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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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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

The words “avian flu” often trigger alarm bells for the majority of the population, as was evident with the avian flu outbreaks in the US that led to the culling of hundreds of thousands of chickens and turkeys in 2015 and 2017. The combined venture will be valued at around $4 billion.

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Amazon vs. Alibaba: A Battle for Southeast Asia

Elementum

By becoming key players in trucking, warehousing, and shipping, Amazon is able to lower its shipping costs, open doors for smaller merchants to publish more products, and allow Chinese and Indian sellers and manufacturers to access Amazon warehouses. Rumors are circling that the company is planning a launch in Singapore in early 2017.

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Benchmarking Success: Focus on what Matters

Logistics Bureau

The Thailand business grew along with expansion into China, Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia. Speaking of challenges, what is the one business-related project in 2017 that you are most proud of? Within two years we had a growing business with 250 staff and major contracts with KFC, IBM, Nestle, Ford and others.

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Top 13 Asian eCommerce Marketplaces

Vinculum

billion in 2017 to $200 billion by 2026. Digitization in the last decade and a half has also witnessed the emergence of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Indonesia as other major forces in the Asian marketplace. Tmall primarily sells branded goods to customers across China using special warehouses.

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Smart Cities and Climate Change, Part 1

Enterra Insights

This scenario would be most pronounced in the tropics — 64% of the cities that will experience these novel climate conditions are in the tropics — including Jakarta, Indonesia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Singapore.” We’ll See ,” The Nature of Cities , 18 December 2017. ” Marvel worries about such changes. ”[5].

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Boot Barn @bootbarn In 2016, Boot Barn improved operations at its distribution center in Fontana, California by implementing HighJump’s Warehouse Advantage WMS.