articleWhy smart warehousing isn’t just about bots shifting boxes…
Scott Read, head of intralogistics, Siemens Digital Industries explains how sophisticated maintenance is essential to automated DCs.
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productHuge robot warehouse
E-logistics company Prime Cargo has invested in a huge robot warehouse from AutoStore to ensure faster deliveries. Element Logic delivers the system.
articlePackMyRide promises fully automated loading
Dematic has debuted PackMyRide, which is said to be the first fully automated parcel loading solution concept for the last mile.
articleRhenus Contract Logistics introduces AutoStore
Rhenus Contract Logistics has started using an AutoStore system provided by the international automation solutions company, Swisslog.
articleAutomated ambient DCs
An Australian food retailer is to build two ambient automated logistics centres with Witron.
articleTop notch seminars on show
John Munnelly, head of operations at John Lewis & Partners will present on Automation – a journey or a destination? at the next Warehouse Technology Group Live event in Manchester on June 5.
productSpending on AR in warehousing to soar to over US$23 Billion by 2025
ABI Research predicts busy warehouses will use digital tools as a stand-in for more expensive automation to help fulfil higher order volumes.
newsWITRON continues to grow with services leading the way
A growth in sales of 6%, 400 additional jobs as well as numerous contracts signed with regular and new customers for Witron in 2018.
articleYale robotics: delivering financial and operational sense
For many logistics applications, the introduction of robotics offers a worthy return on investment.
articleIntelligent storage system
Extensive automation from SSI Schaefer for automotive component supplier Brose leads to highly dynamic production and a forklift free factory.
productAmazon says fully automated warehouse ‘at least 10 years away’
Scott Anderson, director of Amazon Robotics Fulfillment, told reporters during an Amazon warehouse tour in the USA that technology is at least 10 years away from fully automating the processing of a single order picked by a worker inside a warehouse.
articleWincanton explores flexible automation to better meet strategic goals
3PLs have often been shy of automation due to the ever shifting sands of contract logistics. HSS editor asks Andrew Hoyle, head of automation at Wincanton, if that is changing?
articleThe Automation Dream Team
As one of the best goods-to-person solutions available today, AutoStore, the cube-based system originally developed in Norway, has revolutionised e-commerce fulfillment and small item order picking.
productSpiral conveyor helps sort clothes
In 2004 one of America’s most innovative clothing companies, one who set the bar on the customer-centric approach since the early ’60s, needed a reliable solution for transporting clothes in bulk to the secondary sorting stage.
productSmart vision system
SICK and AutoCoding Systems are collaborating on what is said to be the first fully-automatic smart vision inspection system for printed coding and marking on food, pharmaceutical and other consumer goods packaging.
productMercadona to automate fresh food distribution at four DCs
The supermarket chain is investing €120m in automation to enhance freshness and lengthen shelf life.
productKardex outlines how to make the most of ‘Reverse Logistics’
Reverse logistics is one of the most often overlooked elements of the complete operations cycle but it shouldn’t be. Unmanaged, uncontrolled returns processes can put tremendous strain on a facility’s available space and labor. Further, and perhaps most compelling, are the costs associated with returned inventory.
productSwisslog wins major order from IKEA Supply Malaysia
The Swiss logistics specialist Swisslog, a KUKA subsidiary, has received a major order from IKEA Supply (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd with a value of approximately 43 Million Euro.
productMore than 400 suppliers confirmed for IMHX
Logistics specialists can meet over 400 suppliers of a vast array of storage and materials handling solutions at IMHX 2019, the UK’s biggest and longest running intralogistics equipment exhibition, returning to the NEC, Birmingham, in September.
productDealer appointed for ICAM silo
Diamond Phoenix Automation has been appointed authorised dealer for ICAM’s Silo range in the UK and Ireland.
