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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group began conducting formalized research on the global warehouse automation market in 2014. We define the market as those warehouse automation providers responsible for delivery of the system to the end-user (to eliminate double-counting). Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion in 2019.

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

Supply Chain Trend

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

He was promoted to a full-time job in 2017, and is now earning more than $16 an hour. Truck driver salaries are up, with private fleet drivers earning as much as $86,000 annually in 2017, with an entry level median position of $53,000. Once we hire them, keeping them in the warehouse is a whole other issue!

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Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Talking Logistics

Today when most of us think of modern automation, grand images of million-dollar robots with giant arms completing complex (even dangerous) tasks in an automotive plant or complex warehouse fulfillment using automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) immediately come to mind. Many are in direct response to providing better worker safety.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

This will certainly be an interesting area to watch, especially as electric vehicles become more commonplace and apply to the global supply chain. The early start has added to the challenges of getting the supply chain unclogged. To put all of this in perspective, the new design could potentially last for 1,000,000 miles.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

the supply chain. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings. We saw that starting to turn around in 2016 and continued to accelerate into 2017," he notes. trillion in 2017, up 6.2%

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The Ultimate Guide to Coffee Profit Margins

Unleashed

But at the same time, new roasters and boutique coffee cafes are popping up all the time making competition fierce – and constraints in the supply chain caused by Covid-19 haven’t helped. Both sectors are also predicting a downturn as we approach 2026. Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world, with 2.3