Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The combination of continually growing consumer and business demand, a supply chain permanently altered after adapting to Covid, and the Great Resignation has cumulatively impacted the nation’s warehousing landscape like never before.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

What is warehousing in logistics? In supply chain and logistics, warehousing plays the intermediate role in ensuring an uninterrupted flow of goods from supplier to consumer. The primary purpose of supply chain warehousing is to facilitate the distribution process and make your products more accessible to customers in remote locations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

When Covid triggered the e-commerce frenzy, many grocery retail logistics operations had little choice but to rethink their order picking methodologies and, as a result there is a trend away from traditional zone picking towards wave picking B to C strategies, says John Maguire, managing director of Narrow Aisle Ltd.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Busy places where employees are constantly in motion, picking and packing shipments, driving forklifts, and interacting with one another, warehouses and distribution centers must take special care to ensure that their employees, business partners, and customers stay healthy and safe. Take facility cleaning, for example.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So, what exactly does the future hold for warehousing? In the world of warehousing, this has become an increasingly important driver in boosting automation. These activities might include inventory management, stock replenishment, order picking, labour management, and shipping. The Internet of things (IoT).

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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The food and beverage industry has faced significant challenges and growth over the past couple of years. After yet another unpredictable and unstable year, many hope 2022 will bring more stability back to the industry. In this blog, we’re going to dive into some of the latest trends in the food and beverage industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 3, 2022

Due to the industry standard 4.0, Industry 4.0 The solution is versatile and takes over monotonous, weighty set-up and placement tasks, for example. For a customer in the textile industry, the AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle) is used for the automated loading of coil creels.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 10, 2020

But, picking the third party logistics specialist that will be right for your business can be a daunting process. Does it offer the range of services – warehousing, packaging, transportation and re-work – you are looking for? A 3PLpartner allows internet retailers to devote time to what matters most.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Is order picking always the same? Hardly any other field of activity in intralogistics is as diverse as goods picking. STILL – one of the leading suppliers of intralogistics solutions and a successful market player for more than 100 years – says it can provide the right order picking vehicle for any customer requirement.

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In this article, we’ll look at the ins and outs of pharmaceutical warehousing and tell you what you should look for in a third-party logistics (3PL) provider before entrusting your goods to its warehouse. About Pharmaceutical Warehousing. Temperature and climate-controlled warehousing. Temperature-controlled storage.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 15, 2022

Specifically, Honeywell sees six trends emerging in the warehouse and DC industries. Moving into the second half of 2022, we’re seeing heightened interest in long-proven warehouse automation systems that pick, pack, sort and carry packages throughout the facility. Increasingly aggressive adoption of proven automation technologies.

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FW Logsitcs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Dive into the concept of cross-docking, its key components, and how it differs from traditional warehousing methods. Cross-docking optimizes supply chain efficiency by eliminating the need for warehousing inventory. In traditional warehousing, inventory sits in storage for extended periods waiting to be used to fill orders.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 26, 2019

Visitors to IMHX 2019 – the UK’s largest intralogistics and supply chain event – will be able to see the developments in automation and robotics technology that are reshaping the way orders are picked, packed and dispatched, says event director, Rob Fisher. To register for your free IMHX 2019 visitor pass, go to [link].

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 11, 2022

Since mid 2021, it’s been prominently noted that the global logistics industry is experiencing great labour shortages, across all sectors, writes Johan Jardevall, CEO of Smart Robotics. For example, picking automation relieves warehouse employees from time consuming and physically demanding tasks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

A worker stages the robot in front of container doors, and it autonomously moves forward into the container under its own power and direction as it picks boxes, up to 60 lbs from the face and more weight if picked from the top, and places them onto attached conveyor that transports the loads out of the container.

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GoShip Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Labor shortages occur when the demand for workers in a particular industry exceeds the supply of people who are qualified and willing to take the job. Labor shortages can lead to warehouse inefficiencies when there aren’t enough workers to handle all the warehousing processes. Warehouse Inefficiencies . Truck Driver Shortages .

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Yale MRO16-20 will reliably support warehousing and distribution applications which incorporate both indoor and outdoor storage and handling areas. Smooth Transition The Outdoor Reach Truck is designed to transition from outdoor movement of goods to indoor stacking and picking.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

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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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This not only acknowledges their remarkable impact in the realm of automated storage solutions but also highlights their crucial position in Ireland’s flourishing export industry. This approach to business not only reflects their values but also sets an example for others in the industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The world´s number one robot manufacturing country is developing automation strategies that will not only target logistical issues but also a wide range of industry challenges the new working time legislation will cause. Industrial and service robots deliver great solutions to automate.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 30, 2019

Companies across the spectrum of the economy are expanding and demanding more from carriers and the logistics industry, and as a result, logistics capabilities will need to grow in accordance. Consider these industries and areas of the economy where logistics capabilities will expand throughout 2019.

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3PL Links

APRIL 16, 2024

The top businesses in the industry are already utilizing some of the major robotic automation ideas listed below, which you may implement in your warehouse to spur growth in 2023. increased protection of industrial operations and data. This equipment can help with staff performance, warehousing, and data collection.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

These are categorical technologies such as “assisted picking robots” or “robotic arms” rather than the technologies of specific technology providers. There are currently more than 1500 go-lives of technologies that passed through the productization phase into commercialization and industrialization. Autonomous Mobile Robots and AGVs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Companies annually spend about $325 billion on warehousing — and 85% of that cost goes to operating expenses that include labor, space and equipment. Let’s look at the example of an order that needs to go out by 5:00 pm, when FedEx or UPS is making a pickup. Warehouses also represent an enormous cost center.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 19, 2022

UKWA – the United Kingdom Warehousing Association – has warned that many logistics service providers will be unable to absorb these increases and will have little option but to pass these on to their customers. By November 2021, the remuneration for both forklift drivers and order pickers were up 8% year-on-year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2021

During the Winter of 2020, I attended the Logistics and Warehousing Executive Briefing organized by MassRobotics. Features are specific functionality sets such as “picking.” Finally, the connector to the Voodoo Robotics pick-to-light technology was selected. SVT Robotics is one of the first names I heard in this niche.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

PSI Logistics GmbH will be demonstrating live at LogiMAT (Hall 8, Stand D76) a new, cloud-based IoT application for warehousing, the integration of the digital voice control assistant “Amazon Alexa” into the value-added processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. Uberization: Exploring On-Demand Transportation, Labor and Warehousing. In fact, the on-demand industry was estimated to account for $75 billion in 2018. [1] Consider warehousing space.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Robotic solutions for automated storage and retrieval, as well as order picking, provide the secret to successfully hitting seasonal peaks – and can give a competitive edge at this crucial time of trading, writes Stefan Pieters, CEO of Movu Robotics. Pallet and bin shuttle systems for automated storage and retrieval are a prime example.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2024

The solution meets the issues of 3pl industry by providing flexible in product handling and throughput. For its customers in the Chocolate Industry, stock may include ingredients and primary goods for chocolate making through to bars and boxes of chocolates, numbering as many as 1000 SKUs depending on the stock profile.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2021

In this article, Logistics Bureau’s Mal Walker, who has spent decades exploring all aspects of warehousing, offers some valuable tips on warehouse design and operation. That means that people actually pick something up and put it down seven to eight times, either manually or using MHE. 3) Triadic Warehousing. 2) One-Way Flow.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Today’s industrial racking game is a relentless race to the bottom. Instead, it takes a more consultative approach with its customers to ensure their warehousing operations run safely and smoothly.“ At Amazon, for example, at their peak picking times they double their workforce and they need additional picking stations.

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Stord

MAY 15, 2024

For example, parcel carriers normally sort and scan only in the evenings, and with a few exceptions only on weekdays. Some shippers might even simply print the label and not even pick and pack for a day or more! It’s important to note that there’s always some dwell time; it’s to be expected and not a problem.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

spoke on best practices on supply chain risk management at ARC Advisory Group’s Digital Transformation in Industry conference. Autoliv is the world’s largest safety system supplier in automotive industry. Autoliv is the largest supplier of safety systems to the automotive industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In light of the high-profile challenges faced in supply chains since March 2020, there is a growing need for digitalisation and greater automation in logistics, intralogistics and warehousing. For example, an application may need a battery with an irregular footprint, or one that can operate at extremes of temperature.

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Conger

DECEMBER 13, 2022

What Other Industries Use RF Scanning? How Is RF Scanning Used in Warehousing? RF scanning can be used for picking, put-away, stock replenishment, and shipping and receiving operations. More accurate picking. Warehouses can use RF scanning alone or in concert with other technologies, like RFID scanning and voice-picking.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

The grocery industry is extremely competitive, as shoppers change consuming habits fast and change stores even faster,” says Kari Miikkulainen, Director of Warehouse & Distribution Industry Sales at Cimcorp. Our job is to help industry players provide their shoppers with more high-quality fresh produce in less time.”

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