Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

Sealed Air has also launched a new Modular Pack Station, which enables companies to save space by more ergonomically organising both paper and inflatable packaging equipment. The Modular Pack Station is available in a single, double, or bespoke configuration, and can be expanded as businesses grow.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

A BMS monitors the state of the battery on the cell and pack levels, controls power output, and optimizes the performance of individual cells. Other important data that a truck receives from a CAN-integrated battery include its temperature and voltage both at a cell and a pack level.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The SICK Lector611 with Liquid Lens packs outstanding read performance and operational versatility into an ultracompact device. As well as code-reading duties in fast-moving production and logistics, is therefore ideal for reading direct marks on electronics or automotive components, for example. mm for 2D codes.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

When labour is hard to come by and costly, investing in carton handling equipment can increase efficiency in many ways, for example, a machine can erect up to 22 cartons per minute compared with three erected per minute manually. appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. This also eliminates the need for void fill.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2022

Within a packing station, tapes, scissors or label dispensers can be secured at the most convenient position for the user. For small businesses, a pack bench may double as a product image backdrop and the tape can facilitate this transformation via the easy removal of suspended objects or the quick tidying up of the flat surface.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2022

In an EV, for example, a high-energy battery allows the vehicle to drive further on a single charge – but it lowers power input and output and extends charge times. The cell is the same size as Toshiba’s current 20Ah product, allowing current customers to easily upgrade to the improved input and output power with the same module pack.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Robots also help reduce errors in order fulfilment by automating repetitive tasks such as picking and packing. The challenges of the trucking industry are good examples to show how robotics and automation deliver adequate solutions for our workplaces of the future.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Whether dealing with the direct dispatch of individual goods, packing multi-pack products, or meeting the complex requirements of returned goods packaging, the servo X e-com ensures products are packed with the lowest amount of material needed, automatically adjusting the film bags with four sealed sides to the product’s length.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 19, 2022

Craig Whitehouse, Managing Director of Invar Group, says: “We are witnessing a technological revolution in the warehouse – AI and robotics is transforming operational performance, particularly around dense storage, order assembly and packing.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, problems may be related to barriers against sharing data, the complexity of underlying processes and systems, conflicting interests or resistance to change. Visual insights help to quickly resolve disputes by verifying claims and giving proof of exactly what was received, picked, packed and dispatched. Literally. (1)

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2023

This may arise from rusting of the ship’s structure or metal cargoes, oxidation of cargoes such as coal or the decomposition of biodegradable cargoes, for example fish meal, logs, bark, or wood pellets. The post Death in Confined Spaces: Hidden Danger appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 18, 2021

For example, additional ways to leverage the shipment-level execution include continuously optimizing and consolidating shipments, tracking the entire shipment lifecycle, integrating systems, and logistics transportation services. In many cases, this refers to the intuitive workflows that exist with the TMS in operation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The company in this example has tailored its fulfilment concept precisely to these demands and implemented it with state-of-the-art technology from its long-term intralogistics partner SSI Schaefer. Example contents include headache pills, nasal sprays, and adhesive bandages.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How do you bring flat-pack / boxed items (such as shoes or accessories) together with soft clothing – will that require a separate sorter? Buffering between processes The ability to buffer between processes with different throughput rates – for example, ecommerce, retail store, returns handling – is powerful.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 12, 2023

For example, all pieces of a non-sold SKU can be brought together to a packing station where they can be put into a tote or carton and sent back to storage as a single lot. The post Omnichannel Returns Resolution appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 28, 2023

This new, highly automated spare parts warehouse is a flagship project for both Dematic and the entire KION Group and a prime example of our combined strengths in terms of our own technologies within KION,” explains Andrea Campora, Senior Vice President at Dematic EMEA, adding, “Dematic and Linde plan to share the site when it is ready.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

Thus it must be possible to transport the packed stacks safely on the loading space of a truck, preventing them from slipping and being damaged due to sudden steering moves or hard braking. Spiekermann remembers a customer who had to stack filled jam jars directly from production on pallets and pack them securely.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The company has an illustrious history in both conveying and packing high-volume items – it made its name wrapping newspapers and magazines for distribution across the world – so it is well placed to lead the field in the ecommerce packaging arena. That’s where Italian packaging experts Sitma come in.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

October 2023, for example, saw high streets slump to a 2.7% For example, the throughput capacity of traditional automation, such as shuttles and mini-loads must be fixed at the maximum forecast requirement when the system is installed. drop in sales volumes year on year, with Black Friday also quieter than in 2022.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

It is clear that something needs to be done and the BCMPA is calling for the industry and government to help effect immediate change, extending the exemption from self-isolation to workers in the contract packing and fulfilment industry. The post ‘Pingdemic’ exemption can save Christmas appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

to 5 ton (Diesel 9VB/VC series) machines, have become a perfect example of this approach. The post New Diesel ‘Smart’ Forklift Trucks appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. These new generation forklifts, ranging from the 2.5 ton lifting capacity (Diesel 9V series), to the 3.5

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are transforming order picking processes and within the packing area, a common pain point for both throughput and labour, advanced automated fit-to-size packaging systems are offering scale at peak and flexibility to cater for a wide variety of order profiles – and that can be across several clients.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

Narrow Aisle Ltd, for example, will demonstrate the benefits of the Easi-Pick, a compact ride-on electric-powered vertical order picker designed specifically with e-fulfilment operations in mind. The post E-Commerce technologies showcase at IMHX appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Oakland International co-founder and group CEO, Dean Attwell, commented: “With such a vast roof and large energy bill, not to mention a moral obligation that we should lead by example, it was an obvious choice to look up and use Bardon’s immense roof space to power our facility, with solar power being the obvious choice.”.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 23, 2022

Premium versions include, for example, a new generation of high-performance ring wrapping machines with patented Cube Technology, suitable for wrapping and stabilising pallets with stretch film. For example, pallets with canned goods have to be wrapped differently than beverage crates, bottles or milk cartons.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 17, 2023

The machine is suitable for the direct dispatch of individual goods, packing groups of products, or meeting the complex requirements of returned goods packaging. The post Hugo Beck Showcases Ecommerce Packaging appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For example, an application may need a battery with an irregular footprint, or one that can operate at extremes of temperature. Ultralife has worked with engineers globally to develop bespoke battery packs and chargers that meet requirements that might not be achievable with a COTS product.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The smaller the ‘cube’ the more items can be packed on a pallet and loaded onto a vehicle.If For example, Apple has just shrunk the box on the new iPhone 12 to both improve logistics and help the environment. . In logistics, we talk about ‘cube’. the item has a large ‘cube’ less items can be carried.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 15, 2020

Prior to the introduction, most of our warehouse was handled manually with operatives working at eight benches, packing all items by hand, and manually printing labels and invoices on two separate printers. The post Automated Packaging System “Eases Warehouse Social Distancing” appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Order items will be fed to one of nine ergonomic workstations, from which they can be picked and transported to the packing and shipping area. An example of what impressed us was the capacity to easily scale up the system to achieve a higher throughput, if required.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

Businesses will get the best out of automation by, for example, hiring planning managers with highly developed analytical skills that also understand general business dynamics. The post Automation: Driving Force to Supply Chain Efficiency appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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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. The post Peak Season Efficiency with Mobile Label Printing appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Nulogy’s software provides the ability to meet the specific challenges arising from the pandemic, for example enabling a business to track employees in real time to be prepared in the event of a potential COVID-19 infection within a production site.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2021

For example, more efficient workers mean inventory and accuracy both improve, with less time required to fix miss-picks and address performance issues, creating more opportunities to explore further cost-saving improvements. The post Managing change to smooth technology transition appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

foldable sleeve pack, particularly for those customers using large volumes of inner packaging and fabric dunnage. Take for example an automotive manufacturer who is looking to move steering wheels in bulk from its factory to the assembly line. Designed by CABKA_IPS, the new CabCube 1210 XL Lid was developed to be compatible with the.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 28, 2023

KNAPP’s Pick-it-Easy Robot (pictured) will pack and pick diverse items into different containers in a live demonstration. For example, the KiSoft software configures the AMRs, so they go where they are needed, and also trains the KNAPP Pick-it-Easy Robot picking robots so they continually improve.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

“We offer customised complete processes that make it possible for each order to be packed in a ready-to-ship box,” explains Martin Jönsson, Vice President of Enterprise Sales Europe at Packsize. The fully automatic X7 packaging line, for example, produces up to 1,200 differently sized ready-to-ship packages per hour.

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