Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 20, 2024

Lucas Systems, a seasoned player in the industry, is a prime example. With dynamic prioritization, planners assign priority codes and work groupings that allow related tasks to be grouped. Kyle Franklin, a senior solution consultant at Lucas, gave a simple example. UPS orders become Group 2, and USPS becomes Group 3.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The new logistics centre of German food group EDEKA Handelsgesellschaft Nordbayern-Sachsen-Thüringen mbH located in Marktredwitz, is currently under construction and will start operations in mid-2024 – both technologically and economically. The post German food group plots sophisticated DC appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Logistics Manager

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The auspicious occasion was attended by senior executives and employees representing all the divisions within the Evergreen Group. Chang of Evergreen International Corp, during the address, he thanked employees and business partners for their continued efforts in helping the Evergreen Group with their achievements over the last 50 years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This is the only supply chain software company that the industry analyst firm ARC Advisory Group knows where AI Vision is core to the solution. For example, if you want to train a computer vision system to recognize a dog’s image, you will start by using humans to look at tens of thousands of images of animals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

Top Challenges Faced by Companies: Customer Preferences: Example: An online fashion retailer faces the challenge of constantly changing customer preferences. Supply side shifts: Example: A global coffee manufacturer experiences disruptions due to a natural disaster affecting one of its key suppliers in Brazil due to dry weather.

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Example: Retail giant Zara uses real-time data from its stores to adjust inventory dynamically. Example: Amazon’s fulfillment centers are famous for using robotics to streamline order processing and packing. Example: A manufacturing firm faced potential delays when a hurricane disrupted operations at a key supplier.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 6, 2020

Essex-based international logistics business Uneek Group will implement Microlistics WMS this year as they focus investment into expanding their service offering and improving operational efficiency. The implementation will initially include two Uneek Group warehouse sites of approximately 55, 000 square feet in total.

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Logistics Manager

AUGUST 23, 2018

One of Europe’s leading logistics service companies, The Rhenus Group has recently opened their own New Zealand entity, Rhenus Logistics NZ. The Rhenus Group CEO for Far East Asia, Jan Harnisch had this to say, “We’ve been investing in the expansion of our network in the Asia-Pacific region for several years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2024

A Tier 1 WMS Should be Capable of Complex Optimization ARC Advisory Group does global market research on the warehouse management system market. The more orders it downloads, the greater the AMR system’s ability to intelligently group orders and increase throughput. We write about trends in this study.

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Freightos

MAY 23, 2024

Air cargo for example, though continuing to make digital strides, is still behind – and is often compared to – passenger travel where digitized capacity, pricing and online bookings have been around for decades and is in some ways the digitalization template air cargo is referencing.

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NGT News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Innovation Lab at Volvo Group, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, is a place where Volvo Trucks can collaborate with start-ups to combine real-world insights, analyze emerging trends, and validate new products and services aimed at helping customers improve both their economic and environmental sustainability goals.

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

For example, using Excel to manually calculate buffer stock levels and re-order quantities. For example, when a procurement officer doesn’t have to spend 5 hours fiddling with calculations on Excel, he or she can now spend that much more time negotiating with a supplier or maybe even researching substitute products of better quality.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Warner Music Group was an early adopter. For example, a buyer might say, “You only shipped me 800 of the 1000 products I ordered.” For example, a pallet supplier in the United Kingdom would be able to look at the analytics and see what their market share in the UK is. Users at Warner Music now automatically get insights.

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Transporeon

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Entries provide examples of innovative approaches and impressive metrics of sustainability programs. Yuva, editor for Supply & Demand Chain Executive. We congratulate this year’s honorees for their commitment to sustainability and recognize their tremendous achievements.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 11, 2024

And when we feel uncertain, humans tend to look for examples of what others in our situation have done. We’ll give you some examples of social proof, and we’ll even rank them in terms of trustworthiness. Humans have a powerful need to fit in with whatever group they’ve joined. What is Social Proof? Some of it? Most of it?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

At some companies, these relocations involved moving groups of different sizes from different offices with hundreds of possible destinations. The groups themselves were non-homogeneous with people of different ages and interests. We will consolidate their characteristics to create representative groups.

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IoT World Today

APRIL 18, 2019

Larry De Shon, president and chief executive officer of Avis Budget Group, which owns Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental and car-sharing firm Zipcar, among others, has a fresh perspective on the car rental industry. ( Avis Budget Group is a finalist in the IoT World Awards for Best Enterprise IoT Deployment.)

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 26, 2024

Developers could work in smaller, more specialized groups to improve a software component without risking the entire application. Blue Yonder, for example, has created a microservice for transportation optimization. Manhattan Associates, for example, has been gradually releasing microservices-based applications.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

ARC Advisory Group’s research on the warehouse technology markets ( WMS , Warehouse Automation , and Mobile Warehouse Robotic s) shows that 3PLs are prominent investors in technology. I had the opportunity to speak with Alan Prillaman, SVP of Client Services at Open Sky Group , about the 3PL market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

TyresOnTheDrive.com, now Halfords Mobile Expert (HME) part of Halfords Group PLC, a UK provider of automotive and cycling products and services, is a great example of taking delivery and service appointment scheduling to another […]. The post Thought You Knew Everything About Delivery/Service Appointment Scheduling?

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

America West Coast spot rates , for example, have spiked more than 70%, passing the $5,000/FEU mark and their previous 2024 high hit in February when prices first soared on the start of Red Sea diversions. Since the end of April, Asia – N. Learn more about Freightos Terminal here.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 16, 2018

I saw an excellent example of this system in Saramax Apparel Group they manufacture clothing garments. The companies install pick to light system when they want an accurate and fast picking to be performed. after picking. source: .

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

For example, using Excel to manually calculate buffer stock levels and re-order quantities. For example, when a procurement officer doesn’t have to spend five hours fiddling with calculations on Excel, he or she can now spend that much more time negotiating with a supplier or maybe even researching substitute products of better quality.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This accomplishment is part of the Group’s broader decarbonization strategy, aiming for Net Zero by 2050. The Group’s carbon footprint assessment revealed a total of 61,305 tCO2eq emissions in 2023, down from 83,031.82 tCO2eq in 2022.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

An example of such technology is the ‘Smartris’ drive unit from Lafert , which is equally suitable for tow vehicles, assembly line trucks and mobile robots to mention just a few of its potential applications.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2024

Waving intelligently groups the tasks that need to be completed to reduce associate travel times and improve throughput. The more orders it downloads, the greater the ability of the AMR system to intelligently group orders and increase throughput. For example, the AMR zone may need additional inventory as work proceeds.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Woodland Group takes a proactive approach towards mitigating risks of disruption to shipping routes, creating a more sustainable sea freight model and supply chain infrastructure, which otherwise could be impacted by extreme weather and intensified climate change for example.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

The latest data from Manpower Group reveals that the net hiring intent for businesses in the UK’s Transport and Logistics sector is +21% (for this current business quarter – Q2 2024). Examples of new Transport and Logistics roles that have emerged in recent years include transport software engineers, drone operators and AI analysts.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The asset was held in JV with Panattoni and sold to Arete Investment Group. Jan Trybulski, Investment Director and Head of Poland, said: “The Zgorzelec scheme is an example of a high-end, sustainable warehouse developed in a strategic location in Poland.

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Transporeon

MARCH 16, 2015

BSH Group, manufacturer of domestic equipment, has strongly improved its transportation tendering and planning processes. Optimized tender processes The first step in the worldwide optimization project was the implementation of Ticontract, the tendering platform of the Transporeon group. All this is done webbased.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The bullwhip effect is one example of this disruptive effect, when small changes in demand cause huge demand spikes downstream. Table 1 describes a few examples of these types of risks. Examples of disruptive risks are suppliers going out of business or shipwrecks that result in the loss of cargo containers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 15, 2021

For example, the traditional approach to workforce planning is to use an engineered labor standards system. ELS-based systems are programmed to calculate expected work completion times for a given task or group of tasks. As a DC planning tool, machine learning represents an alternative to traditional engineering and process modeling.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2024

For example, in the UK, duty on a bottle of wine is currently £2.23, and on top of that, there’s a 20% VAT. For example, Ryanair was supposed to get 20 deliveries before the end of December. All of these factors can fluctuate from one year to the next. The UK treasury collects over £6 billion annually from duty and VAT on wine.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

Patrick Arnold, a research analyst at ARC Advisory Group, says that suppliers of industrial solutions are responding by investing in new product design and incorporating 5G into their portfolios. “5G” For industry, the ability to better connect machines, objects, and devices is what is driving excitement for this technology.

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Freightos

JUNE 4, 2024

Global congestion is estimated to be tying up about 7% of total capacity with the worst example currently in Singapore , where diversions have resulted in increased transhipment volumes for Middle East and Red Sea destinations or from intra-Asia containers as carriers omit other port calls to try and recover schedules.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For example, by stacking containers higher you can make use of vertical space, and mobile shelving units can be useful for seasonal products. Group multiple orders. For example, the old handhelds took 20 to 60 seconds to load a list of lots. Pallet tracking gives you a way to group and manage inventory items.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2022

I have seen a lot of scary examples where a company wants to stay in the old box and connect new technologies and innovation…….and Bengt Tuner is the Group Chief Executive Officer at Locanis. The only way to drive business is to embrace change; in today’s uncertain world, this is more valid than ever.

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