Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Even as essential stores in most areas reopen and many lockdown measures start to lift, the shift to ecommerce shows no sign of slowing. As such, fulfilment delivery has become the most important differentiator for ecommerce. This presents a huge opportunity for organisations to capitalise on the shift in consumer behaviour.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

“Warehouses are having to find ways to pick more orders, more efficiently, not least because the retail and eCommerce industries continue to boom,” says Monica Radavelli, Product Manager for Yale Lift Truck Technologies.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

At ProMat, we look forward to demonstrating in person how our systems help ecommerce and other industry clients transform the way they do business now, while also offering solutions to guide their future.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

Narrow Aisle Ltd – the VNA materials handling solutions specialist – recently hosted a series of distributor open days at its UK Flexi Truck manufacturing plant in Great Bridge, West Midlands. The robots and pickers work alongside Flexi Trucks safely in VNA aisles assembling customer orders.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Along with the rapid growth of ecommerce, there is a strong desire to develop faster fulfilment strategies and importantly, equally efficient returns processes. The issue at present is cost, but hopefully, prices will come down as the technology takes off. At present, a number of 3pls are investigating this approach.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2022

Over the past seven years, we’ve participated in the scheme operated by the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA) in partnership with automotive manufacturer, Toyota,” explains Evans. “We Further celebrations will take place in the UK when Georg Utz Ltd holds a Family Fun Day in late August.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The ecommerce site showcases an extensive range of storage solutions, warehousing equipment, industrial shelving, storage bins, lockers and much more. With this rebrand and rebuild, Storage Direct has introduced a new generation of technology and ecommerce that underpins a streamlined online customer experience.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Across a range of industry sectors, it offers automated handling, sorting and access in a variety of modes such as order-to-person and carrier-to-person. To address this demand, the Mushiny Xi’he iRMS system can provide unprecedented compatibility and seamless integration in a completely open platform, making it easy to deploy and use.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 31, 2022

Relentless eCommerce trends continue to put tremendous strain on distribution and fulfilment operations worldwide. Three recommendations emerged from the interviews as businesses navigate challenges both present and future along their automation journey: Focus on augmenting and securing, not replacing the worker.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s a tough situation for manufacturers that will present real cash flow pressures. “Price increases as much as 45% presented us with fairly significant issues, and then with the cost of those materials increasing week by week people started panic buying any available stock. Crazy lead times. www.unleashedsoftware.com.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 16, 2016

It is these factors that must be considered in with regards to this group and how you present information to them. With the advent of eCommerce , the logistics industry has experienced a great impact with a supply chain that has multiple channels and is quickly changing in order to meet the needs of the consumer.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 3, 2023

Rebranding at LogiMAT In addition to its latest innovations, Swisslog’s stand will also present the company’s rebranding, launched in March of this year to reflect its leading position in the digital and dynamic world of intralogistics automation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

The customer receives the evaluation in the form of a PDF document which presents the main key data. Measuring over the entire period creates a high density of data that can identify patterns and random outliers, allowing a load cycle of the entire system to be created.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Dexterity’s AI platform uses a broad set of intelligence, so it can be used to handle the complexities of truck loading required by operations. A Sense of Touch: Dexterity AI-powered force control gives robots a unique sense of touch so they know how to gently nudge boxes together in creating tightly packed walls.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year Award will also be presented during the reception. The award is presented by the Logistics Hall of Fame and donated by TRATON SE. Humphrey is Logistics Leader of the Year. This year, the trophy goes to Neil Humphrey, President, HAVI Supply Chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

Delta , a world-class provider of industrial automation solutions, will be presenting a full range of automation products for the packaging industry at this year’s Hispack in Barcelona. The post Delta presents comprehensive packaging automation appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Logistics Hall of Fame also presents the TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year Award to current pacesetters in logistics. The aim of the Logistics Hall of Fame is to act as a worldwide platform to publicise the performance capability of logistics and its importance for society. It is sponsored by TRATON SE.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

Despite huge growth, the past and present companies have many similarities: the spirit of innovation, the commitment to supplying the highest quality products and the culture of a family business. Today, Utz employs almost a hundred times more people than the 16 who worked in the Zurich workshop all those years ago.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The market leader for reusable transport packaging made of recycled plastic will be presenting its broad portfolio of large load carriers and pallets at ProMAT in Chicago (March 20-23, 2023) at booth S4149. ProMat is an ideal platform for Cabka’s large load carriers and pallets, which combine innovation and sustainability.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

A vision-based inspection system designed by AMH Material Handling and developed and installed by Bytronic has brought significant benefits to a major international garment retailer garment conveyor. The GOH conveyors developed by AMH Material Handling process millions of garments every year.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2022

High CapEx automation, where conveyors and shuttles are bolted to the floor is no longer seen as flexible enough for the fast-changing world of ecommerce and logistics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Now, however, highly flexible automation is changing the dynamics of the warehouse, particularly around ecommerce operations – and this is reshaping how 3PLs can present their service offerings. That at least has been the traditional thinking.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With IO-Link, using either device for identification also presents an opportunity to reduce cabling significantly, lowering costs and enabling more efficient installation. The addition of IO-Link opens up opportunities to configure edge integrations with other IO-Link sensors and IO-Link Masters.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Many operations that have straightforward pallets and cases also deal in irregular shapes and outsizes that present their own challenges. Picking individual or multiple sheet material from racking is a good example. But that is never an excuse not to investigate how storage efficiency and picking productivity can be improved.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 5, 2023

At the SPS manufacturing event in Parma, Italy, Bonfiglioli presented technologies including its mechatronic solutions for industrial automation, packaging and intralogistics, robotics and IoT. Two intralogistics solutions were also presented at the fair.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Real-time operational data is presented to staff stationed away from the active systems to resolve exceptions quickly and efficiently. By planning tasks for the robot such as arm movements around the source and destination bin exchange phases, the software optimises pick cycle times to maximise throughput.

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Logistics Manager

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

I have more than 25 years of experience in design and implementation of automated material handling solutions in the Food & Beverage, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Tobacco and Banking industries. Along with a growing ecommerce market and initiatives from the government for Industry 4.0 are affecting the automation industry?

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Every £1 billion extra spent through e-commerce generates need for 750,000 sq ft of extra space, and ecommerce is just one competing need for warehousing. Rental rates are soaring and even the 40 million sq ft that Knight Frank expect to see completed in 2021 may not restore a functioning market. Demand for space is only going to increase.

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Conger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For example, if you’re an eCommerce company that stocks and ships goods, your “key elements” would be metal shelving and pallet racks. For instance, you’ll need space around workspaces, equipment, and aisles for employees to work and material handling equipment to pass. What Materials And/Or Products Will You Handle?

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