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The Kaizen paradox – Swisslog report reveals incremental improvements impede innovation

When facing challenges within an organisation, it’s natural to look for the quickest fix for the best price. This often means making small, incremental improvements instead of investing in larger enhancements. While this approach may seem like the best way to solve problems with minimal impact to day-to-day activities, a new report from Swisslog says it’s unlikely to pay off in the long-term.

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Science in spirals

A German producer of chocolate-based sweets needed to transport cartons containing the candy down with the minimum amount of transfers possible.

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Seal of quality for Witron

Witron has been awarded the seal “innovative through research” by the Association for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany.

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Both totes and cartons handled for Pharma firm

Accord Healthcare has awarded a contract to Gebhardt European Conveyor Systems for the supply and installation of an automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS) and warehouse control system at its distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire.

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Steeled for growth

Massive automated metal warehouse incorporates quick loading of lorries as steel merchant raises the bar.

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300 storage compartments in one box

Logistics managers are only too familiar with the delays caused by searching for poorly sorted items and the resulting picking errors as well as insufficient storage space.

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IoT-ready intralogistics

With the new Galileo IoT platform, Gebhardt-ECS offers operators of intralogistics systems the possibility of completely and consistently digitising and networking all system components from the mechanics, via the control system and the software, into the cloud.

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Vertical storage

The SILO range is said to be suitable for saving space, time and cost, as well as enhancing safety.

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The Kaizen paradox

When facing challenges within an organisation, it’s natural to look for the quickest fix for the best price.

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Chinese forklift supplier to buy French automation supplier

Groupe Legris Industries’ Savoye Division, a provider of intralogistics solutions incorporating both software and robotics, is set to be acquired by the Noblelift industrial investment fund, which was set up by Noblelift Intelligent Equipment Co (Noblelift) and two other investors.

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Simple solution

When new storage and order picking capacity has to be created with little complexity,  Multi-Level Storage is the ideal solution, says Kardex Remstar.

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Support for unattended production

The team at UPM Conveyors recently worked on updating the production system for Rutland Plastics, who approached UPM to achieve unattended production on a Krauss Maffei KM150.

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