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A Quick Guide to Make Picking & Packaging More Efficient

GlobalTranz

Warehouses are an integral part of most industries – but order fulfillment can take a lot longer than is strictly necessary if your picking and packaging processes aren’t as efficient as they could be. Just half a percent of picking mistakes can lead to losses in profits, as well as customer losses.

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Smart Fashion Picker: Cobot picks items of various sizes

Logistics Business Magazine

As of today, Smart Robotics , a global leader in picking automation as a service for warehouses and logistics processes, is announcing the official launch of their latest cobot – the Smart Fashion Picker. Picking items in warehouses is a repetitive process that’s hard-wearing on the people who manually pick and place items.

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Six trends impacting the warehouse automation industry

Logistics Business Magazine

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. Without more automation, an additional 3.5

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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

I hope we can agree that Amazon will disrupt an industry if it wants to. Amazon announced that it shipped 5 billion items through Prime alone in 2017, and some analysts estimate it will ship over 4 billion packages in 2018. If you pick up one package for every one you deliver, shipping revenue generated by that truck would double!

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3 Myths About Voice-Warehouse Management System Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

One of the first things people ask when investigating voice picking and other mobile applications for their DC is “how will the new applications work with my existing systems?” The fact is that most DCs have installed voice-directed mobile applications with host or legacy packages and made the decision later whether to upgrade to a new WMS.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 29 – August 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Teamsters union has already said it is “putting infrastructure in place to help affected members get the assistance they need to find good union jobs throughout freight and other industries.” The center, known as YXU1, will see employees work alongside robotics technology to pick, pack and ship up to 750,000 items a day.

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Top 10 Food Industry Predictions for 2022: A Strategy for Success

WorkWave

These past few years haven’t been “regular” to say the least, yet they’ve shaped the industry into where it is today and guided the future of this fast-paced industry. Check out the top 10 food industry trends for 2022 that you need to know about: Seamless Take-Out & Delivery Operations. Many of us are grateful for that.