Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2023

Locus Robotics, a global leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for warehouse automation, has announced that its AMR solutions have now picked more than two billion units, reinforcing the company’s position as a premier robotic fulfilment provider for the warehouse and logistics industry. million picks per day.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 20, 2024

With 900,000 square feet of operating space, the site has been configured for retail and consumer brands with omnichannel requirements thanks to high-capacity racking, a state-of-the-art pick to light system and three levels of mezzanine flooring for lightweight goods.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Locus Robotics , a market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment warehouses, has surpassed the one billion units picked milestone. This new achievement was attained just 59 days after Locus registered 900 million units picked. 5000 for the second successive year.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Pallite, the award-winning international designer and manufacturer of high-density storage bins, has taken on bigger premises in Milwaukee, US to facilitate the demand for its honeycomb cardboard pick bin units. From the date we acquired the building to the date we had inventory in storage ready to be picked was six weeks.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Despite early predictions of lowered volumes, Locus customers once again picked a record number of items using LocusBots during this critical holiday shopping period,” said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. “It million units picked per day, representing a 2x increase over 2021. During this same period, LocusBots averaged 3.3

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2022

ECS Tuning, a leading US automotive parts business, has reduced manual packing constraints by adopting right-size packaging automation, helping the business meet increasing order volumes and supporting current customer demands and future growth. ECS Tuning has a long and celebrated history supporting the European car community in the USA.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Successful, scalable eCommerce order fulfillment hinges on efficient pick and pack warehouse operations. The heart of any fulfillment center, pick and pack is the process of filling an online order, from the moment the order is received to the moment a shipping carrier loads it onto a truck destined for the customer’s front door.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The technology will make its picking operations more efficient, flexible and agile by reducing required space, improving picking times and extending the life of its logistics facilities. The AutoStore-based solution meets our business needs perfectly. Dematic software will control and manage the entire operation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 21, 2023

Third-party logistics operator Factor 5 recently commissioned a goods-to-person solution featuring an AutoStore automated storage and picking system provided by intelligent automation solution provider Dematic. And we wanted a solid service partner who would be there for us to support our own growth projections for the coming years.”

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Total supply chain solutions provider Oakland International has announced the appointment of Jas Sittre as Operations Director. Previously General Manager for transport and warehouse operations at DHL, Sittre has a wealth of operational experience having held a number of senior roles within the logistics sector.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, optimizing warehouse operations is crucial for achieving operational efficiency. Predictive and prescriptive analytics have emerged as valuable tools that enable warehouse operations managers to streamline processes, minimize costs, and enhance productivity.

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ShipLilly

AUGUST 29, 2020

The use of pick and pack methods is both an art and science. Picking orders : A warehouse worker will use the packing slip to select items from the shelves in the warehouse. This is the critical aspect of pick and pack services. By using an effective inventory storage strategy, it is possible to meet customer requirements.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

These measures will enhance the ports’ landside operations to help meet the unprecedented growth in cargo volume moving through the San Pedro Bay. Specifically, both ports will expand the hours during which trucks can pick up and return containers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

The new solution, which previewed at LogiMAT 2024, is designed to help dynamic warehouse and intralogistics operations optimise order picking efficiency, while helping to reduce costs for applications which also need to load and unload lorries. With this new Yale solution, orders can be picked and then driven directly onto a lorry.

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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. Over the years, Mal has come to appreciate that there is real science behind distribution centre design , operation, and flow management. 2) One-Way Flow.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2024

This article is from Scott Mullins, EVP of Operations and COO at Lucas Systems, and looks at self-distribution in healthcare systems. However, if a healthcare system is not able to effectively manage its distribution operations then it may end up incurring more expenses than it would have otherwise.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Drajpuch also served as COO at third-party logistics provider, Kane Is Able, and has held senior operations roles at Kuehne & Nagel and Con-Way. Order fulfillment: Amware Fulfillment picks, packs, and ships client orders. It also provides a variety of shipping options, so clients can choose the one that best meets their needs.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Metrics like conversion rates and average order value can keep you up at night when you’re not meeting revenue goals. But there are a host of other metrics and KPIs on the operations side that have just as great an impact on the profitability of your ecommerce business. It tells you at a glance how you’re doing at meeting that goal.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Honeywell has announced that one of the largest suppliers of fresh and frozen produce and fruit in the US Midwest has deployed the company’s mobile computers, tablets and software to help its mobile workers pick, pack and ship perishables. The post Food supplier modernises DC operations appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Ship Monk

JULY 12, 2023

Whether that was scaling up to meet the demands of consumers trapped at home during Covid, dealing with supply chain issues, or now finding themselves in a much softer consumer market, change is the only thing that has been consistent. What advice can you offer towards “holding the line” this year to ensure success this year and beyond?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Myth #1 – Robots are well-suited for all picking styles Today there are AMR’s that can handle almost all styles of picking. Using AMRs as take-away or transport systems will eliminate some worker travel, but warehouses will still need to optimize pick rates and minimize worker travel within picking areas.

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Locus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When customers get to pick the delivery date and time that works best for them, it’s a win-win situation for both parties. Higher first attempt rates and on-time deliveries help you Align operational excellence with customer experience. Choose from many delivery options. Unlock new revenue with premium fulfillment options.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2022

” The Pack2Patient solution is designed to meet all regulatory requirements, including the Falsified Medicines Directive. KNAPP also supplied ‘pick-to-light’ walls in a semi-automated Sort & Pack area, where orders for items not suitable for handling by the Pack2Patient automation are consolidated.

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Conger

MARCH 20, 2024

Imagine finding yourself in the heart of a warehouse surrounded by a seamless operation. Designing Your Warehouse for Maximum Efficiency We are not merely engaging in a game of storage Tetris; our focus is on enhancing the efficiency of your business operations. Analyze: First, take a close look at your items.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When a leading online shoe store experienced rapid growth, CEVA began looking at ways it could help the company meet consumers’ demands for speed and cost of delivery. Following the project’s seamless implementation, CEVA saw an immediate improvement in key performance indicators, most notably a fourfold increase in picking efficiency.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

One of our consulting clients, a leading automotive parts distributor in Australia, recognised that the picking productivity in their warehouse was not good—somewhere around 15 lines per hour. So, after two years, not only had this company increased their line picking rate from 15 to 50 per hour, they also reaped some very tangible benefits.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Within the 87,000-square-foot warehouse, Cimcorp designed a space-saving, high-density layout and custom automated solution centered around its MultiPick robotic order picking system. Cimcorp worked closely with us to develop an ideal solution that would make optimal use of our warehouse space and meet our present and future business needs.”.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 3, 2022

Through the Internet of Things (IoT), robots are becoming increasingly sensitive, autonomous, mobile and easier to operate. For this purpose, it picks up pallets with yarn spools, transports them to the designated creel and loads it for further processing. The robot can then accurately pick up the coils and process them further.

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Locus

MAY 10, 2023

Meet Sarah , a hardworking professional who returns home after a long day at work to an empty fridge. The driver receives the notification, picks up the order, and heads to Sarah’s address. How does on-demand delivery operate? This feedback helps maintain service quality and improve future operations. But fear not!

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The BG innovation center is an operating warehouse where the development team creates, tests, and enhances its solutions. The solutions are designed to support single and multi-item processing typical in e-commerce fulfillment and store replenishment operations. Inventory totes arrive at an operator workstation. Robotic Picking.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A reliable order picking system is therefore vital. Online beauty products company flaconi in Germany is using Wanzl’s KT3 order picking trolleys at their 10,000 sqm warehouse in Berlin. “We flaconi has a total of 100 trolleys, provided by the industry expert, in use every day for both storage and picking.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2024

They operate both their own fleet and a dedicated fleet, that has 5,300 trucks. What used to take us an hour, we can now service customers, in many cases, under 10 minutes, and our picking speed is as much as 300% more productive than when we did it manually (picking out of shelving or out of racking in our buildings).”

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Kardex FulfillX takes the unexpected surprises out of go-live and allows new AutoStore systems to ramp-up faster and meet or exceed business cases in as little as 6 months. This user-friendly picking display responds to movements and enables ergonomic, fast, and error-free picking.

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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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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Note: Today’s post is part of our “ Editor’s Pick ” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This presented some key challenges in such a high-velocity operation,” Spata says.

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