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Robots Take Center Stage at MODEX 2024

Logistics Viewpoints

MODEX 2024, held in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 11 to 14, attracted more than 35,000 attendees and featured over 150 educational sessions, keynote speakers, and networking events. Here are some of the examples that caught our attention. They can also work alongside humans or independently, depending on the task and the environment.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In reality, it would take several rounds of fine-tuning to get all the orders sorted into routes without leaving any vehicles underutilised.”

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6 Types of Automation [Benefits, Pros/Cons, Examples]

Conger

Examples of automation range from a household thermostat to a large industrial control system, self-driven vehicles, and warehousing robots. Examples are industrial robots and multipurpose CNC machines. For example, full warehouse automation to support event-driven, mission-critical system delivery.

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LogiMAT ’24 Has Your Back

Logistics Business Magazine

Exhibitors from nearly every sector of the industry are coming to LogiMAT 2024 to present their latest products and solutions for ergonomically optimized intralogistics processes, healthy workplaces, and injury prevention. The intralogistics industry has not been spared the ravaging effects of demographic change and labor shortages.

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Nine Key Steps to Enabling Resilient Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Now more than ever, organizations must prepare their supply chain for the present and the unknown challenges and opportunities in the future. Doing so helps organizations detect market shifts and makes supply chain decisions more forward-looking than an analysis of the past, present, and at best, a tactical view of the future.

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

The only solution is to boost efficiency by optimizing processes for the long term. This requires complete transparency across all steps and events along the entire supply chain. Taking all aspects into account is the only way for logistics companies to have a solid foundation for decision making and holistic optimization.

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Optimizing the food industry: a conversation with UniSoma’s Luis Pinto

AIMMS

The first product of this partnership is TacticalOps, a Planning & Optimization solution for Food Manufacturers. I spoke with Luis Pinto, Partner at UniSoma, to understand the need for new planning and optimization solutions in the global food supply chain. I’ve seen the attitude towards optimization evolving yes.