Topic: Logistics

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Top Six Supply Chain Technology Trends for 2020

February 5, 2020 · The supply chain technology trends for 2020 reflect the growing demands for more service, more value, faster shipping, cheaper shipping, and an unrelenting pace to predict what's going to happen next - in this article, we take a look at the top six trends.

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Warehouse/DC: The Changing Metrics of Retail Success

February 4, 2020 · Total sales still matter. But few other measures do as retail morphs. While many want to characterize e-commerce as a great destroyer, it’s actually a great creator, bringing retailers and customers even closer together.

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Unexpected Supply Chain Benefits of 3D Printing

February 1, 2020 · The same flexibility that 3D printing brings to design can also improve manufacturing and logistics.

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Welcome to the Age of Immediacy: Time to Turn Your Warehouse Into an AWAREhouse.

January 27, 2020 · Download our e-book to discover how to prosper in the age of immediacy.

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Shopping for an E-Grocery Fulfillment Technology

January 21, 2020 · The surge in demand for e-grocery services creates both tremendous opportunity and serious challenges for grocers.

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HighJump and Locus Robotics roll out strategic partnership

January 14, 2020 · The companies said they will collaborate to facilitate the development of integration tools allowing for faster, seamless implementations to improve productivity and efficiency for shared retail and 3PL customers, as well as establish HighJump as a licensed retailer of Locus’s autonomous, multi-robot solution for warehouse fulfillment, too.

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Logistics Service Providers and the Benefit of 5G Technology

January 9, 2020 · 5G, the fifth generation of cellular technology, isn't an inapplicable concept or technology - it's going to be widely adopted across multiple industries, including logistics, and has the potential to transform how your business operates.

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2020 logistics is not short on established and emerging trends and themes

January 9, 2020 · This is the time of year when the future is wide open for logistics , but the (recent) past certainly cannot be overlooked.

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How Robotics Can Improve work-life balance this festive season

January 8, 2020 · Consumer expectations rise every year, and without the aid of automation, the well being of your workforce will likely be compromised.

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Battery-Powered Mobile Workstation

January 1, 2020 · Replacing stationary desks with an All-In-One Mobile Workstation will significantly impact your efficiency by eliminating costly footsteps, reducing worker fatigue, improving labeling accuracy, and increasing dock to stock by 50% or more.

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ABI Research: Robotics industry set for change

December 19, 2019 · Of the 8 million robots shipped in 2030, nearly 6 million will be mobile

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2019 State of Supply Chain Innovation Survey

December 18, 2019 · Discover which tech solutions your organization should consider investing in—and which you can pass on—for now.

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Employing Automation Technology for a More Efficient Digital Yard Management Process

December 16, 2019 · Employing technology to automate and improve the yard management process can yield enormous returns such as reducing wasted time, eliminating unnecessary costs, and expediting shipments.

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Soft Robotics announces partnership with FANUC

December 12, 2019 · Soft Robotics, a robotics pioneer dedicated to solving the hardest workforce challenges, today announced a strategic partnership with FANUC, the world's largest maker of industrial robots, that will accelerate the adoption of integrated soft robotic solutions into high-growth automation markets worldwide.

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5 Impacts of Autonomous Freight Trucking on Supply Chains

December 4, 2019 · Autonomous trucking is a new technology that can truly benefit every step of supply chain management, it will bring large reductions in costs for companies and potentially address many of the issues facing the transportation and logistics industries.

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Other Voices: The need for an evolved supply chain in e-commerce

December 3, 2019 · Supply chains can improve customer experience by making it easy to send data up and down the chain, with real-time information delivered via APIs and automated updates.

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Autonomous Vehicles for Fulfillment and Delivery a ‘$250B revolution,’ Says IDTechEx

December 2, 2019 · Suppliers following a traditional model of equipment sales should consider "a subscription platform in their business model to offer maintenance and upgrades, especially cloud-based software updates."

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ABB and B&R launch first fully integrated machine-centric robotics solution

December 2, 2019 · Solution to improve flexibility at all levels, including machines, to support shorter product cycles and smaller lots of greater variety.

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Report: Global Next-Gen Supply Chain Market to More Than Double to $75B by 2030

December 2, 2019 · Future of logistics to be driven by artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, AR, drones, 5G and robotics.

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America Makes and Air Force Research Laboratory Launch an AM Modeling Challenge Series

November 27, 2019 · Goal of the AFRL AM Challenge Series is to predict the internal structure and resultant performance of metallic components produced by AM.

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