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DHL Global Forwarding Combats Covid-19 with Charter Flights and Trains

Airfreight Logistics

DHL Global Forwarding , Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, is deploying its many years of expertise to meet the rapidly growing demand for transport services in the Life Sciences & Healthcare segment. . Over three weeks, more than 100 pallets of temperature-controlled medicine were delivered daily to China.

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Air Shipment Visibility Enhanced by Solution

Logistics Business Magazine

Descartes Systems Group has announced that Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics division of Etihad Airways, has further automated air shipment cargo processes using Descartes’ next generation Internet of Things (IoT) Bluetooth® Low Energy solution, integrated with Jettainer’s unit load device (ULD) management services.

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AMRs vs. AGVs: The Differences Explained

Conger

The main types of AGVs include carts, tuggers, forklifts, unit-load, and heavy haul. For example, warehouses may use AGVs to move inbound materials to storage or retrieve storage items needed to replenish stock. One thing that unites all AGVs is that they’re all wheeled vehicles. Unit-Load AGVs. Heavy-haul.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Australian Army unit load ammunition containers in a warehouse ready for delivery to artillery soldiers for the safe transport and storage of projectiles in the field. The unit load ammunition containers (ULAC) are an essential support component of the Australian Army?s s 155mm M777A2 howitzer canons. 1] Beaumont, D.,

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Supply Chain Glossary of Terms

Logistics Bureau

ABC Analysis: A form of Pareto analysis applied to a group of products to enable selective inventory management controls. The inventory value for each item is obtained by multiplying the annual demand by unit cost and the entire inventory is then ranked in descending order of cost.

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Cost to Serve and Business Profitability

Logistics Bureau

Retail stores need better stock allocation systems, and new point of sale unit loads. Starting with a specific area of the supply chain, such as warehousing or delivery, and focusing on costs by customer and product group only, is often a less resource intensive way to start.

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30 Warehouse Automation Companies [Names, Locations, Offerings]

Conger

Today, the company is a member of the Toyota Advanced Logistics Group. Bastian Solutions has implemented several remarkable projects, including an AutoStore grid with up to 305,000 bins at a Puma facility in California, and a significant AutoStore installation for the Dafiti Group in Brazil.