The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In the Cloud model, upfront costs primarily consist of: WMS implementation (requirements definition, system configuration, system and user acceptance testing, integration to existing corporate and/or material handling systems, go-live support, etc.). WMS Software Cost Drivers. There can be some deviations from this basic model.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 16, 2024

Forklift telematics systems deliver the vital statistics data that every warehouse or distribution centre manager needs to get the most from their materials handling equipment budget. For example, how busy are they during their working day? Are more drivers needed to run the operation smoothly or is the opposite the case?

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Conger

JANUARY 27, 2023

Examples of automation range from a household thermostat to a large industrial control system, self-driven vehicles, and warehousing robots. Examples are industrial robots and multipurpose CNC machines. Process Automation Process automation means using technology to automate manual processes through data and systems integration.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

Modeling AMRs is Complex I interviewed Hamid Montazeri, a senior vice president of software engineering, robotics, data science & AI/ML at Locus Robotics. The Solution Supports Drill Down Views Modeling collaborative AMRs is more complex than modeling manual warehouses or warehouses with bolted-down material handling systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 20, 2022

When and how does real-time warehouse data deliver productivity? In general, real-time location data on mobile assets in a warehouse is most valuable when the assets are valuable and highly mobile. Real-time data is most important when time value is high. Real-time data is most important when time value is high.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

MODEX is the leading trade show for supply chain, logistics, and material handling solutions in North America. Examples of Supply Chain Robots at MODEX 2024 Several exhibitors at MODEX 2024 showcased their innovative solutions for supply chain robotics, demonstrating the diversity and potential of this field.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2021

As an entrepreneur I’ve been reflecting on this a lot: The current milestone in logistics and fulfillment is using emerging technologies to capture and leverage exponentially growing data sets in warehouses and throughout the entire fulfillment network. Data sets have grown quickly in the cloud paradigm – and they exploded in 2020.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 4, 2022

According to the recent SYSPRO global research survey, an enormous 82 percent of Fabricated Metal Manufacturers experienced supply chain and material handling disruptions over the past twelve months. The great advantage of the cloud is that storing this information is far easier and cheaper than on-premise data storage.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Let’s add Big Data , Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to the conversation, all of which have been on the menu at this year’s conference. . It’s easy to think of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotics as four distinct things. The post Material Handling & Logistics Conference: Day 2.

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Turvo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Real-time data is critical to the supply chain’s smooth operations day in and day out. Examples would be some traditional forms of material handling equipment. Faster communication with automated messaging and data sharing. Data collection and analysis can be accurately applied to the network.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The data around Singles’ Day is staggering. However, smart eCommerce retailers are now turning to automated storage and tote handling systems in their distribution centres to ensure they can maintain service levels even during such volume peaks.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2024

By investing in digital twins and other technologies that provide real-time data and predictive capabilities, businesses can shift from reactive to proactive supply chain management. By harnessing IoT, organisations can make smarter, data-driven decisions that optimise not only their performance but also reduce vulnerabilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 12, 2021

One example of this is an application study in the Port of Antwerp, which includes one of Covestro’s largest European production sites. Another common image involves autonomous material handling and, perhaps, even a factory that is entirely operated remotely. Covestro is participating in tests of 5G.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2024

A WMS needs a warehouse control system to control the material handling equipment. For example, the AMR zone may need additional inventory as work proceeds. For example, the WES may want the inventory picked from location X rather than location Y. With gray box AMRs, the WMS can send order lines. That was not fully true.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A key element of Siemens’ service approach is predictive maintenance: collected data helps detect changes in the condition of systems and their components at an early stage. To store and analyze the data obtained, Siemens offers the open, cloud-based IoT operating system MindSphere. Installation is also possible on third-party sorters.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The cooperation with suppliers is changing, transport volumes need to be adapted, master data is gaining importance, packaging designs are becoming more important, employees are being given new areas of responsibility and need different qualifications, stores have to be involved, perhaps even the end customer as an e-commerce purchaser.

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Conger

APRIL 1, 2024

Examples include cleaning and lubricating the moving parts or replacing parts before they wear out. This strategy contrasts with predictive maintenance, which relies on real-time data to predict when a machine might fail. Lubrication: Ensuring all moving parts are lubricated reduces friction and wear.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As automated guided vehicles ( AGVs ) navigate through warehouses or production halls, they become real data collectors. Data that is, however, immediately deleted again. The data collected via sensors and cameras can be used in the ARIBIC cloud to create continuously updated 3D maps of warehouses or production facilities.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

It’s also a great example of how the boundaries between what we traditional think of as “IT” and “OT” cybersecurity are blurring.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 20, 2021

All this data can be accumulated and combined into a barcode and marked on the part. Barcode readers then decode the data throughout the part’s lifecycle and reliably transfer the information into an ERP software system ensuring full traceability for each part of a finished vehicle. A robust traceability system.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2021

Crown, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, has refined the design of its GPC and MPC Series order pickers and TC Series tow tractor as part of the company’s continuous product improvement efforts. This includes, for example, the ergonomic full-suspension operator platform.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

There are many other similar growth examples in warehouse automation. Daifuku doesn’t explicitly break out warehouse automation, but it does report on its intralogistics business (including manufacturing material handling). The Kardex Mlog division offers integrated materials handling systems and automated high bay warehouses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

By doing this, you can run a day or a week in the life of your operation and get back data on its performance capability. Material handling. Examples of use. Then you can run different scenarios over a similar seven-day period, against the data you have collected, to create an accurate “compare and contrast” picture.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 22, 2022

The shift from oversupply to the current worldwide shortage has impacted raw materials, inbound logistics, the factory floor, and the outbound warehouse. SYSPRO research revealed that 82% of fabricated metal businesses have experienced supply chain and material handling disruptions, further eating into diminishing margins.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Toyota Material Handling UK has helped the award-winning premium snack producer, Burts Snacks, to reduce intralogistics costs and achieve significant handling efficiency gains across its business. For example, if a lead acid battery is opportunity charged, this can cause significant implications to the battery.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

With the switch to lithium batteries, the efficiency and safety of materials-handling equipment and other off-highway and industrial electric vehicles are improving. Forklift battery CAN integration guarantees that the battery and the host truck or charger are working as one system and exchange all necessary data.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Since their introduction in 2021, the latest electric counterbalance trucks from Linde Material Handling (MH) have been setting new standards with regard to ergonomics, visibility, safety and energy efficiency. Now, the Linde E25 to E35 models are also available in explosion-proof versions. Close collaboration.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

To assist designers, I will outline seven key principles applicable to a warehouse or DC design, compiled from a review of literature, discussions with industry specialists and materials handling companies, plus my own design experience gained over many years and projects. For example: Why will it exist? Is it part of a network?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 26, 2020

Ecommerce companies along with manufacturers are the two sectors currently trailblazing the uptake of this technology, but any company, large or small, with a warehouse and requirement for materials handling can benefit – whether they are in retail, apparel, automotive, electronics or third party logistics (3PL).

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 14, 2022

Over the past few years, seventy percent of businesses experienced material handling and supply chain disruptions. Singapore, for example, relies on Malaysia for one-third of its total poultry supply. The dark side of supply chain disruptions. This was further exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2021

7) Selecting the Materials Handling System. If you have a low number of SKUs and a low volume, you’re going to have a very simple materials handling system. Sometimes the volume stays the same but the SKUs increase, as highlighted by the following example. 8) Know Your Data. What are your rivals doing?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 14, 2024

And, following a competitive tender process, Toyota Material Handling was awarded the contract to oversee the design and build of the new unit’s racking and storage scheme from start to finish. For example, having one point of contact allowed us to reduce the amount of management time we had to dedicate to the project considerably.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In fact, 97 percent of companies working with 3PL partners have reported successful relationships, asserts Material, Handling and Logistics, driven in part by stronger, more powerful technologies, including data-driven analytics, assessment of rate classification and improved customer-service capabilities. .

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The initiator of the event is once again the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Association with its member companies. B2B trade visitors can observe the functions of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) for themselves from 21st to 23rd March and exchange ideas with developers and scientists.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To assist designers, I will outline seven key principles applicable to a warehouse or DC design, compiled from a review of literature, discussions with industry specialists and materials handling companies, plus my own design experience gained over many years and projects. For example: Why will it exist? Is it part of a network?

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Smart attachments like Ravas iForks demonstrate how to shift forklift value away from mere materials handling and in the direction of data sampling. have created an ever-growing demand for data input as a tool to optimise supply chains and reach required profit levels. Logistics Business reports.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 18, 2016

When the Internet first arrived, the idea of waiting for an extended period to receive a product was great, asserts Gordon Hellberg of Material Handling and Logistics. The push toward a more efficient, data-driven supply chain will result in more competition among companies.

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