TransAudit

MARCH 25, 2025

The logistics landscape is evolving rapidly as more manufacturers relocate production closer to domestic markets. For logistics professionals, understanding how these changes impact freight networks is critical to staying ahead. Investments in rail networks to reduce emissions and support sustainable logistics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2024

After attending the Parcel+Post Expo in Amsterdam, it was made clear, once again, that automation and robotics are central to the future of logistics and e-commerce. Companies from around the world introduced solutions leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics to improve sorting, handling, and warehousing processes.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

OPEX® Corporation, a global leader in next generation automation for almost 50 years, is expanding the capabilities of its leading-edge ‘Sure Sort® Warehouse Automation’ technology to incorporate radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning to meet client needs and increase operational speed and efficiency.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

Sitma Machinery is launching Symphony, a sorting system that takes up the baton of Easy Sort and Speedy Sort, its existing best-sellers in the logistics automation sector. The growth of the logistics sector driven by e-commerce, is one of the most relevant phenomena in recent years.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

There are many challenges to overcome for the signatory African countries, from implementing a virtual e-commerce platform to designing a parcel receiving and sending logistics platform, as well as establishing a local distribution network and harmonizing practices.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 17, 2021

Logistics provider Deutsche Post DHL Group and intralogistics solutions provider BEUMER Group have signed an agreement on the use of a new and innovative sorting technology in selected parcel centers. Installation of the new sorting system will start in May. We’re seeing a strong increase in small to medium-sized shipments.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Conveyor Systems Ltd (CSL) helped a leading E-Commerce customer to upgrade its packing and sortation system to meet increasing levels of consumer demand. CSL designed and installed a start-of-the-art, multi-stage, high speed crossbelt system which assisted the company in sorting and packing over 180,000 orders a day.

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Log-hub

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the fast-paced and consumer-driven market, logistics is more than just delivering products. Its about efficiency, sustainability, and meeting customer expectations. One crucial yet often overlooked aspect of the supply chain is reverse logistics. What is Reverse Logistics? To recover value or ensure proper disposal.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Source: mainebiz.biz In today’s rapidly evolving logistics and supply chain sector, warehouses are increasingly turning to innovative technologies to gain a competitive edge. Overview of Warehouse Robotics Warehouse robotics represent a revolutionary advancement in the logistics and supply chain sector.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Multi-agent systems can dynamically adjust production and distribution plans to meet customer needs while minimizing waste and improving efficiency. Logistics Optimization AI Agents can analyze transportation networks, weather patterns, and other variables to optimize routes and reduce costs.

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Dedola Global Logistics

APRIL 30, 2025

Global Logistics Trends 2025 Navigating Key Logistics Trends for High-Value Importers Sourcing from China and Beyond Listen to Our Analysis Your browser does not support the audio element. The year 2025 marks a pivotal moment for global trade and logistics. Don't let 2025 catch you off guard. Don't let 2025 catch you off guard.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

The joint press release points out the technology’s ability to build palletized loads of department-sorted inventory and its strategic role in supporting Walmart’s goal of modernizing its vast supply chain network and allowing the company to transform its regional distribution centers to provide faster responsiveness to store orders.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

based, non-asset-based 3PL BlueGrace Logistics, signaled positive momentum for both order volume expectations and revenue expectations, for the second quarter. BlueGrace describes this report as an important tool for measuring expected expansion or contraction within the logistics sector.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2015

With major companies taking the initiative to develop and encourage the growth of robotics in logistics and manufacturing industries, the possibilities for the future are endless. Driving Forces Behind Robotics in Logistics in Manufacturing. Benefits of Robotics in Logistics and Manufacturing. Robots do not have emotions.

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Locus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Disruption is quickly becoming the new normal for global logistics. Health-related absenteeism and operational challenges can disrupt output, leaving industries struggling to meet demand. Logistics Delays: Reduced driver availability and stricter health regulations at ports could add days to delivery schedules.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Geek+ , a global AMR leader, has announced the successful deployment of smart sorting robots in the warehouse of Athinaiki S.A., a logistics and transport service provider specialising in last-mile delivery in Greece. Jackson Zhang, VP of Geek+ Europe, says: “We are very excited to see our sorting robots provide Athinaiki S.A.

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Logistics in War

MAY 2, 2024

1] This Plan provisions $11-$15 billion dollars in ‘additional logistics centres and capacity’ amid other investments that contribute to Defence’s ability to respond to contingencies, crisis and conflict. [2] 2] This is the largest, single-hit, planned investment in Defence’s logistics capability and capacity since the Second World War.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The product press release states that the system provides sort locations for up to 240 orders to be processed at the same time in a single robotic put wall. The post A First-Hand Look at Berkshire Grey’s Warehouse Robotic Solutions appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Robotic Picking.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In this article, we explore these hurdles and the strategies businesses can employ to meet growing demand for fast, free shipping while maintaining operational efficiency. Today, customers anticipate free shipping from all online retailers, pressuring smaller businesses to meet this demand without sacrificing profitability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Within its supply chain initiatives, the company is also focusing on environmental sustainability, leveraging technology like digital watermarks embedded within packaging (invisible to the human eye) that is detectable by recyclers to increase the accuracy of plastic sorting and automate processes.

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Logistics in War

MAY 23, 2020

In his seminal work, Logistics in the National Defense , Henry Eccles writes: “Logistics is the bridge between our national economy and the actual operations of our combat forces in the field.” That end of our logistic bridge needs to start transforming. By Peter Layton. The Australian national support base is changing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Descartes Systems Group , a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired GroundCloud, the creator of a cloud-hosted final-mile automation platform, for $138 million. The enterprises were added to a lengthy register of companies the U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 11, 2024

On June 3 2024, Libiao Robotics and CJ Logistics signed a strategic robotics partnership agreement, to establish long-term co-operation between the companies. Since 2022, Libiao Robotics’ sorting solutions have been successfully implemented across various CJ Logistics centers , achieving highly efficient and reliable operations.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2014

When you are prepared, typically, you have contingency, which also means you can absorb any issues that could possibly drive up costs in your logistics department. . Here are 5 tips to prepare any shipper to master the art of holiday logistics. How many shifts do you plan to run during peak holiday logistics season?

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Companies can no longer afford to lag behind in the rapidly changing landscape of logistical solutions, especially with the rise of e-commerce. Delivery as a Service encompasses a range of technologies and systems designed to enhance the logistics of transporting goods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon is pushing hard to meet its pledge of becoming carbon neutral by 2040. They can then go to the store where automated vehicles and robotic arms will pick and sort orders. The post This Week in Logistics News (January 8 – 14) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Over the last 10-15 years, outsourcing of logistics activities to third-party logistics service providers has become increasingly popular. Research indicates that up to 75% of firms report positive impacts from outsourcing to logistics service providers (Langley J, Capgemini 2007). But what of the balance?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

ZTO’s network partners are responsible for first-mile pick-up and last-mile delivery services, while the mission-critical transportation and sorting processes that take place in between pick-up and parcel delivery are undertaken by ZTO. Both types have CE certification.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

That’s the sort of thing that excites me: how you can use frameworks like that to achieve great things in your organisation, in your own departments. This is particularly so if management sets a big, hairy, audacious goal and motivates employees to strive to meet the challenge. How is all that possible? Motivators Get People Motivated.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

This applies to pharmaceuticals that are characteristically toxic, or that meet the definition of certain “listed” wastes, such as P and U listed acutely hazardous substances. Upon being “discarded,” those pharmaceuticals become solid waste, triggering management obligations under the Resource Conservation and Restoration Act (RCRA).

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Stord

MAY 15, 2024

Although not often talked about outside logistics circles, dwell time, and actually your Past Dwell Time Frequency is a critical metric that can significantly impact your performance – and how it's perceived. For example, parcel carriers normally sort and scan only in the evenings, and with a few exceptions only on weekdays.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 30, 2024

Kuehne+Nagel has introduced a new robotised order sorting system from Libiao Robotics at its multi-client Châtres warehouse, situated south-west of Paris, France. These collaborative robotic technologies, “are designed to meet customers’ needs while focusing on the well-being and efficiency of employees”, adds Vandrome.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For the world of logistics, and in particular for e-commerce warehouses and postal hubs, the Black Friday period – which coincides with the beginning of the peak season – represents a challenge in the fields of packaging, labelling, sorting and shipping. The same goes for Cyber Monday, which is often stretched out to become Cyber Week.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

United Arrows, one of Japan’s leading fashion retail brands, has seen a significant increase in the efficiency of the order sortation process at its Tokyo distribution hub following the introduction of a mobile robot-based sorting system supplied and installed by LiBiao Robotics.

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Ship Monk

JULY 12, 2023

Josh, a California native, brings an extensive range of distinguished technology expertise and a proven record of enterprise leadership to bolster ShipMonk’s position as a global leader within the ecommerce logistics and fulfillment industry. What drew you into the world of technology-based logistics?

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 21, 2018

Up to 64% of supply chain leaders consider Big Data Analytics the best way to overcome supply chain challenges, asserts Antonia Renner of ComputerWorld, but new technologies, such as logistics automation and blockchain, may hold much more opportunity than meets the eye. How Will Logistics Automation and Blockchain Affect Supply Chains?

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