Logistics in War

APRIL 25, 2021

Beaumont, Director of the Australian Army Research Centre, focused on the intersection between logistics and support innovation and automation and autonomous systems. He expanded upon his presentation and provided a two part series of articles, which we put together into a single piece , which brought together his core argument.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

This years exhibition, held from March 17th to 20th, resonated with a palpable urgency, driven by a challenge that casts a long shadow over the industry: the persistent and intensifying labor shortage in warehousing and logistics.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In some operations the items are unpacked and placed into tubs or bins before presentation at the pick-face to facilitate the Order Picking process, (most common in “Goods to the Man” operations). Conveyor Belts and Sorting Systems: Moves and sorts items around the warehouse.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The operator places items to one of the two induction points (two induction points allow the workstation to maximize presentations). 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. Robotic Picking.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. According to CEO Carol Tomé, “if that doesn’t drive productivity, I don’t know what will, and it will avoid all the mis-sorts. The election at the LDJ5 sorting center in Staten Island wasn’t close, with the Amazon Labor Union garnering just 345 yes votes to 550 nos.

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Airfreight Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

DHL Express has presented its new Strategy 2025 on the occasion of the opening of its € 123 million state-of-the-art hub at Cologne-Bonn Airport. By investing more than € 1 billion annually in technology and infrastructure and by putting the new green logistics center into operation, DHL clearly demonstrates its ambitions.

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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 in War

MAY 1, 2020

Logistics can be filled with a myriad of routine tasks, but the last twenty years of war in the Middle-east have proven that the life of a logistician can be as perilous as any other. It’s a fallacy to think military logistics is only now advancing on an automation. To a logistician, this is not a particularly new problem.

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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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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

I recently attended a great presentation during which the presenter referred to a BHAG —a big hairy audacious goal. The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. The BHAG—the Big Hairy, Audacious Goal. I think we’ve seen that in a lot of businesses.

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GoShip Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

If the average gift weight is 1 kg, Santa has to ship 600 tons of presents across the world. Santa has only one night (22 hours to be exact) to make children happy and deliver presents, which means he has to deliver half a million gifts per minute with no right to fail. million packages during the Christmas season.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ve never given a supply chain presentation in Spanish. I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Who said transportation and logistics is a dull industry?! I’ve never been to Chile.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

This new solution also allows much heavier and larger goods to be sorted. This means an enormous gain in flexibility when sorting goods of different dimensions. The new product will be presented to the public at MODEX 2020, March 9–12, in Atlanta, Georgia (United States). ft/s) compared to 1.8 This is true for many reasons.

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Now, That's Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2021

Knowing how important it is for Clarks to get its products to the right place in the right condition and at the right time, DB Schenker developed a customized logistics program that significantly reduced the distribution and fulfillment processing time, getting end product to customers faster. A Customized Program, Made Easy.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 17, 2023

Cognex will present machine vision-based solutions for automation in inbound, order fulfilment, sortation, and outbound areas at LogiMAT, the international trade fair for intralogistics solutions and process management, in Stuttgart, Germany, April 25-27th, 2023, at booth J11 in Hall 1.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

However, postal services and logistics companies are building digital twins to achieve just that. Alexandra Ballestrem, Key Account Director, and Roosmarijn Schopman, Proposition Manager at Prime Vision, explore how digital twins are providing unparallelled foresight in logistics operations.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 28, 2017

We’re already seeing practical examples of this in supply chain operations, with parcel sorting, product packaging, automated guided vehicles, and robotic lift trucks.

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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 Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

MODEX is the leading trade show for supply chain, logistics, and material handling solutions in North America. The robots can perform various tasks, such as transporting goods, picking orders, sorting items, and replenishing inventory. The post Robots Take Center Stage at MODEX 2024 appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 26, 2024

The launch has been announced of a new UK-based robotics and automation company which is focused on the design and build of sustainable robotic load handing and parcel sortation solutions for logistics warehouses, parcel handling facilities, manufacturing sites and e-commerce fulfilment centres.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

Mushiny, a global supplier of intelligent logistics automation systems, has launched a groundbreaking and highly efficient logistics sortation solution – the intelligent 3D Sorter. The enhancement in sorting efficiency is substantial, with peak efficiency surpassing 10,000 pph.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 22, 2021

The Pegasus is also intended to be a generic base for different attachments on top, such as The Pegasus X-Sort Drive which has a different fuctionality as the following video shows. The technollogy keeps evolving and The Pegasus already has a succesor, The Xanthus, first presented at the Amazon MARS conference in June 2019.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 30, 2015

Is the data presented as useful to make better business decisions or improve business practices? If it is difficult to navigate, sort, or understand it is still relatively useless information. Proper system guides should be implemented along with individualized training to mitigate possible bad data entry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

Unbox Robotics currently supports several leading e-commerce, retail and logistics companies across the globe to automate their fulfilment operations through its UnboxSort system. By vertically sorting parcels, the system helps customers achieve 3x productivity, sorting accuracy of 99.99% and space efficiency of 50 to 70%.

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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Image source: Rawpixel.com | How to Make Reverse Packaging Logistics More Efficient? This discussion centers on practical tactics for enhancing reverse packaging logistics, an insightful method for effectively repurposing spent materials back into the manufacturing process.

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Shipchain

OCTOBER 2, 2018

However, the most significant hurdle to implementing and integrating blockchain with your existing system is the general lack of technology present in the industry today. . ShipChain is working on developing an easy-to-integrate blockchain solution and platform for the shipping and logistics industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

Addverb was exhibiting multiple technologies at ProMat including Medius, the company’s multi-level shuttle system, Sortie, an autonomous put-wall sorting system, and Zippy, and ATV sortation system. I was aware of the German Logistics Award presented to dm-drogerie markt for its use of the solution in its Brandenburg facility.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 21, 2020

22 January 2020, Saxony, Lampertswalde: At a distribution centre, an Amazon sorting employee carries packages into a delivery van. In the hall, parcels from the online mail order company’s European logistics centres are unloaded, sorted and delivered to customers in the Saxon state capital.

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Locus

APRIL 18, 2023

Indonesia’s logistics market is expected to increase by 28.7 This presents a lucrative opportunity for logistics companies such as retail, e-commerce, and other logistics providers. Addressing these challenges necessitates a strong logistics solution. billion US Dollars by 2027.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Finally, there is also resources needed in your transportation department, since there no longer has to be an employee present to handle these sorts of tasks. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post 4 Benefits Shippers Realize when Transportation EDI is Utilized in a TMS appeared first on Freight Logistics Company | Cerasis.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

Like us, they work most consistently and efficiently when presented with standard, predictable, ordered tasks. Which is why even in relatively highly automated facilities there are many workers purely engaged in sorting goods so that they feed the right piece of automation in the right order at the right time.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2021

Ensuring your logistics operation is future-proofed is harder than ever, with the pandemic has drastically changing consumer behaviour. The receipt of containerised product presents a challenge for the logistics industry in that it requires a large amount of resource to manually unload the container and palletise it.

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Valentine’s Day presents some unique logistical challenges. What’s in this article: Challenges associated with Valentine’s Day cold chain logistics. Since so many traditional Valentine’s Day gifts are perishable, the logistics that prop up the holiday require a little more planning and precision than usual.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2015

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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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 24, 2017

While it’s true that a poorly loaded pallet can also present a hazard, training your crew to load pallets efficiently and safely can decrease the chance of on-the-job injuries. They reduce warehouse costs and improve logistics. You need pallets that are cost effective but will last long enough to pay for themselves regarding value.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 7, 2022

Operating in the e-commerce logistics sector for several years now, Sitma boasts numerous public and private companies in Europe and overseas that use the packaging and sorting solutions included in its product portfolio. Sitma will be present at Ipack-IMA, from 3rd to 6th May 2022, in Hall 6P – Stand B01 C02.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2021

Extended downtimes – during long weekends or holidays, for example – present a particular challenge for the traction batteries of electrically powered forklift trucks. Proper ventilation of the battery charging rooms is therefore essential and smoke, sparks and any sort of open flames in the vicinity of the batteries must be avoided.

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