The Lean Thinker

APRIL 21, 2022

He was describing the “opportunity” presented by higher gas prices, increasing prices and increased cost pressure on smaller restaurants. Within an hour of the posting on Reddit, the thread was picked up on Twitter by Rob Gill. CBS News picked up the story on March 25.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 12, 2023

It involves tasks such as picking and packing products, managing inventory, and shipping orders to customers. Davinci’s front-end merchandising team helps brands develop strategies for presenting products on eCommerce platforms, optimizing pricing, content, and more.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 15, 2023

Present-day, Blythe and her team oversee the management of dozens of websites to help the one-person marketing team flourish. 00:15:50] Picking podcast guests. [00:17:09] During this time, her team earned several awards including three ADDY’s plus earning runner-up as Jacksonville’s Best Radio Personality.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Myth #1 – Robots are well-suited for all picking styles Today there are AMR’s that can handle almost all styles of picking. Using AMRs as take-away or transport systems will eliminate some worker travel, but warehouses will still need to optimize pick rates and minimize worker travel within picking areas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2023

A worker stages the robot in front of container doors, and it autonomously moves forward into the container under its own power and direction as it picks boxes, up to 60 lbs from the face and more weight if picked from the top, and places them onto attached conveyor that transports the loads out of the container.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Presentation Layer: Translates between data formats. Presentation Layer: Data Standardization In the supply chain, the presentation layer focuses on data translation and standardization. Data Link Layer: Handles data transfer between connected nodes. Network Layer: Manages data routing.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Locus Robotics , a market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment warehouses, has surpassed the one billion units picked milestone. This new achievement was attained just 59 days after Locus registered 900 million units picked. 5000 for the second successive year.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In such a scenario, a primary constraint could be the ability of the warehouse operation to keep up with dynamic route planning.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 23, 2024

Autonomous, robotic picking of pieces in warehouse order fulfilment relies on sophisticated ‘hand-eye’ coordination. So, for industrial robotic picking does this reputation precede itself accurately? We own pick and place and go beyond the limitations of known operations,” David Schwebel (pictured below) tells me.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Movu Robotics, supplier for designing, developing, and implementing innovative and easier warehouse automation solutions, announces the launch of the innovative Movu eligo robot picking arm. Gently grasping an item from a bin retrieved from the escala while picking, the robot then places the item in a delivery bin.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Developed to close the gap between manual and fully automatic pick operation, Movu eligo provides warehouse operators with a huge step forward in order picking. Developed to close the gap between manual and fully automatic pick operation, Movu eligo provides warehouse operators with a huge step forward in order picking.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Transitioning from legacy systems presents hurdles that add to the true cost. Here are some tips for making your WMS Budget work (you can apply this thinking to an upgrade or other supply chain solution implementation too): List hardware costs – Examine what devices (voice picking, etc.),

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 13, 2022

Prior to COVID the company had a three-year plan to add omnichannel order flows by adding buy online/pick up in store and curbside pickup. They decided the existing solution had good workflow and pick and pack capabilities. The sheer scale makes accurate order promising to online customers difficult. Walgreens and COVID.

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Now, That's Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

If you’ve always used 20-foot containers to move freight via FCL, it’s time to look more carefully at the options and determine if LCL presents a better opportunity to save money and speed up transit times. Again, this will usually be most viable for lightweight cargo (as opposed to dense, heavy goods). Research Before You Buy.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Some people learn that way, and I have to be able to pick that up. But look at the presenters and speakers. I know most of them and were I not presenting my own workshops and breakouts, I would be hard pressed to decide which ones to attend. You can’t make a mistake here.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The computer is then presented with those images. A warehouse management system is a category of application software that supports receiving, put-away, picking, shipping, and value added services. A WMS can drive almost perfect picking and inventory accuracy if SOPs are followed.

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Material Handling and Logistics

AUGUST 31, 2018

It’s no surprise that the current labor market is presenting a big challenge for organizations within the supply chain. Then look at key metrics like total line items per order, picks per hour, and cost per pick per SKU to identify weak links and the most opportunistic areas for improvements. Trouble finding skilled labor”.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 29, 2021

Collaborative Mobile Robots (CMRs) play a critical role in efforts to meet unexpected demand, handle the increase in each picking, offset unpredictable labor availability and launch or expand fulfill-from-store and omnichannel initiatives.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 14, 2021

At the Momentum conference, there was also an interesting presentation by Karl Kapp, a professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University, on this topic. Companies typically get a significant wave of productivity – double digit increases in picking productivity – from a labor standards initiative.

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LandLink

DECEMBER 28, 2021

These last two years have presented both logistics planners and provider with the most volatile supply chain environment in decades. Now, even as disruptions persist, supply chains the world around have begun picking up the pieces and charting new territory to recover. Supply chains have been severely impacted by COVID-19.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2021

When it comes to remote implementations, you can’t find a more inspirational story than the one presented by Lori Jackson, senior vice president of operations at ForHIMS. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that support each picking are increasingly implemented in ecommerce warehouses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Source: GXO Logistics Q3 2021 Investor Presentation. The GXO third-quarter earnings presentation summarizes the magnitude of its warehouse technology investments. The technologies in use run the spectrum from pallet automation to each picking, highly automated to worker-robot collaboration, and goods-to-person to labor wearables.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

From autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to collaborative robots (cobots) to industrial robots, robots are transforming the way goods are moved, stored, picked, packed, and shipped. The robots can perform various tasks, such as transporting goods, picking orders, sorting items, and replenishing inventory.

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10xLogistics

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In a 1993 Harvard Business Review article (and subsequently in his book Double Digit Growth ) Micheal Treacy and his co-author Fred Wiersema argue that most companies have to pick one strategy they will really excel at and exploit it. You have to know it and embrace it and that is what this person did in his presentation.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

These services include much more than finding a truck to pick up and deliver freight. Most freight brokers include these services in their sales presentations as a list of features, instead of a comprehensive bundle of services. . Freight brokerages offer a varied range of services and solutions to shippers.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Market volatility insight presents value to carriers that learn to recognize how trends lead to challenges and why those challenges represent opportunities for improvement. These trucking costs all present an ongoing concern for carriers, and unless carriers are prepared, they will lose sight of the bigger picture.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2021

Features are specific functionality sets such as “picking.” Finally, the connector to the Voodoo Robotics pick-to-light technology was selected. But this demonstration was well thought out and skillfully presented. SVT breaks down its software, or SOFTBOTS, its three categories – connectors, features, and applications.

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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. percent.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

Demand for piece-picking robots gains steam. Piece-picking robots are finding their way into more warehouses and distribution centers these days thanks to steady improvements in the technology that are making it more attractive to a wider range of end-users. Amazon defeats drive to unionize second Staten Island facility.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 17, 2023

Designed with the well-being of warehouse operators in mind, FusionPort maximizes employee performance by presenting two tilted order-picking Bin openings and visual picking aids. The station additionally includes an enhanced safety hatch that makes the Bins accessible only when the Port is ready for picking.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2024

META will be presenting several innovations at LogiMAT 2024. The focus is on storage solutions in conjunction with conveyor technology and picking robots, as well as the tried-and-tested standard shelving systems. New brand layout META is presenting itself in a new way. That’s something to look forward to.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Although there are more intricacies to the eCommerce process than there are lines in the average spiderweb, the eCommerce order fulfillment journey can be categorized into four main steps: Receiving , Picking , Packing , and Shipping. Picking takes place once a customer has clicked BUY and initiated an eCommerce order.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Gatik’s four-year project with Walmart — using driverless trucks since 2021 — ended with the closing of the warehouse where it was picking up loads. It will serve Walmart neighbor Tyson as a third-party carrier using four Gatik trucks equipped with autonomous capability. In effect, the bill bans driverless AV trucks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As reported by The Wall Street Journal , “Those jobs weren’t likely to return even when business picks up,” UPS said, adding that the reductions are part of what would be “ new ways of working.” What stood out even more was the “subhead” of UPS’ announcement. Emphasis mine.) Take onboarding and training new employees.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

Exhibitors from nearly every sector of the industry are coming to LogiMAT 2024 to present their latest products and solutions for ergonomically optimized intralogistics processes, healthy workplaces, and injury prevention. The intralogistics industry has not been spared the ravaging effects of demographic change and labor shortages.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

When I landed in Detroit last week to visit Menlo Innovations , Mike Rother picked me up at the airport. Most of the presenters at Lean Frontier’s recent online Kata Practitioner Day were describing their experiences applying what was outlined in that book. That is the first disclaimer here. Coaching Starter Kata.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Tom France, the vice president of distribution at Trane Technologies, gave an entertaining presentation in early October of this year at a FourKites online conference. Mr. France’s most interesting advice centered around how to pick an IT supplier. “I Trane Technologies Facility in Columbia, SC. Trane Technologies had sales of $12.5

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