articleCan you afford not to consider automation?
With Brexit looming, a recent study has found that whatever deal is struck with the EU, costs will rise and profitability will fall.
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productBetter use of space
Paper Bags Packaging recently renovated its 1,000m2 warehouse at its facilities in Valencia, Spain with the goal of making a better use of the space available.
articleMerging store and online fulfillment operations
Dematic used a blend of automated picking solutions in the consolidated operation, achieving faster fulfillment in a reduced footprint.
productAB InBev opens robo-warehouse in Wales
The automated warehouse has space to store 23 million pints of beer at its largest UK brewery in Magor, South Wales.
articleThe power to palletise
The robot-based ACPaQ solution from Swisslog and KUKA automates one of the most important areas of the intralogistics operations of successful retailers: creating customised mixed pallets for individual stores from single-SKU pallets.
productUse the 4.0: transforming operations
Industry 4.0 isn’t just a buzzword. Swisslog says in the near future, warehouses will be using real-time data and smart robots to monitor conditions and improve operations.
productTGW grows turnover to €713 million
The automated materials handling solutions specialist increased turnover by almost 15% to €713 million and employed nearly 400 additional staff across its global operations in the financial year ending June 30th 2018.
productSlash fulfilment times
The use of automated, software-driven solutions such as vertical carousels, vertical lift systems, vertical Buffer modules and horizontal carousels for inventory picking can slash fulfilment times.
productRed Ledge launches automated supply chain control
Advanced manufacturing and logistics control specialist Red Ledge is launching the latest version of its automated supply chain control system.
articleAutomate or stalemate
As demand for logistics automation reaches new heights, Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling Systems Association (AMHSA), looks at the reasons for this trend and the sector’s ability to respond.
articleEight issues facing online retailers
Retail, it would be fair to say, is a sector that is going through a period of fairly seismic upheaval at the moment, says Andy Mulcahy, Strategy and Insight Director, IMRG. But the impact of the rate of change in retail is not just restricted to the high street; there are multiple factors exerting pressure on retailers to find cost-savings and optimise performance across all areas of the business.
articleHow agile a supply chain can you afford?
One of the greatest challenges facing retail businesses today is how to keep the customer proposition attractive yet affordable.
productResponding to change in e-commerce fulfilment
When you look at a line chart of e-commerce growth over the last five years, it has been remarkably consistent. In the U.S. alone, there’s an average growth rate of more than 13 percent per year.
productOver 400 exhibitors expected at IMHX 2019
Supply chain issues are predicted to top the post-Brexit agenda.
productSemi-automated storage for food firm
AR Racking has a pallet storage system across different temperature zones for multi-user warehouse.
articleBrewery selects order picking system and keg gripper
Finnish brewery Olvi has ordered a new dolly picking system and modified solution for keg handling from Cimcorp for its HQ.
articleLooking at AS/RS in the round
The cost-efficiency of a high-performance AS/RS crane is not only demonstrated by its speed, payload or low power consumption, says Witron. Intelligent control is ultimately decisive.
productRetailer converts DC to omnichannel approach
In recent years, drastic measures have been carried out within Blokker to reverse negative results and reposition the Dutch retailer in its market.
articleOmniStore concept launched at TGW food retail summit
TGW recently presented a section of technologies it claims represent the future of intralogistics in food retailing. Highlights included the new OmniStore concept.
productSelf-learning systems
AI has opened up new possibilities for logistics, says SSI Schaefer.
