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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. KION acquired Dematic and Egemin Automation in 2016, forming KION Supply Chain Solutions that operates under the Dematic brand. KION is a publicly-traded company and reports on the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) segment.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. Amazon has announced that it plans to develop new technology for its autonomous delivery vehicles in Helsinki, Finland. The engineers will begin by developing 3D software to emulate the “complexities of real life.” It will be interesting to watch the games unfold in silence.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group & Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). Also, tools have been developed to enable horizontal partnerships to reduce empty truck miles. Creating demand for new clean solutions requires pioneers and critical mass. Part 1–Defining the moment. Amazon, A.P.

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Frictionless P2P: A Dream or Reality? 

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Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. Procurement as end-to-end process owner .

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RELEX Shares Vision for Unified Retail Planning at its 5th Annual UK Space & Supply Chain Forum

RELEX Solutions

On 19th October, RELEX held its fifth annual UK Space & Supply Chain Forum, hosted by Ms Päivi Luostarinen, Ambassador of Finland, at the Finnish residence in Kensington Palace Gardens, London. Supply chain affects everything – from HR, to retail, to marketing and operations.

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Major organisational and cultural changes lie ahead for SCM

Supply Chain Movement

The real challenge lies not in tools or technology, but rather in human behaviour. The trends of increasing urbanisation and digitisation were covered extensively several times during the Logy Conference in Helsinki, Finland. By Martijn Lofvers and Marieke Lenstra. First, start with the customer and their specific needs.

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Speed Bumps on the Road to Growth for China’s 3PLs

MIT Supply Chain

In 2014, researchers from China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland conducted a study to identify global trends in the logistics industry, relevant opportunities and challenges, and how logistics companies can better position themselves in China.