Supply Chain Brain

JULY 7, 2024

The rate of expansion in warehouse automation technology presents ample opportunities as well as new challenges. For stakeholders, that translates into a massive landscape of choice.

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

For instance, they can reroute pick paths or reprioritize tasks mid-shift based on current conditions, ensuring operations run smoothly despite disruptions. Warehouse optimization solutions enable DCs to implement waveless picking or dynamic order prioritization, even with legacy systems.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In warehouse environments, AI-powered robotics and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are revolutionizing order fulfillment processes by handling tasks such as picking, packing, and sorting with unmatched efficiency. Despite its transformative potential, the path to full AI integration in logistics presents challenges.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

One such advancement is the integration of warehouse robotics, which has revolutionized the way tasks such as sorting, picking, transporting, and packaging goods are performed. This presents a tremendous opportunity for forward-thinking warehouse owner/operators to create a competitive advantage. According to JLL, the U.S.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Among the many notable presentations were the robotics solutions unveiled by Angelini Technologies – Fameccanica. Lastly, ItPick , a modular robotic picking solution, was designed to help streamline order fulfillment and warehouse operations.

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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 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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ECW

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We pick up containers from the terminal, bring them to our facility, and after customs completes the inspections, we reload the cargo back into containers for further transportation. This visibility allows us to pick up and present containers to customs more efficiently, reducing turnaround times.

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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). Robotic Picking. BG Robotic Picking and Placement of Individual Grocery Items from Bin (bottom: to plastic bags). Inventory totes arrive at an operator workstation. Final Word.

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Stord

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Carrier diversity has huge advantages, but how do you intelligently pick the right carrier? And how do you pick the right carrier if you are now receiving new data of damaged packages? When picking your partners, ensure they meet and exceed these security requirements because the risks are too great to your business.

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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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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Supply chain management The international sourcing of automotive components is now a common practice but it can still present challenges. It will ensure inventory is kept up to date, reduces errors in counting and location, and automates processes such as put-away and picking.

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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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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 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 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

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 Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Single people mark the occasion by spoiling and treating themselves to gifts and presents, but it wasn’t until Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba chose the date to offer heavily discounted merchandise on its platform for 24 hours, starting at midnight on the 11th November, 2009, that Singles’ Day became a major commercial event.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

AI-powered robotics in warehouses increase picking accuracy, reducing mis-shipments and returns. Challenges and Constraints AI adoption presents several challenges. Efficiency Gains AI improves supply chain efficiency by streamlining processes across procurement, manufacturing, and logistics.

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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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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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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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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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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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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Individual families and organizations picked up a total of 454 boxes. They immediately turned the boxes around during their Saturday Community Food Pick Up. Once we have all the gifts bought, we wrap the presents and deliver them to the families. That is double the amount from last year. The Cross building. Christmas Families.

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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

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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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Labour productivity: Efficiency and productivity of picking, packing, and shipping activities. Order picking, packing, transportation processes, and inventory management practices and procedures are all worthy targets for standardisation. Warehouse capacity: The storage capacity and utilisation of existing facilities.

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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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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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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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