Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 22, 2022

Kite Packaging has launched a range of 100% paper glassine bags. Clear bags have long reflected professional presentation when used as internal packaging , particularly in the fashion or textile industries. Furthermore, they offer increased reassurance that external elements of wind and rain, for example, cannot damage your products.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A packaging specialist explains why today is peak packaging Monday: As the countdown to Christmas well and truly begins, the two landmark dates in the sales world are fast approaching – Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Kite’s ecommerce division was introduced in 2004 and has been continuously evolving since.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 20, 2018

Leading UK packaging supplier Southgate is offering what it calls a genuinely eco-friendly alternative to the ecommerce and distribution sectors. As a large percentage of ecommerce goes to households, that’s a good thing. The films meet the requirements of EN 13432.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2023

Hugo Beck, a leading innovator in horizontal packaging machines, is returning to the highly anticipated PACK EXPO in Las Vegas, Nevada. Consequently, the focus at PACK EXPO will be the paper e-com fit packaging machine – the first time it has been on display in the United States.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

The company says it recognises the challenges and uncertainties that customers and partners face and does what it can to mitigate them, for example by simplifying the organisational structure and communications. Retail verses ecommerce picking in a DC are vastly different quantities,” he points out.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2022

tesa is expanding its range of packaging tapes with sustainable features with the launch of the new tesa 60412 Recycled PET packaging tape. Designed with sustainability in mind, the tesa 60412 Recycled PET packaging tape includes a number of features to help minimise its environmental footprint.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2023

Ecommerce and the drive to mobile have helped global printer leader Bixolon to some great year-on-year turnover numbers, says Frédéric d’Orsay, Channel Sales Director Europe. Ecommerce also requires labelling innovation, whether via compliance regulation or in the increasing drive to differentiate via individual customer personalisation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 21, 2023

LiBiao’s sorting robot technology has been specifically developed as an extremely cost-efficient and flexible alternative to the high CapEx fixed tilt-tray and cross-belt conveyor-based sortation systems that have traditionally been used within parcel, post and ecommerce operations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

About 8% of total volume comes to the cage, with 5700 packages there on average, at any one time. For example, a flight from Paris CDG arriving at 04.00 Capacity is determined by the speed of the sorter through the x-ray scan tunnels, and the system maintains gaps between packages by selecting which belt to send them on.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

Ensuring reliable fulfilment would require a commitment to advanced automation including state-of-the-art, right-size packaging technology from Sparck. Customer service is of prime importance to the business – efficient fulfilment of online orders, along with prompt delivery of well packaged items is essential for winning repeat sales.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

Robopac Germany, a company of the international Aetnagroup, focuses on intelligent packaging machines for stretch wrapping technologies in the food and beverage industry, which are tested and permanently updated in its own TechLabs. However, not every stretch film is equally suitable for use in these high-performance packaging machines.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

See the Potential” is the technology leader’s slogan for realising digital transformation within the evolving commercial print, industrial and packaging markets. Take packaging with specialty printing and enhancements as one example, which have more than 46% higher quality perception.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Websites and ecommerce engines need to be fully functioning, able to accept orders and fulfil deliveries – and warehouses and fulfilment centres need to be ready to meet customers’ delivery needs fast. The post Peak Season Efficiency with Mobile Label Printing appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

This is especially true in ecommerce, where new products have to be developed, manufactured, secured for transport and shipped faster than in any other sector. T-shirts and other lightweight products can be simply packed in bags and shipped, while packages containing heavier goods need to be secured with strapping. AGV necessity?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

For example, a US corporation might buy more cargoes from Latin America instead of relying on Asian supplies. For example, in the motor industry, electric vehicle companies are looking at ways to recycle lithium and other components in batteries. Without such reforms, an economic depression is a real danger.”

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Ship Monk

AUGUST 28, 2023

Since there are so many different types of ecommerce businesses and many operate under a combination of business models, we thought it was time to clear up some of the confusion around those ubiquitous acronyms, and add a few more. Let’s take a look at the different types of ecommerce business models out there, with some examples of each.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 25, 2022

Japanese consumers know their mind: they prefer to have a large selection of goods, fast and accurate deliveries and, lastly, high quality packaging. Because it is easy to use, though it brings huge benefits in terms of packaging speed, precision and quality of work. Sitma believes it can provide a tangible solution to these needs.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The rise and rise of ecommerce, accelerated by the pandemic, brings new challenges for packagers looking to meet their customers’ sustainability targets. More parcels in more shapes and sizes means more packaging solutions, whether bagged or boxed. That’s where Italian packaging experts Sitma come in. Customers care, too.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

The KZV-111 pallet strapping machine and Saturn S6 stretch wrapper are tailored to end-of-line packaging needs in the beverage industry and designed to ensure safe and stable transport to beverage manufacturers and consumers. For example, empty beverage cans must be transported as efficiently as possible in large quantities.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In addition to hygiene and safety, durability and economy also play a significant role in producing, filling and packaging of beverages. They guarantee safe beverage handling in automated systems, when using forklift trucks, in high racks or when storing, for example, containers with concentrates in a refrigerated environment.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In addition, the pandemic has revealed critical dependencies, especially for packaging and drug delivery supplies, which has pushed supply chain resilience higher up on corporate agendas. The processes are analogous to, but with significant differences from, consumer eCommerce.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

This implementation is gathering momentum, and being agile is key to businesses meeting customer demand in the ecommerce era. Businesses will get the best out of automation by, for example, hiring planning managers with highly developed analytical skills that also understand general business dynamics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

Online to inflight, ecommerce is transforming international express courier services, writes Matthew Ware, CEO at CFL , Chairman at Aviation Services UK. It is widely believed that Sting’s “Ten Summoner’s Tales” was, in 1979, the first ever item purchased online – marking the birth of ecommerce.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

Narrow Aisle Ltd, for example, will demonstrate the benefits of the Easi-Pick, a compact ride-on electric-powered vertical order picker designed specifically with e-fulfilment operations in mind. The post E-Commerce technologies showcase at IMHX appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 26, 2020

Ecommerce companies along with manufacturers are the two sectors currently trailblazing the uptake of this technology, but any company, large or small, with a warehouse and requirement for materials handling can benefit – whether they are in retail, apparel, automotive, electronics or third party logistics (3PL).

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For example, it will not allow the back to make an incorrect posture movement. The post XPO Logistics Rolling out Hunic Exoskeleton appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. The Hunic Exoskeleton is designed to prevent the wearer from lifting with incorrect posture.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Plastic returnable transit packaging (RTP) like our Omega bread basket was designed from virgin plastic as a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly solution for bakeries to deliver bread and other baked goods across the UK. The Government wants all plastic packaging to be reusable by 2025.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

For example, in Poland, at the end of December 2020, the total supply of modern warehouse space stood at around 20 million sq m, with more than 5 million sq m under lease and more than 2 million sq m under construction, about 6% more than in the same period of 2019. growth in eCommerce channel sales, which is the highest rate in the world.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

billion by 2026, largely due to the growing preference for eCommerce online distribution. For example, there’s no need for a truck to drive hundreds of empty miles to pick up a load when another may be unloading nearby. The post Why FMCG Supply Chains are about Balance appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

The demand on ecommerce was staggering. Conversations about infrastructure, reshoring, last-mile delivery, regionalisation, automation, staffing, and ecommerce were happening across every industry. Ecommerce boom: the acceleration in ecommerce purchasing caught many companies by surprise.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Global ecommerce sales are set to reach $5 trillion (£3.8 These IoT-enabled robotic devices can sift through packages faster than humans can. The Amazon example indicates that as technology advances, adoption is likely to surge. The post The Autonomous Opportunity appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

. “We not only support our clients in developing holistic sustainability concepts for transport, packaging and storage optimisation, but we also offer a number of practical solutions which we have already developed to assist our clients in mastering these challenges.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“For example, controlling the colour register when printing a newspaper. The post Gentle Handling for 6000 Parcels per Hour appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. Rapid visual monitoring “We have our roots in the printing industry,” says Corbin Joosen, Head of Solution Design at EAE Solutions.

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Ship Monk

MAY 19, 2022

Sometimes the vendor can give projections of when the item will be back in stock and shipped, for example: “Won’t Ship Until July,” “Won’t Ship for 10 Business Days,” etc. Not all eCommerce brands offer backordered items for sale. Should You Offer Backorders? Are your supply chains streamlined enough to get backorders out as promised?

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

These customers are happy with the fast delivery cycle and don’t care if the package is left on the doorstep sometime during the day. This may be high-value impulse purchase goods or replacement items, for example. The post Home delivery: one size does not fit all appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

In the evaluation of the results, the large amount of data recorded makes it possible to determine precisely whether the dimensions of a system meet the requirements of the respective application or whether the system is oversized, for example, which is particularly important when optimising for energy efficiency.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2023

The GENI-Ant sorter can handle these kinds of fragile packages in a gentle way with no damages at all. As you know in the fashion world, the external packaging is very important for the brand image, almost as much as the content itself.

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