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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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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Fewer labor resources are available to meet the rising demand in both the warehouse and in transit. ? Talent shortages, especially limited drivers, will exacerbate the capacity crunch and result in shortages across warehousing and transportation simultaneously.? . Increasing fuel costs also play into the available capacity woes.?

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GXO Direct to Use AI To Drive Labor Efficiencies

Logistics Viewpoints

GXO is the world’s largest contract warehousing provider. Mr. Lewis announced that Blue Yonder’s warehouse management system (WMS) – with the attached modules for labor management, automation, and order management – would become the preferred solution offered to customers in the Direct division. and Canada.

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

6 River Systems

Warehouse robots are just one form of warehouse automation , but they’re making a big impact. From greater flexibility and scalability to productivity gains, a faster ROI compared to other automation solutions and better resource management, warehouse robots are changing the face of warehousing.

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All Eyes Remain Focused on the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

The exceptions were goods purchased from mail-order catalogs. All of these innovations are making last mile logistics much more complicated. Andrew Chung, CEO of Innovo Property Group, explains, “[The] explosive growth of online purchasing and competition among online retailers has resulted in a race to reach consumers. .”

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SAP to Expand Cloud Presence with Acquisition of Ariba

Supply Chain Network

The acquisition will combine Ariba’s successful buyer-seller collaboration network with SAP’s broad customer base and deep business process expertise to create new models for business-to-business collaboration in the cloud. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Ariba has approximately 2,600 employees. billion term loan facility.

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Tracking Shipments with IoT

Logichain Solutions

In 1990, John Romkey showed a toaster at the INTEROP internet conference in San Jose, California, that could be turned on and off over the internet. With all the data from IoT, more sophisticated analytics can be applied throughout the entire value chain to identify improvement opportunities and best practices. Challenges of IoT.