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Four Ways Shippers Can Optimize Their Cold Storage Operations

Blue Grace Logistics

Ensuring rigorous traceability of goods: RFID technology is becoming more and more prevalent in cold logistics due to the advantages it presents for the automatic identification of goods. Awareness and training for professionals to match.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans launches new US plant

Automotive Logistics

Manufacturing at the Mercedes-Benz Vans plant includes driverless transport systems and paperless documentation. Autonomous transport vehicles, which can travel more than 60km in a shift, are controlled through the South Carolina plant’s IT system and the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

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Facing Cold Chain Challenges

Trinity Logistics

This regulation covers the cleanliness and function of equipment, protocols set in place for transportation, employee training on the proper handling of food in cold chains, and records of all FSMA compliance. Some of these temperature monitoring systems are RFID or wireless sensor network, thermal imaging , and temperature loggers.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented a new process to allow shippers to submit original vehicle export documentation electronically in lieu of delivering physical copies to their local CBP trade office. The platoon consisted of three trained, professional truck drivers in Volvo tractors, each pulling double 28-foot trailers.

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Dematic offers inspection by drone

Logistics Business Magazine

Equipped with high-resolution cameras and LED lights, the drones are controlled by trained, licensed Dematic service employees. Images can be used to create long-term documentation over a system’s entire service life. The images and videos captured during the flight can be analysed both in real time and at a later date.

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RF Scanners: The Ultimate Guide

Conger

Warehouses can use RF scanning alone or in concert with other technologies, like RFID scanning and voice-picking. RF vs. RFID: What’s the Difference? The terms “RF” and “RFID” are often used interchangeably. Education: Asset, attendance, and document tracking; staff communication. from metals and liquids).

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Logistics Business Show attracts strong audience

Logistics Business Magazine

Visitors to the 73 exhibition booths had various ways to interact with the exhibitors, and the most popular documents had 200 downloads, whereas the most popular exhibitor video was watched 220 times. Running in tandem with the conference was the online exhibition, which drew 4,500 visits.