Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

High-speed doors for the lorry entrance EFAFLEX has installed very high and wide doors at the Ždírec factory in order to allow large lorries to enter. High-speed doors on the upper floor But high-speed doors with large dimensions are not the only interesting applications at the STORA ENSO factory in Ždírec. billion euros.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

Focus topics and products In 2022, the focus was mainly on innovative, energy-saving drive solutions to significantly reduce the energy consumption in industrial applications and to appropriately respond to the increasing energy costs – for example by using the patented DuoDrive and the high-efficiency IE5+ motors.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2022

NORD’s production is characterised by a high degree of vertical integration: All quality-determining components are produced at NORD and manufactured in our own factories. For intralogistics and warehousing, for example, the drive specialist has just defined industry-specific optimised solutions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 21, 2024

SICK has unveiled a pioneering compressed air monitoring system that accurately predicts where significant energy cost-savings can be made by fixing air leaks and removing wastage across entire logistics facilities. They can make their production processes more sustainable, for example by reducing their CO2 consumption.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Transport and logistics is a highly regulated industry when it comes to health and safety, writes Wouter Satijn (pictured), Sales Director of Joloda Hydraroll. This means transport and logistics companies must constantly be on the lookout for new risks, and proactive ways to improve and implement better working practices.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 23, 2022

A manufacturer of plastic bags for food packaging that operates a factory in Poland has been using Delta automation technology on its production lines for years. Several heat sealing machines and conveyer systems were in operation at the factory before the expansion. Everything is compatible right out of the box.”.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2023

Three things prevent many industrial companies from automating logistics in their factories and warehouses; automation tends to be expensive, inconvenient, and incredibly time-consuming to implement self-driving forklifts. And Global AGV is the simplest stand-alone logistics solution on the market.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Three stories, large windows, white facade: From the outside, the Polymax Group factory in the Chinese coastal city of Ningbo could also be located somewhere in Germany. Wolfram Geuting tries to spend at least two days a week in this factory. 210 employees work in the factory. In order to supply around 8.3

Supply Chain Design Software 51

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Cosmin Carstea, CEO of DP World Romania, said: “We are very pleased to have reached this significant milestone in the construction of this multi-modal terminal, which will be a big step in helping DP World become an end-to-end logistics provider in Romania. “As Rashid Abdulla, CEO of DP World Europe, said: “Our purpose is to make trade flow.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 16, 2020

is to close its existing Suzhou factory in 2022 and open a new manufacturing location within the local area. In 2019, about half of the output of Interroll Suzhou was delivered to destinations outside of the People’s Republic of China, with large-scale projects for the Korean e-commerce sector, as an example. Interroll (Suzhou) Co.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Quality granted by Pramac: 100% tested and calibrated from the factory. Lifter by Pramac is always working towards improving its range with best in class, innovative products, and the perfect examples are the new forks and pressure scale systems.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

It would be tempting to think of reverse logistics as forward logistics done backwards. Reverse logistic isn’t simply a reverse gear. Reverse logistics can also have a dramatic effect on steering a company’s fortunes. Reverse logistics is therefore worth doing, and worth doing properly.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2023

Nord’s production is characterised by a high degree of vertical integration: All quality-determining components are produced at and manufactured in Nord’s own factories. For intralogistics and warehousing, for example, the drive specialist has just defined industry-specific optimised solutions.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Examples might include running dedicated trucks to the customer; or we might have people working in the customer premises to process shipments on their behalf, perhaps including specialpackaging requirements or customs paperwork.”. This is where data software vendor The Information Factory came in.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

In order to participate in various research projects, develop innovative products and implement a smart factory, the intralogistics provider STILL has now set up its own 5G network at its Hamburg headquarters. “These are interesting, for example, in indoor logistics when integrating driverless transport systems.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 14, 2021

Automation in logistics is no longer a distant dream. The advantages of automated logistics processes have been known for years. Intelligent technology optimises logistics processes. The AGVs are manufactured in the same factories as the manual series vehicles. Automation as a success factor.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2023

The new factory meets the highest manufacturing and quality standards and will allow Baoli to upgrade its range of forklifts for the entry-level segment to a completely new technological level. For example, the newly designed mast, which is up to 6,500 millimeters high, gives operators an excellent view of the load and its surroundings.

Modeling Software 53

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

To ensure that more truck drivers are back home in the evening, for example, the forwarding association Elvis wants to set up a meeting network for full truck loads. The best of the best also differentiate their recruitment strategy – for example, according to generations or potential groups such as newcomers or foreign workers.

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Now, That's Logistics

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It’s the time of the year businesses throughout China shut down, factories cease operations, and activity at the country’s transportation hubs come to a grinding halt. However, most factories will stop operations until March 2. The Chinese New Year is right around the corner. Is your supply chain ready for the Year of the Dog?

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Networked production processes and digital factories provide an important key to securing Germany’s competitiveness and innovative strength as a business centre. An associated lighthouse project is IC4F (Industrial Communications for Factories), in which the Hamburg intralogistics company STILL is playing a major role.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

It can accurately notify relevant organisations of the arrival of a consignment at a port of exit, for example, or give advance warning when goods are likely to be late reaching their destination. The post UK Fund to Boost Freight Innovation appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

With a load capacity of 1,000kg and a reach height of up to 7.83m, the vehicles meet customer needs such as those found in online retail, small parts logistics in distribution centres and factory supermarkets. Depending on the power requirements, for example, a 24v and a 48v motor are available.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Up to five hydraulic functions can be implemented directly from the factory. With a full cab, for example, the two-part driver’s doors can be opened 180° and fixed to the truck frame. This makes it possible to move the truck with the doors open, for example in summer.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Within a business context, examples of sustainable transportation measures may include using an electric vehicle fleet or reducing the number of miles between stops on routes that have more than one stop. Enhancing control of energy usage in factories and warehouses by moving the loading operation indoors.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2020

One example being the use of carbon-neutral biogas at Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Sweden in Mjölby, who achieved zero carbon emissions in 2019. The factory is the first of the TICO Group to achieve this, and has been awarded by Tekniska Verken as sustainable company of the year for the many initiatives they have been driving.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 11, 2023

Exadis, which was already relying on the Infor M3 on-premises ERP solution, has renewed its partnership with Infor as part of its migration to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud using Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise, Infor Factory Track production automation and the ADS solution from Infor’s partner Authentic Group.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In the fashion and fast-moving consumer goods sectors alone, these are more than 100 brands, including, for example, Marc O’Polo, Jack Wolfskin, KiK and Wenko. Many companies can become even more efficient – for example, by optimising the deployment of drivers with the help of trailer concepts or more decoupled loading times.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For instance, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, where Hyster Big Trucks are produced, any non-recyclable waste is incinerated in the Netherlands’ cleanest burning facility, and any excess heat is used for heating in the factory building and nearby homes. Solar panels have also been fitted to provide some of the power to the site. “We

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The racking business of stow stands out in the sector by having a production footprint spanning Europe with 10 racking factories and a network of 20 sales companies giving direct access to, and close contact with, the customer. Our racking solutions are customised around standard products, enabling us to have highly automated factories.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 55

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Take for example an automotive manufacturer who is looking to move steering wheels in bulk from its factory to the assembly line. The post Oversized Lid Protects Return Packaging in Transit appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. So, how does it work in practice?

Packaging 36

Packaging Factories Packing Security 36

Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Denso Wave Europe, part of the Toyota group, is one of the market’s leading providers for mobile data collection and offers various advantages for logistics and warehouse management. and the Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming increasingly important not only for the inventors of the QR Code, but also for the logistics sector.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 14, 2020

The factory for the e-mobility brand, which has just been launched in the European market, started production in Herne in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia at the end of March. million kilometres every year, including trips at building sites, factory premises or chemical parks. Its employees travel about 7.5

Modeling Software 36

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

Every Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks product that leaves the factory is built with the same vision behind it. For example, this means any parts they don’t currently have in stock can be with you quickly from the central parts hub. The post Getting best value from fleet investment appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 20, 2023

With an all-metal construction and IP54 rating, OTTO 600 follows the OTTO Motors legacy of AMRs built to deliver results in the most demanding of factory environments. “In For example, operators can specify lanes where larger AMRs cannot enter, ensuring smaller AMRs remain unblocked and are able to keep moving for higher throughput. •

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Efaflex has supplied high-speed doors for efficient plant logistics to the Seebach site in Thuringia. “We Maintenance and repair costs are also extremely low, which is why all older doors in the factory are gradually being replaced by those from the specialist for high-speed industrial doors. They are opened here using a card reader.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 18, 2016

Additionally, overall maintenance costs have dropped by 30 percent, and predictive maintenance has reduced machine-specific failures by 70 percent, reports Louis Columbus of Forbes magazine. Source Forbes Magazine). For example, pre-emptive maintenance may be used to reduce machine downtime in factories.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Factories are finding new ways to change how products are made, reflecting an increased need for shorter product life cycles. In fact, rapid design and lightning-fast prototyping, reports Mark Dohnalek of Manufacturing Business Technology magazine , will allow manufacturers to design and produce products in a few days, if not hours.

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