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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

Also, warehouse automation excludes similar systems such as airport baggage handling, manufacturing-line automation, and manually driven forklifts. I will soon be publishing the 2021 base-year study with a five-year forecast through 2026. MURATA MACHINERY is a privately-held industrial manufacturing and services company.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP can support a company’s vision by positively influencing its values and behaviors, thus actively shaping the company’s culture (Van Hove, 2017). In my benchmark survey (Van Hove, 2017), only 25% of survey participants answered yes to the question ‘ We have a relentless focus on only what is important for long term business objectives ’.

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Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Talking Logistics

Since the dawn of manufacturing, business owners have always looked for ways to automate processes. The ATA estimates the shortage could reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and could even grow to 176,000 by 2026. Would legislation consider our forklifts and conveyor belts as automation? And the silver lining?

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Staying on Top of MDR, IVDR, and Surveillance Requirements With Cloud QMS

Arena Solutions

The Importance of Post-Market Surveillance in Medical Device Manufacturing Manufacturers of medical devices must carry out post-market surveillance once they are commercially available, according to regulatory authorities in the majority of markets, including the United States and the European Union (EU).

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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Any earn-out is expected to be paid in fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026. percent from 2017 through 2021 and will have a CAGR of 11.8 battery manufacturing. The annual figure is up from $9 billion in 2017 and a more than eightfold increase from two decades ago, the center found. percent from 2022 through 2025.

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Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All?

Talking Logistics

This past October, the American Trucking Associations warned that the trucking industry could be short 50,000 drivers by the end of 2017. In the report, ATA projects the shortage to reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and if current trends hold the shortage could grow to more than 174,000 by 2026.

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Top 13 Asian eCommerce Marketplaces

Vinculum

The undisputed world leaders in manufacturing and exports have also steadily taken over the e-commerce sphere, sitting pretty as the largest e-commerce market in the world. billion in 2017 to $200 billion by 2026. An exploding population has its benefits too as China has proven repeatedly over the years. Snapdeal.