Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Smart automation solutions for the entire inbound and outbound logistics and intralogistics process are the key to increasing efficiency while reducing complexity for customized implementation. The free MTpro planning software speeds up engineering, for example with quickly adaptable models.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2023

Part of this positive experience is supported by high product availability and rapid white-glove delivery. Furthermore, quality customer service was not always delivered in the most efficient manner. One telling example is that an item would sometimes pass through three DCs before final delivery to the customer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2023

The concept of digital twins has emerged as a powerful foundational tool to drive improvements in warehouse productivity and efficiency. Let’s start by looking at the true benefits of digital twin concepts and what they can specifically mean to bringing productivity and efficiency gains to you operation.

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Conger

JANUARY 27, 2023

Many companies are excited by the prospect of increasing efficiency and productivity with some help from automated equipment. Examples of automation range from a household thermostat to a large industrial control system, self-driven vehicles, and warehousing robots. Curious about the different types of automation?

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FW Logsitcs

MAY 13, 2024

Learn how mastering e-Commerce shipping can optimize efficiency and boost success. They expect fast and efficient delivery times, often viewing shipping speed as a key factor in their purchasing decision. Imagine a customer eagerly awaiting their new gadget, only to receive the wrong item or a damaged product.

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Dedola Global Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2023

Transloading: A Comprehensive Guide With Client Examples Transloading is a process that involves transferring cargo from one mode of transportation to another during the shipping process. This can be an efficient method, as it allows for the rapid transfer of goods without the need for additional handling or storage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 20, 2022

When and how does real-time warehouse data deliver productivity? For example, missing a train by five minutes can incur an hour delay. More directly, warehouse time is related to productivity per hour, with time as a cost driver (hourly wages, asset costs). Real-time data is most important when time value is high. Final Word.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 15, 2021

These new tools will free time for managers and engineers, making them more productive and their DCs more efficient and effective. Proactively re-slot products to improve efficiency. Proactively re-slot products to improve efficiency. Predict and eliminate stock outs and other exceptions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 15, 2023

In Southern California, for example, they have a 670,000 square foot warehouse that serves eight different fast-growing ecommerce retailers. Their selection of Blue Yonder is another example of this. The use of robotics reduces training times and helps workers become highly productive much faster. They are likely to be lower.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. So here it is—your ultimate guide to warehouse product slotting. What is Product Slotting. As this is an “ultimate” guide, we’ll start with the basics.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 5, 2015

It goes without saying that warehouses need to find ways to prioritize workplace safety for the health and productivity of the workforce. The following is our top 10 list of ways warehouses can drive more efficient and productive warehouse operations: Consider Automation. Optimize Labor Productivity. by the year 2025.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This is particularly valuable when goods need to be delivered in a specific order or when handling products of varying shapes and sizes, which may not easily be loaded through the rear of the vehicle. Selecting the appropriate combination of forklift and reach forks is of paramount importance in terms of both maximum efficiency and safety.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

Plenty of examples of warehousing. This allows companies to keep a closer eye on inventory levels, product flows, and shipping. Less product damage and better brand experience for customers because there’s no intermingling between one company's goods and another's. Their pros and cons. Answers to common warehouse questions.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 22, 2022

If you’re ready to embrace automation in your warehouse , follow these four steps to ensure your efforts result in greater efficiency: Step 1: Map out your goals for ERP. For example: Your inventory manager likely wants better accuracy of the quantity and location of inventory. Step 3: Develop a plan for ERP.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Calculating the productivity and efficiency of any operation is, at its most basic, determining the ratio of cost inputs to revenue generated. Supply chain productivity is no different. Cost control measures in supply chain efficiency should address three major areas: labor, inventory and transportation.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 22, 2022

If you’re ready to embrace automation in your warehouse , follow these four steps to ensure your efforts result in greater efficiency: Step 1: Map out your goals for ERP. For example: Your inventory manager likely wants better accuracy of the quantity and location of inventory. Step 3: Develop a plan for ERP.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Product slotting can significantly improve warehouse productivity—and reduce labour costs by up to 30 percent. Simply put, product slotting is about putting the right product in the right place so you can pick it in the most efficient way. How Supermarkets Slot Products. How Warehouses Slot Products.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 19, 2022

In production environments, intralogistics activities performed by humans are often non-value adding according to Lean methodology. But to let those AMRs work as efficiently as possible, clever software is a must. o Robotics bv, says: “Our solutions focus primarily on production companies, and their processes can be very complex.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 31, 2023

With its ECO service, NORD helps companies to find the most energy-efficient drive solution for their application. This helps to further streamline production, logistics, storage and service processes. Together with the data evaluation, the customer receives a recommendation for an efficient NORD drive solution.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

Robert Branigan, vice president of international distribution and logistics at Wonder , says that automation is the driving force to improving supply chain efficiency. Systems need to operate relative to the order sizes to enable efficiencies. To drive efficiencies, operations managers need to understand more about material flows.

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Beyond Efficiency: The Human Element’s Impact on Logistics | Image source: Pexels Modern technology, smart equipment, task automation, and management systems. All of this is done in an effort to increase customer satisfaction, increase productivity, and cut expenses. Take a look! What is the role of the human factor in logistics?

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

At the company headquarters in Osterholz-Scharmbeck, production takes place on a total of 15 assembly lines, which are supplied with components from an indoor warehouse and an outdoor warehouse. More efficiency through new picking strategy. For example, new dashboards will soon be added to make it easier to evaluate key figures.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In contrast, instore retail must make sure that its warehouses are operationally capable of picking, packing and sending goods to stores in time for shoppers to buy their products over the festive season. Redesigning efficiency and productivity around mobile linerless printing This is where mobile, linerless printing offers a better solution.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 16, 2021

Tugger trains and a synchronized material supply are an important component of value-added and customer-oriented production logistics – this has long been recognized by the automotive industry. At the plant, large heavy engines weighing 1600 kg as well as other vendor parts were to be delivered to the production line just-in-time.

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WorkWave

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Business efficiency refers to how much output a business produces versus input. If a company can produce quality work for a small amount of money, time, and resources, then it is considered efficient. However, many factors can affect efficiency in the workplace, including unproductive employees and business growth.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

More than 1,500 exhibitors from Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa will present their current portfolios of products, systems, and solutions for efficient intralogistics processes to an international industry audience across 125,000 square meters of the fully booked exhibition centre—7% more exhibit space than last year.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

And customers, many of whom are Millennials, want to know the sourcing of the products they buy and will make decisions based on a company’s sustainability record. The result is that companies must balance the expectations of these groups with the need to make a product that consumers want and are willing to pay for. In the U.S.,

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Stord

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Stord is one of the few logistics providers afforded certain permissions that improve truck utilization and delivery efficiency, ultimately leading to lower costs and higher fill rates for brands in its pool. Services or features referenced are provided for example only and specific results are not guaranteed.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Businesses need also address speed and accuracy, with the average consumer expecting rapid deliveries of products that are both made to order and easily returned. Thanks to the IoT, modern warehouses can be more connected, coordinated, and seamless in their operations, helping them manage escalating demand and run more efficiently.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2024

This transformation was brought about by the incorporation of algorithms that enhanced worker productivity. Lucas Systems, a seasoned player in the industry, is a prime example. Kyle Franklin, a senior solution consultant at Lucas, gave a simple example. The seed creates a travel-efficient path. It shouldn’t be.

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Companies who embrace these changes can stay ahead of shipping needs, coordinate the arrival and departure of shipments at distribution facilities and offer customers full transparency regarding product tracking. Having uniform data instantly updated across many locations translates into an efficient organization. Hybrid Supply Chains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

It showcases the latest products, technologies, and services from over 900 exhibitors across various sectors and industries. Robots offer many benefits for supply chain operations, such as increased efficiency, productivity, accuracy, safety, and flexibility. Here are some of the examples that caught our attention.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 15, 2023

The landscape of higher education is constantly evolving, and with it, the need for efficient and sustainable logistics systems within universities has never been more crucial. Implementing strategic procurement policies that prioritize eco-friendly and cost-effective products (Brammer & Walker, 2011). A report by the U.S.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 1, 2022

If you talk about companies that have developed their supply chain management efficiently, a few names that will probably come up first might be E-commerce giant AliBaba, or a distinguished company like Coca-Cola, who have a big market share in their industries. But what makes Walmart’s supply chain so good?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 24, 2022

One of the key benefits of Operator Eye is that it enhances the efficiency of running machinery without the operator having to change behaviour. The post GXO Uses AI Solution to Boost Warehouse Efficiency appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 16, 2021

Data analytics for logistics can make all the difference in the world when it comes to reefer truckload service delivery efficiency. And a new suite of products, ranging from artificial intelligence through visualization tools to see lane acuity, are changing the game. last year and $2.19 the year prior. But how can technology help?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Bridging the Gap Between Concept and Productivity. Jerry Hudson of Open Sky Group finds it imperative to focus on weighing operational conformity to the base product versus the impact of solution modifications to meet “current state” processes. Who’s doing your heavy lifting? appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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