articleIt may be the phrase flying around the logistics sector recently, but Industry 4.0 isn’t just a buzzword. As the intelligence behind the maximum efficiency of tomorrow’s distribution centres, it would be fair to call it ‘the force’ of the digital age. But how does collecting data today help omnichannel retail warehouses predict what will happen tomorrow?
productThis year CeMAT will feature another set of forums of innovative forums.
newsBS Handling Systems has made a strong start to 2018 with the appointment of Andrew Smith as project engineer. Smith joins BS Handling Systems as the company continues to build upon recent success and expansion.
productSwisslog’s SynQ, a service-based modular software platform, provides the functionality needed to optimise retail warehouse operations.
articleThe Swiss company Avancon SA has launched a conveyor system, which allows customers to save costs for controlling and programming.
productThe French subsidiary of the agri-food group Mars has implemented automated handling systems and robotics at the XPO Logistics site at Boigny-sur-Bionne, near Orléans.
productThe Pukka Pad Group approached Conveyor Systems Ltd to design and supply a fully automated pallet handling system that allowed its operation to continue palletising manually and integrate an automatic takeaway conveyor system.
newsThe automated equipment supplier has invested to secure the skilled engineering resources needed for future expansion.
productSICK’s next-generation W16 and W26 smart sensors with “BluePilot” alignment are at the helm of a streamlined portfolio of photoelectric sensors, radically-upgraded to optimise ease-of-use with complete object detection reliability.
articleDK Fulfilment and Intelligent Robots have been awarded an Innovate UK grant to begin trials of an intralogistics robot transport system at DKF’s dedicated fulfilment facility in Coventry.
articleThe pressures and constraints of operations make it more important than ever to start applying Industry 4.0 concepts. Industry 4.0 constitutes a fourth industrial revolution and spans across a mix of powerful, data-driven technologies. For several years, Industry 4.0 has intrigued many industry professionals because of its potential to address the challenges of running operations more efficiently.
productA global leader in chemical and consumer goods with a wide variety of products wanted to converge two separate streams of closed cartons, transport them up and split the tracks again at the upper-end.
productInternational automotive parts supplier HELLA has ordered an automatic mini-load warehouse from TGW Logistics for a new intralogistics centre in Shanghai – the first order to be placed in China since the opening of a TGW production unit in the country.
productSwisslog’s SynQ, a service-based modular software platform, provides the functionality needed to optimise retail warehouse operations.
productSwisslog has secured an order to implement AutoStore in a new distribution centre for Syncreon, a US contract logistics company.
productOne of the largest and most popular cosmetic manufacturers in South Korea, supplying households worldwide, needed a cost-efficient solution to its warehousing issues.
productAfter the completion of the Corporate Headquarters and Development Centre in 2011, KNAPP AG is again investing in its Hart bei Graz location. A modern six-story office building with an Innovation Centre will be completed by the autumn of 2019.
productKNAPP presented its digital assistant concept for bringing transparency to the warehouse at LogiMAT.
articleThe system has plugged a gap in the automated handling and storage system provider’s range, meaning it now offers five systems each catering to different demands of scale and throughput.
articleGeodis has improved efficiency and accuracy for a US online women’s apparel retailer while addressing labour market concerns.
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