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Howard Yu ( @HowardHYu ), the LEGO professor of management and innovation at the IMD business school in Switzerland, bluntly states, “No industry is failing faster than retail. Labor availability — from warehouse workers to truck drivers — will also continue to be an issue, driving companies to explore new technologies that enable automation. AI solutions can help determine where warehouses should be located, what carriers to use, and where inventory should be located. MORE
This week: how the growth of e-commerce is shifting the retail job market; an autonomous and unstaffed mobile retail space is in the prototype phase in Shanghai; and why warehouses may make a good testing ground for autonomous driving experiments. A Moby Mart prototype is already in use in Shanghai, thanks to a collaborative effort between Hefei University in China and the Switzerland-based company Wheelys. First the warehouses, then the roads. MORE
In early April I attended the LogiPharma Europe 2018 conference in Montreux, Switzerland, an event that attracted more than 800 attendees, including practitioners and executives from pharma and medical device industries, along with software vendors and many service providers. We’re at #logipharma18 in Montreux, Switzerland this week, where there’s always a great gathering of the top minds in pharma #supplychain. MORE
This week: how the growth of e-commerce is shifting the retail job market; an autonomous and unstaffed mobile retail space is in the prototype phase in Shanghai; and why warehouses may make a good testing ground for autonomous driving experiments. A Moby Mart prototype is already in use in Shanghai, thanks to a collaborative effort between Hefei University in China and the Switzerland-based company Wheelys. First the warehouses, then the roads. MORE
Robinson Enters Switzerland Marketplace. Robinson announced that it has opened a new office in Basel, Switzerland. And HighJump Software announced a new partner in the Middle East, Dubai-based Norq Solutions that provides mobility solutions for warehouse management, field service, retail, and other industries. Yesterday morning, I stood at my kitchen window and watched leaves fall from the trees. MORE
Ports and warehouses have strained under the weight of arrivals of PPE and restocking from businesses trying to catch up on lost sales from earlier in the year and their desire to create large scale reserves for both raw and finished goods before Brexit occurs at the very beginning of 2021. . MORE
With 24×7 availability, Fulfilled by Sears (FBS) is an order fulfillment service from Sears that manages warehousing, pick/packing and shipping of customer orders for your business. A seller is required to have their main office in the EU or Switzerland and small unregistered companies will be refused. In 2021, over 2.14 billion people worldwide are expected to buy goods and services online [1]. That is roughly 30% of the current world population. Just imagine. MORE
Managing factories and warehouses with a lot of employees demands leadership skills focused on routine, whereas connecting departments and supply chain partners actually requires creativity. Switzerland. Recruiting raw talent is ‘extremely challenging’. Supply chain leaders have gained an ever-stronger position in the world of business over recent years. MORE
Switzerland. directly from their suppliers, from their own warehouse or even from a retail store). The supply chain software industry is in a considerable state of flux. Three large, international take-overs are changing the face of the market. as the advance of e-commerce continues, companies with an omnichannel approach are increasingly implementing specific order management systems. MORE
But traditionally, spare parts have been manufactured in very inefficient ways, using large batches with long lead times and tying up working capital in warehouses. MORE
Switzerland is also way ahead at €87 per person. Central warehousing concepts are doomed to fail. Orders have to be packed at supermarkets or dark stores, which are warehouses specialized in packing individual products, as is done by British supermarket chain Tesco. Distance selling has seen double digit growth in Germany for the past few years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. MORE
Now, unless you're bringing it into something like a bonded warehouse, where it doesn't actually cross that customs border, you're going to be, in effect, paying double tariffs on that product. It’s finally happened. MORE
The current warehouse management system ( WMS ) market is expanding at an amazing rate, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.2 By some estimates, reports Allied Market Research , the warehouse management system market will swell to more than $3 billion by 2022, and adoption of WMS systems is expected to continue with the IoT-based value in the WMS market to surpass 19 billion by 2025, says Grand View Research. Supply Chain Warehouse MORE
Switzerland. Globally, warehousing is outsourced by 67%. In comparison, according to Fraunhofer Institute, warehousing is outsourced by 54% in Germany, which is the largest logistics market in Europe. After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. MORE
Switzerland. The supply chain solutions for the 24-hour economy lie primarily in a flexible IT platform which enables the various internal software applications, such as for manufacturing execution, warehouse management and transport planning, to be connected to external systems such as for customs handling. Integration with warehouse mechanisation and production equipment guarantees that the optimal plan will be executed in practice. MORE
Swiss drugs and diagnostics group Roche is shipping supplies from Germany to help Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) fill gaps caused by a logistics glitch at a Roche warehouse in southern England, it said on Thursday. Hyundai delivers first fuel cell trucks to Switzerland. MORE
This company, based in Switzerland, tops the list of ocean freighters, with a gross revenue of over 4.9 Like Kuehne + Nagel, this company focuses on shipping and supply chain management, but also offers warehousing and distribution services as well. In today’s global economy, ocean freight is necessary to meet the demands of consumers worldwide. MORE
Retailer and Unified Retail Planning specialist aim to optimize and automate hypermarket’s forecasting and replenishment for warehouses and stores. The retailer’s previous forecasting tool was used to replenish standard articles automatically but did so for all 282 stores and 8 warehouses separately; it didn’t offer integrated forecasting and replenishment for warehouses and stores within the same system. Read PDF. MORE
Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. Today, there are many top 3PL warehousing companies that handle warehousing, fulfillment, logistics and distribution services for companies of all sizes. MORE
The digital B2B marketplace for warehousing, Log-hub AG from Switzerland, and the Indian Supply Chain specialist 3SC are now collaborating on the Indian market. Both companies are technology based and offer advanced analytics based transportation and warehousing solutions MORE
The current warehouse management system ( WMS ) market is expanding at an amazing rate, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.2 By some estimates, reports Allied Market Research , the warehouse management system market will swell to more than $3 billion by 2022, and adoption of WMS systems is expected to continue with the IoT-based value in the WMS market to surpass 19 billion by 2025, says Grand View Research. Supply Chain Warehouse Management MORE
Warehouse automation was in full swing and maritime apps were suddenly mushrooming. 2 020 will be remembered as the year of mass digitisation. Few had imagined that the wind finally started turning. But when humans don’t have a choice, they adapt. MORE
It was a beautiful spring day in March in Basel, Switzerland. When I asked Shane, during my recent trip to Basel, Switzerland, to tell me how he orchestrated the transition, he replied, “There were two immediate actions. We outsource about 80% of the primary ingredients of our crop protection business, and pack it in finishing plants and ship to warehouses. I pushed aside Shane’s motorbike helmet and jacket to take a seat in his crowded office. MORE
Warehousing. Of course, the difference between KPIs and metrics will vary at different levels of your organisation, so for example, while a metric recording “receiving accuracy” in a warehouse would certainly be a KPI for a warehouse manager, it would be completely extraneous as an executive-level KPI. Supply Chain KPIs are Essential – The Right Ones! The information on this page WILL help you get it right. MORE
The ‘systems of differentiation’ comprise solutions which give companies a competitive edge in their markets, such as forecasting, planning or advanced warehouse management. In the early days as many as 30 trucks were sometimes left waiting in France, loaded with finished products but unable to depart because someone in The Netherlands, Belgium or Switzerland hadn’t ticked the relevant box.”. IT supports quest for differentiation and innovation. MORE
Before joining Alloy a bit over three years ago, he worked as a software engineer at Addepar in Mountain View and at AdNovum in Zurich, Switzerland. For example, it enables companies to improve their planning, so they can reduce warehouse space requirements, shipping volumes, and product spoilage and waste. Michael Hutzli is an engineering team lead in Alloy’s Vancouver office. MORE
In particular, noted in Alibaba’s financial press release, the Cainiao Network has developed import fulfilment solutions for its Tmall Global platform utilizing a combination of bonded warehouses in China and direct shipment from foreign countries. Mid-Year Shopping Festival, Cainiao’s bonded warehouses facilitated the shipment of millions of packages imported by Tmall Global, representing year-over-year growth of over 60%. MORE
SIGVARIS is the global market leader in market compression garments, producing over 8 million pairs of stockings across our plants in Switzerland, Poland, the US, France and Brazil. The total products SIGVARIS AU manage using Unleashed, across 46 warehouses. SIGVARIS AU’s products can be life-changing for its customers— but only if they get a complex order 100% correct. MORE
In 1996, I was promoted Country General Manager Switzerland. I was Country Manager Switzerland at TNT when the company was bought by KPN. In 2012, Amazon bought KIVA Systems, a maker of robots that service warehouses which kicked off the boom of warehouse automation. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! MORE
6 River Systems
JULY 29, 2020
Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. Today, there are many top 3PL warehousing companies that handle warehousing, fulfillment, logistics and distribution services for companies of all sizes.
Manufacturing & Logistics IT
JULY 26, 2017
The digital B2B marketplace for warehousing, Log-hub AG from Switzerland, and the Indian Supply Chain specialist 3SC are now collaborating on the Indian market. Both companies are technology based and offer advanced analytics based transportation and warehousing solutions
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Cerasis
AUGUST 24, 2018
The current warehouse management system ( WMS ) market is expanding at an amazing rate, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.2 By some estimates, reports Allied Market Research , the warehouse management system market will swell to more than $3 billion by 2022, and adoption of WMS systems is expected to continue with the IoT-based value in the WMS market to surpass 19 billion by 2025, says Grand View Research. Supply Chain Warehouse
DiManEx
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
But traditionally, spare parts have been manufactured in very inefficient ways, using large batches with long lead times and tying up working capital in warehouses.
The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society
JANUARY 14, 2021
Warehouse automation was in full swing and maritime apps were suddenly mushrooming. 2 020 will be remembered as the year of mass digitisation. Few had imagined that the wind finally started turning. But when humans don’t have a choice, they adapt.
Kinaxis
APRIL 18, 2018
In early April I attended the LogiPharma Europe 2018 conference in Montreux, Switzerland, an event that attracted more than 800 attendees, including practitioners and executives from pharma and medical device industries, along with software vendors and many service providers. We’re at #logipharma18 in Montreux, Switzerland this week, where there’s always a great gathering of the top minds in pharma #supplychain.
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EFT
OCTOBER 11, 2020
Swiss drugs and diagnostics group Roche is shipping supplies from Germany to help Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) fill gaps caused by a logistics glitch at a Roche warehouse in southern England, it said on Thursday. Hyundai delivers first fuel cell trucks to Switzerland.
DELMIA Quintiq
DECEMBER 20, 2014
Switzerland is also way ahead at €87 per person. Central warehousing concepts are doomed to fail. Orders have to be packed at supermarkets or dark stores, which are warehouses specialized in packing individual products, as is done by British supermarket chain Tesco. Distance selling has seen double digit growth in Germany for the past few years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
Robinson Enters Switzerland Marketplace. Robinson announced that it has opened a new office in Basel, Switzerland. And HighJump Software announced a new partner in the Middle East, Dubai-based Norq Solutions that provides mobility solutions for warehouse management, field service, retail, and other industries. Yesterday morning, I stood at my kitchen window and watched leaves fall from the trees.
Supply Chain Shaman
APRIL 14, 2015
It was a beautiful spring day in March in Basel, Switzerland. When I asked Shane, during my recent trip to Basel, Switzerland, to tell me how he orchestrated the transition, he replied, “There were two immediate actions. We outsource about 80% of the primary ingredients of our crop protection business, and pack it in finishing plants and ship to warehouses. I pushed aside Shane’s motorbike helmet and jacket to take a seat in his crowded office.
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 30, 2017
Warehousing. Of course, the difference between KPIs and metrics will vary at different levels of your organisation, so for example, while a metric recording “receiving accuracy” in a warehouse would certainly be a KPI for a warehouse manager, it would be completely extraneous as an executive-level KPI. Supply Chain KPIs are Essential – The Right Ones! The information on this page WILL help you get it right.
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EFT
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Ports and warehouses have strained under the weight of arrivals of PPE and restocking from businesses trying to catch up on lost sales from earlier in the year and their desire to create large scale reserves for both raw and finished goods before Brexit occurs at the very beginning of 2021. .
3PL Insights
JUNE 19, 2017
This company, based in Switzerland, tops the list of ocean freighters, with a gross revenue of over 4.9 Like Kuehne + Nagel, this company focuses on shipping and supply chain management, but also offers warehousing and distribution services as well. In today’s global economy, ocean freight is necessary to meet the demands of consumers worldwide.
BlueYonder
JULY 7, 2017
This week: how the growth of e-commerce is shifting the retail job market; an autonomous and unstaffed mobile retail space is in the prototype phase in Shanghai; and why warehouses may make a good testing ground for autonomous driving experiments. A Moby Mart prototype is already in use in Shanghai, thanks to a collaborative effort between Hefei University in China and the Switzerland-based company Wheelys. First the warehouses, then the roads.
Supply Chain Movement
AUGUST 24, 2016
Managing factories and warehouses with a lot of employees demands leadership skills focused on routine, whereas connecting departments and supply chain partners actually requires creativity. Switzerland. Recruiting raw talent is ‘extremely challenging’. Supply chain leaders have gained an ever-stronger position in the world of business over recent years.
EFT
JANUARY 18, 2021
Now, unless you're bringing it into something like a bonded warehouse, where it doesn't actually cross that customs border, you're going to be, in effect, paying double tariffs on that product. It’s finally happened.
Supply Chain Movement
MAY 19, 2016
Switzerland. directly from their suppliers, from their own warehouse or even from a retail store). The supply chain software industry is in a considerable state of flux. Three large, international take-overs are changing the face of the market. as the advance of e-commerce continues, companies with an omnichannel approach are increasingly implementing specific order management systems.
Supply Chain Movement
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Switzerland. Globally, warehousing is outsourced by 67%. In comparison, according to Fraunhofer Institute, warehousing is outsourced by 54% in Germany, which is the largest logistics market in Europe. After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014.
Supply Chain Movement
DECEMBER 11, 2015
Switzerland. The supply chain solutions for the 24-hour economy lie primarily in a flexible IT platform which enables the various internal software applications, such as for manufacturing execution, warehouse management and transport planning, to be connected to external systems such as for customs handling. Integration with warehouse mechanisation and production equipment guarantees that the optimal plan will be executed in practice.
Alloy
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Before joining Alloy a bit over three years ago, he worked as a software engineer at Addepar in Mountain View and at AdNovum in Zurich, Switzerland. For example, it enables companies to improve their planning, so they can reduce warehouse space requirements, shipping volumes, and product spoilage and waste. Michael Hutzli is an engineering team lead in Alloy’s Vancouver office.
BlueYonder
JULY 7, 2017
This week: how the growth of e-commerce is shifting the retail job market; an autonomous and unstaffed mobile retail space is in the prototype phase in Shanghai; and why warehouses may make a good testing ground for autonomous driving experiments. A Moby Mart prototype is already in use in Shanghai, thanks to a collaborative effort between Hefei University in China and the Switzerland-based company Wheelys. First the warehouses, then the roads.
Supply Chain Game Changer
JULY 7, 2020
In 1996, I was promoted Country General Manager Switzerland. I was Country Manager Switzerland at TNT when the company was bought by KPN. In 2012, Amazon bought KIVA Systems, a maker of robots that service warehouses which kicked off the boom of warehouse automation. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic!
Enterra Insights
APRIL 30, 2019
Howard Yu ( @HowardHYu ), the LEGO professor of management and innovation at the IMD business school in Switzerland, bluntly states, “No industry is failing faster than retail. Labor availability — from warehouse workers to truck drivers — will also continue to be an issue, driving companies to explore new technologies that enable automation. AI solutions can help determine where warehouses should be located, what carriers to use, and where inventory should be located.
Logistics Trends and Insights
AUGUST 18, 2019
In particular, noted in Alibaba’s financial press release, the Cainiao Network has developed import fulfilment solutions for its Tmall Global platform utilizing a combination of bonded warehouses in China and direct shipment from foreign countries. Mid-Year Shopping Festival, Cainiao’s bonded warehouses facilitated the shipment of millions of packages imported by Tmall Global, representing year-over-year growth of over 60%.
Supply Chain Movement
DECEMBER 14, 2015
The ‘systems of differentiation’ comprise solutions which give companies a competitive edge in their markets, such as forecasting, planning or advanced warehouse management. In the early days as many as 30 trucks were sometimes left waiting in France, loaded with finished products but unable to depart because someone in The Netherlands, Belgium or Switzerland hadn’t ticked the relevant box.”. IT supports quest for differentiation and innovation.
Unleashed
JUNE 5, 2019
SIGVARIS is the global market leader in market compression garments, producing over 8 million pairs of stockings across our plants in Switzerland, Poland, the US, France and Brazil. The total products SIGVARIS AU manage using Unleashed, across 46 warehouses. SIGVARIS AU’s products can be life-changing for its customers— but only if they get a complex order 100% correct.
RELEX Solutions
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Retailer and Unified Retail Planning specialist aim to optimize and automate hypermarket’s forecasting and replenishment for warehouses and stores. The retailer’s previous forecasting tool was used to replenish standard articles automatically but did so for all 282 stores and 8 warehouses separately; it didn’t offer integrated forecasting and replenishment for warehouses and stores within the same system. Read PDF.
Vinculum
JULY 24, 2019
With 24×7 availability, Fulfilled by Sears (FBS) is an order fulfillment service from Sears that manages warehousing, pick/packing and shipping of customer orders for your business. A seller is required to have their main office in the EU or Switzerland and small unregistered companies will be refused. In 2021, over 2.14 billion people worldwide are expected to buy goods and services online [1]. That is roughly 30% of the current world population. Just imagine.
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