater of the economy, due in large part to the upheavals brought on by ecommerce. But there is a technology gap between gleaming new automated facilities and tens of thousands of existing warehouses and distribution centers that pre-date the warehouse building boom of the past 5-10 years.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

During an era where the only certainty is uncertainty and consumer demands are evolving at a rapid pace, IMHX 2022 will provide logistics and E-commerce fulfilment professionals with an essential opportunity to discover technologies that keep them one step ahead, says IMHX 2022 Event Director, Rob Fisher.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2023

The forklift shows its strength in the high-performance segment as well as in narrow aisles, for rack delivery and bulk order picking. With its ergonomic operator area and numerous innovative details, it is aimed not only at traditional order picking but above all at the requirements of retail and e-commerce.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 21, 2024

CRM marketing-related features often include automation software that automates email sends or SMS notifications triggered by specific events such as an email sign-up, birthday, cart abandonment, or purchase. In addition, customer data can identify large geographic clusters of customers that might benefit from a closer fulfillment center.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Even before the emergence of COVID-19, next-day and same-day delivery promises from mega retailers, as well as new delivery models such as store pick-up, were driving increasing customer expectations — not just in retail, but in every industry. 1] Now that same concept is poised to similarly disrupt the world of distribution.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 21, 2012

Logistics and Distribution. Distribution. News & Events. |. « Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the Future of Retail Industry | Main | Utility of iPads on Shop Floor » Enabling individual item picking in tomorrows warehouses. Picking Methodologies: A. Discrete Order Picking. Healthcare.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2019

This article delves into the changes that new commercial business models, customer expectations, and technology are bringing about in the logistics environment, focusing particularly on how those changes are impacting the planning, procurement, design, layout, and operation of distribution centres. The Changing Face of the DC.

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