Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 1, 2024

Or they can order online and pick up the product at the store. An omnichannel order management system helps companies meet growing customer expectations. For an online order that needs to be delivered within 24 hours, for example, the rule might state that the goods should be shipped to the consumer from the closest location.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

I spent the full day yesterday roaming the floor and meeting with exhibitors. The HAI autonomous case handling robots clearly show a value proposition of flexible automation providing throughput for high storage density facilities and operations. ProMat 2023 is being held this week, March 202 -23 in Chicago.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 12, 2023

I therefore took the opportunity to meet with a few of the independent consultants in attendance. For example, instead of traditional longitude latitude coordinates, electric power distribution companies often use approaches such as linear referencing and network connectivity to describe asset context and attributes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

DC operations in many companies are becoming more complex and changeable, with new business requirements, which are now coupled with new forms of modular automation and robotics. These companies face critical decisions in upgrading and enhancing their operations to continue to be competitive.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 27, 2021

Work has been completed to turn one of the five freight hubs operated by U-Freight Logistics in Hong Kong into a smart warehouse. When there are no operations staff at the EFC, the non-sleeping AGVs still execute instructions and pre-arrange the required goods to be ready for pick/pack when the operations staff return to work.

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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. For many, it generates more revenue than the first three quarters of the year combined.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 27, 2024

You can never replace the human element of any operation. Top Time-Saving Fulfillment Center Solutions At a glance, for your ecommerce business to thrive you need a fulfillment center and fulfillment services outfitted with time-saving automation that make picking, packing, shipping, sorting, and managing more efficient.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2021

It turns out that the distribution center is a target rich environment for using AI, with the potential to drive significant operational gains. For example, only a minority of DCs today have installed systems for product slotting, workforce planning and other core warehouse functions. AI-Based Warehouse Optimization Examples.

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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! Having such a system with underlying tech in place in your fulfillment operation is crucial.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Retail peaks such as Black Friday can seriously challenge intralogistics operations. In fact, depending on the sector, peaks will keep popping up throughout the year – Valentine’s Day, Easter, summer goods and Halloween being just a few examples. Not so long ago peak in retail meant Christmas.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

The company operates a highly scalable partner network model – in effect a ‘hub and spoke’ system ­­- that enables it to provide online retailers with cost-efficient, countrywide reach. Just a single worker is required to operate the system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

There’s a new reason to optimize DC operations, and it’s bigger than the old reasons of productivity and efficiency gains. On top of the insatiable desire for everyone to buy online fueling ecommerce growth in DCs, the high cost and scarcity of warehouse labor is crushing to many DC operators. AI holds the promise for big gains.

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FW Logsitcs

MAY 13, 2024

Businesses need to deliver orders quickly to meet customer expectations. By offering fast order processing, picking, packing , and shipping, businesses can meet these expectations. It’s important to ensure accuracy throughout the entire fulfillment process, from picking and packing to efficient shipping.

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3PL Links

APRIL 16, 2024

Image source: Wikimedia | Top 9 Technology Trends for Your Warehouse in 2024 Distribution warehouses bear a great deal of responsibility these days because of the direct impact their operations have on the customer experience. optimizing workflow productivity and operational outcomes. preserving resources, including cash and time.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 4, 2024

You support all areas of the operation with a smile and service-minded attitude. She works on Day Shift and goes above and beyond every day for the team with all the effort she puts into ensuring our inventory is as accurate as possible and keeping our locations clean, organized, and pick ready. We’re so happy to have you in the team.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Look at the Warehouse Layout Incidentally, while you evaluate the warehouse layout from a lighting perspective, it’s worth considering, in parallel, whether it’s also optimal for operational efficiency and productivity. Here at Logistics Bureau, we’ve been helping warehouse operators with layout optimisation for decades.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

We’re talking about tasks like picking and packing orders, verifying delivery addresses, finding the most affordable way to ship packages, tracking deliveries, handling problems, and managing returns. Let’s take ShipMonk, for example, one of the fastest-growing 3PL fulfillment providers in the US.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Throughout Olvi’s logistics centre in Lisalmi, Finland, goods are mainly produced at the brewery and then automatically transferred to the high-bay warehouse for storage, picking, and dispatching. The 24-hour cycle means that we must pick and deliver one day’s goods within 24 hours,” says Ilkka Heikkilä. Automatic picking.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

For example, ShipMonk customizes logistics services and associated fees to the unique needs of every client. It can be easy for costs in different levels of your supply chain to slip between the cracks because there are so many layers to an ecommerce store operation. That transparency is key to keeping track of your budget.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The “man-up” vehicle expands the intralogistics specialist’s product range for wide and narrow aisle warehouses, thus offering distribution centre operators and manufacturing companies an even greater choice of customized solutions. Depending on the power requirements, for example, a 24v and a 48v motor are available.

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

These driverless machines have replaced some manual labor and forklifts, moving materials efficiently and safely, thus redefining industrial operations. The Benefits of Implementing AGVs in Your Operations Enhancing Workplace Safety AGVs offer numerous benefits but let’s first talk about safety because what is more important?

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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. Without the need for lift truck aisles, the atlas system maximises storage capacity on a given footprint, while also removing manual handling, helping to reduce both personnel risk and picking errors.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. To illustrate the type of passengers we work with, I think it’s best if I recall some examples from my pilot years. I picked her up for transport to the Bay Area. Those are very touching examples. Preparing for Champ Camp.

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Conger

MARCH 22, 2024

These driverless machines have replaced some manual labor and forklifts, moving materials efficiently and safely, thus redefining industrial operations. The Benefits of Implementing AGVs in Your Operations Enhancing Workplace Safety AGVs offer numerous benefits but let’s first talk about safety because what is more important?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 4, 2019

Thanks to an improved design and many technological refinements, the new order pickers meet the ever-increasing demand for efficiency and productivity in order picking, says the company. Getting in and out up to 300 times, starting and stopping again – countless small interruptions define the picking processes in warehouses.

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FW Logsitcs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Cross-docking serves as a vital tactic in this process, playing a significant role in ensuring operations stay efficient and cost-effective. Supply chains that utilize this process are able to meet customer demands faster by avoiding extra inventory handling steps. But the goal is always to improve supply chain efficiency.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

Youibot’s Automatic Trolley warehouse fulfillment solution utilises its brand-new assistance picking robot AT100 AMR and its robot fleet management system YOUIFleet to integrate with retailers’ and 3PL’s existing infrastructures and workflow and help them meet their increasing fulfillment demand, while ensuring a low ROI.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Yale Lift Truck Technologies has launched a new Outdoor Reach Truck, which it says applies smart design to meet the operational needs of logistics businesses. in height, allowing operators to perform both functions with just one forklift. The launch of the Yale MRO16-20 is part of that evolution.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

Covid-19 – and the lockdowns introduced in an effort to restrict its spread among the population – changed the way goods are stored, picked and moved to the consumer dramatically, with the switch to online shopping in particular forcing retailers and their logistics partners to radically rethink and rapidly adapt well-established working practices.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Edward Hutchison, Managing Director of BITO Storage Systems , applauds the UK Retail Sector for meeting 2020’s challenges and looks forward to supporting it through innovative intralogistics installations in 2021. This places enormous pressure on intralogistics operations to improve order-picking productivity.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Providing up to 50% more storage capacity than traditional racking on the same footprint, a Pallet Live Storage (PLS) system can contribute significantly to accommodating sufficient stock to meet growing demand from a grocery retailer’s customers. This provides dense storage and rapid access to orders.

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EazyStock

MAY 20, 2022

The right technologies can increase efficiency by improving stock control and pick accuracy, warehouse flexibility, responsiveness, and safety and security. Warehouse management systems support day-to-day warehouse operations. Automated picking systems. There are several types of automated picking systems: Pick-to-light.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2021

Any company shipping physical products today – whether to consumers or to other businesses – needs to meet higher service expectations, including faster order turnaround in the DC. For existing DCs, ecommerce has also added complexity to their operations. new automation systems and hardware).

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

One such business is Vincent Timber, who have been operating from the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham since 1923. Briggs Equipment , alongside its partners Combilift and FTC Safety Solutions, were able to present a solution that ticked every box, through from operator comfort, advanced fleet management to on-site safety and productivity.

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Trinity Logistics

APRIL 20, 2023

I remember the first time I dispatched a driver to pick up a shipment thinking, “Wait, I just met this carrier for the first time. I’ve sent their driver to pick up a shipment for one of our top customers.” Leased-on drivers are a great example of this. But what about referrals – good or bad – from other logistics companies?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2022

An operation that is optimizing the real time flow of goods is also well-positioned to manage unexpected events. Real-time insights allow the operation to rapidly make informed decisions. These vehicles can enable operating companies to reduce their number of required vehicles and lower cost structures.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2021

“We are excited to see Boreal leverage our picking solution to support a leading e-commerce company like SP Digital with the efficiency and accuracy needed to expand its business,” said Randy Randolph, Senior Director Channel Relationships, of Geek+ America. “By

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