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IDC supply chain predictions foretell widespread transformation

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…to support a more distributed inventory management strategy. ● By 2018, 75% of manufacturers will coordinate enterprise-wide planning activities under the umbrella of rapid integrated business planning. ● By 2019, 50% of manufacturers will have modernized their logistics network to leverage 3D printing, robotics, and cognitive computing to support innovative postponement strategies. ● By the end of 2019, enterprise-wide improvements…

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Safety: Protecting workers at the loading dock

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…speed, trying to produce faster inventory turns,” says Walt Swietlik, director of customer relations and sales support at Rite-Hite. “It’s dangerous and people can get careless. Unfortunately, even the occasional mistake can be catastrophic or life-threatening.” Operating at warp speed With the “need for speed” making an impact on warehouses around the globe, Jones says some workers will do anything…

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Switching from a ‘Person-to-Goods’ to an Automated ‘Goods-to-Person’ DC Operation

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…The logistics center manages an inventory of about 50,000 SKUs at any given time. However, due to the complexity of the machines manufactured by Grob, there are as many as 1.9 million material master records, and the company adds about 500 new part numbers each day. Many of those SKUs will only be used for one job, and then not…

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Operational Benefits of Automated Pallet Storage

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…practices with value-added service offerings. Inventory accuracy: Directed by advanced software, including a facility’s warehouse management system 〈WMS〉 and warehouse control system 〈WCS〉, pallet placement within the AS/RS is tracked and monitored. That level of automated control removes the chance of an operator forgetting to scan the pallet license plate number (LPN) to a location. The tracking also ensures that…

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German university wins inaugural Amazon Picking Challenge

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…presented with a stationary, lightly-populated inventory shelf and were asked to pick a subset of the products and put them on a table. The challenge combined object recognition, pose recognition, grasp planning, compliant manipulation, motion planning, task planning, task execution, and error detection and recovery. The robots were scored by how many items were picked in a fixed amount of…

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Robotics: Adding degrees of freedom

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…fulfilling orders, shuttles will perform “inventory grooming” by consolidating and optimizing stored items. This means that the system is constantly repositioning the inventory it is storing and handling to optimize throughput. If the system serves totes to a goods-to-person picking station, grooming can help improve speed and picks per retrieval. Shuttle systems also sort automatically, Sweet says, eliminating the need…

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Perfect Pick® Automated Goods-to-Person System

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…have 100% access to the inventory in a single aisle. Unlike other shuttle systems that must rely on lifts, conveyors or transfers, said Hedges, iBOTs travel around inside the storage rack at industry-leading rates, picking and stocking inventory simultaneously. They are capable of delivering totes or trays directly to the picking station located at one or both ends of the…

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Big Picture: Little things that make a big difference in your operation

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…won’t hit its numbers if inventory doesn’t get off the receiving dock or orders can’t get through manual packing stations to meet shipping cut-off times. As a result, these new systems are highlighting the big difference that little things can have on operations. Here are seven examples to consider for your facility. 1. Receiving, inspection and quality control with powered…

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PINC

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…to identify, locate, and orchestrate inventory throughout the supply chain predictably and cost-effectively. The company’s cloud-based real-time tracking platform, powered by an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network that includes passive RFID, GPS, computer vision, cellular, and other sensors, provides actionable insights and connected expert guidance that allow organizations to optimize their supply chain execution. PINC is part of Kaleris,…

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IBM

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…and react to demand and supply volatility. With advanced capabilities like inventory management, transportation management, warehouse management and supply chain visibility, your company can gain new degrees of flexibility up and down your value chain and achieve a true Smarter Commerce approach.

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