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Automation To Help Smooth Singles’ Day Peak

Logistics Business Magazine

Originating at China’s Nanjing University in 1993 as a sort of anti-Valentine’s Day, Singles’ Day is celebrated by unmarried people in China on the 11th November. For example, a system such as the 3D vertical sorter from Libiao Robotics enables retailers to handle exceptional volumes of items even at peak times.

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Lenovo Excels in Supply Chain Planning with a Hybrid Approach

Logistics Viewpoints

An iGPU (integrated graphic processing unit) is a current example. As an example, if we have congested lanes, the system will automatically flag that we have a potential risk of delay based. For example, we’re working on telling the solution that it has a budget. During COVID constraints were popping up all over the place.

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7 Cost Saving Tips Every Supply Chain Manager Should Know

3PL Links

Example: Retail giant Zara uses real-time data from its stores to adjust inventory dynamically. Warehouse Automation: Automated picking and sorting systems can improve accuracy and speed while reducing the need for manual labor. In many cases, automation can reduce picking errors that lead to returns and lost customer trust.

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Robots Take Center Stage at MODEX 2024

Logistics Viewpoints

MODEX 2024, held in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 11 to 14, attracted more than 35,000 attendees and featured over 150 educational sessions, keynote speakers, and networking events. Here are some of the examples that caught our attention. They can also work alongside humans or independently, depending on the task and the environment.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

The next step was to take the planning slips for each postal code, or two or three postal codes if we knew they were geographically close together, and sort them into piles, representing nominal routes, totting up the weights of the orders to see when a route was maxed out. KPI dashboards and reporting: This is linked to tip #3 above.

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Increasing Severe Weather & Supply Chain disruption: Are You Prepared?

Trinity Logistics

Severe weather events are the new normal. Severe weather events are becoming more intense and commonplace, causing supply chains to struggle. CASES OF SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION FROM RECENT SEVERE WEATHER Climate change has led to an increase in severe weather events. Can the logistics industry handle more supply chain disruption?

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Shelf Stable Food Commodities

ECW

Were all dealing with the same issuesgeopolitical instability, economic fluctuations, and extreme weather events. Take the Panama Canal, for example. Were also seeing more frequent extreme weather events, which used to be “once in a century” but are happening a lot more often now.