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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Our salute to the best advancements in supply chain technology, processes and labor management from 2017. And here’s to hoping that 2018 results in even more significant advancements in the state of warehousing and transportation technology. Content Summary: Exoskeletons Help Take a Load Off for Warehouse Workers. Media Type.

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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 company created Project Gigaton in 2017 to engage suppliers and other stakeholders up and down the supply chain to reduce carbon emissions. Warehouse space is getting harder to find, especially as the global e-commerce boom continues to change shopping habits.

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4 Global Supply chain management strategies to avoid bottlenecks in operations

ThroughPut

Take the Netherlands, for example. In 2017, the U.S. This is why supply chain managers are always stressing over demand forecasts — something that tops the list of most critical inventory and warehouse management practices. In the current political climate, U.S. had a trade surplus of $24.5

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Is Google the most innovative supply chain company in the world?

Freightos

By 2017, the market research company expects the number of global smartphone users to increase to 2.50bn and represent 33.8% The service was originally launched in the Netherlands and Belgium in early 2013 and called “Staples Easy 3D.” This would have the effect of reducing warehousing requirements. This represented about 24.4%

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Drones in Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

Companies that deal with a large amount of inventory often find it challenging to find items inside the warehouse. Therefore, the areal inventory drones can benefit many big organizations to find the right items inside the warehouse and cut their inventory carrying costs. Warehouse robotics: everything you need to know in 2019.

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Drones in Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

Companies that deal with a large amount of inventory often find it challenging to find items inside the warehouse. Therefore, the areal inventory drones can benefit many big organizations to find the right items inside the warehouse and cut their inventory carrying costs. Warehouse robotics: everything you need to know in 2019.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

The Kingdom of Belgium achieved its independence from the Netherlands in 1830, and has become an admired modern country, well-known as the home of international organizations such as NATO and the EU. 2 percent annually as of 2017, making Belgium the 168 th country in the world for industrial growth rates. In 2017, Belgium had $300.8

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