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A Conversation with Don Teng

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Since 2016, OMRON has solved the manufacturing issues of varied sectors through realizing its unique manufacturing innovation concept of innovative-Automation. Looking ahead, intralogistics is expected to move towards data and analytics to identify gaps and bottlenecks in warehouse operations.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Warehouse space is getting harder to find, especially as the global e-commerce boom continues to change shopping habits.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Alexa Heads to the Warehouse (WSJ – sub. Trucking costs to halve by 2030, study predicts (LLoyd’s Loading List). Warehouse Space Growing Tighter on Rising E-Commerce Demands (WSJ – sub. Alexa in the Warehouse. Apple Tells Congress That Global Supply Chain Wasn’t Compromised (Bloomberg).

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more.

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

Supply Chain Trend

IBP fully integrates strategy with rolling forecasts , with a process for enterprise resource reallocation and with a corporate communication plan (Van Hove, 2016). Mercedes Benz however sought to replace robots on its production lines with human labor, finding it just too costly to constantly reprogram the robots (Industryweek, 2016).

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5 Disruptions Shaping the Digital Transformation in Distribution and Logistics

BlueYonder

In 2015, 41 percent of total sales came from online channels, the figure jumped to 60 percent in 2016, and CEO D.G. Its online channels in Germany, Japan and United Kingdom alone grew by 35 percent in 2016. Although, this improved from 2016, where it was at 65 percent. It actually doesn’t.” Data is Money.

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7 Supply Chain Technology Trends Set to Disrupt Supply Chains in 2017 and Beyond

Arkieva

Some of these disruptive technologies include Uber’s self-driving truck , Amazon’s drone delivery within 30 minutes or less, and various robotic tasks that are currently replacing mundane tasks at assembly lines, warehouses, and industrial farming environments. Request a Demo of The Arkieva Supply Chain Software Suite. Start Now.