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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

Here, it doesn’t really matter if it starts with automating a manual e-commerce warehouse, converting a store warehouse to an automated omnichannel warehouse, or with rolling out location concepts across a logistics network. In the past few years, however, automation in warehouses has become even more relevant.

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The Current WMS Market Gets More Focus by Supply Chain Execs: Here’s Why

GlobalTranz

The current warehouse management system ( WMS ) market is expanding at an amazing rate, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.2 According to Warehouse Logistics , there are more than 170 vendors located in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Today, the market statistics are almost impossible to identify.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040. EGO – the enemy of outstanding leadership.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Continue to Stabilize in March and Q1-2023

Supply Chain Matters

Further concerning was that the volume of warehouse finished goods inventories rose to the greatest extent in four months. The PMI values reflective of Germany and Austria both reached 34-month lows in March while both led in the expansion of post-production inventories. New export orders also fell. All rights reserved.

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Will Cloud Computing in Logistics Replace On-Premises Systems for Good?

Logistics Viewpoints

Data can be monitored over the long term, and important trends and forecasts can then be derived. The question is: can we also operate a warehouse fully autonomously ? During his 17 years at KNAPP, Bernd has worked in different roles both at the headquarters in Austria and at the company’s Brazilian subsidiary.

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Eco-friendly Food Packaging: 8 Trends in Food & Bev Explained

Unleashed

Today we look at eight eco-friendly food packaging trends sweeping the globe, and discuss some facts – and fiction – of environmental product packaging. 8 eco-friendly food packaging trends: Compostable food packaging. We’ve separated bioplastics into their own trend because there is more to the subject than just PLA.

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Global Wide Production PMI Levels Unchanged in February 2024

Supply Chain Matters

India again led all other regions, while Germany and Austria remain at highest levels of PMI contractionary levels. manufacturing activity levels, there was contrasting and disparity as to trending. Business confidence levels remained positive, reportedly staying close to January’s nine-month high. Contrasting Reporting for U.S.