Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Rob Press, Content Marketing Manager, Deputy In the supply chain, warehouses play a crucial role in receiving products from the source, storing them safely, and delivering them quickly and efficiently. The warehousing industry accounts for 8% of 2.8 million nonfatal work-related injuries a year !

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Logility

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Inventory Optimization (IO) is a loosely used term in the industry. You’ll see it used to describe tactical inventory management, warehouse operations and strategic network assessments as well as used to describe single stage as well as multi-echelon environments. Karin: What is Inventory Optimization?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2017

When we speak to supply chain leaders about innovations in their supply chain, it’s not always about drones, self-driving trucks, or automated warehouses. 2 Real-time Network Inventory Control and Planning. Too often we think about inventory in a linear way. Trend #1: Customers Buying Experience Not Products.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 29, 2022

Economic order quantity is one of the “most commonly used inventory-control techniques”. The objectives and advantages of Economic Order Qty (EOQ) are to minimize inventory carrying costs and ordering costs while simultaneously limiting the probability of stock out to avoid any lost sales or customer loss. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Global supply chains are fundamentally rearranging and there’s a lot of reflection on how the urge to optimize efficiency (whether it was offshoring manufacturing to keep labor costs down, or making supply chains very lean to cut inventory costs) made supply chains more fragile. Robots can’t get sick. .

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Our retail and supply chain planning suites empower a new level of intelligent decision-making and unlock powerful business improvements in forecast accuracy, service levels and inventory – delighting customers and achieving financial and sustainability KPIs.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development and more. Stay in touch with ToolsGroup on LinkedIn , Twitter , YouTube , or visit www.toolsgroup.com.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

BOSTON, Mass. Our customers overcome demand volatility and supply chain complexity for outstanding service levels with reduced inventory. ToolsGroup solutions include Demand Planning & Sensing, Inventory Optimization, Allocation & Replenishment, Demand & Supply Collaboration, Promotions Planning and S&OP.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BOSTON — Sept. ToolsGroup’s innovative AI-powered solutions enable retailers, manufacturers, and distributors to outsmart supply chain uncertainty and deliver inventory performance from source to customer doorstep to maximize revenue and profitability. About Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In early 2000 he entered the world of logistics – mostly implementing large software systems but due to his professional curiosity consistently asked to look at innovations in trucking and warehousing. It operates through four segments: Expedited, Dedicated, Managed Freight, and Warehousing. About Covenant.

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ToolsGroup

JUNE 15, 2021

BOSTON (June 16, 2020) – Supply & Demand Chain Executive , the only publication covering the entire global supply chain, selected Polaris to receive a “Top Supply Chain Projects Award for 2021” for its project with ToolsGroup. Inventory was reduced by 15 percentage points. Planner productivity significantly improved. About Polaris.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

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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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And perhaps no element of the supply chain is more integral to the safety of pharmaceutical products than the warehouse. In this article, we’ll look at the ins and outs of pharmaceutical warehousing and tell you what you should look for in a third-party logistics (3PL) provider before entrusting your goods to its warehouse.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 16, 2022

BOSTON – August 17, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, has been selected by Entertainment Retail Enterprises (ERE) , a leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of customized retail products including apparel, accessories, and home goods.

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RFgen

JULY 15, 2020

The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) has partnered with MIT and Ava Robotics to bring a new sanitizing robot into their distribution centers to fight COVID-19 spread. The realities of the recent pandemic have meant warehousing and distribution centers must optimize their operations to avoid shutdowns. Industry 4.0

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

This boosts revenues and optimises inventory. exact location of goods (on order, in transit, or in a warehouse)). This can be applied to inventory management, fleet and order tracking, ID badging. Amazon’s supply chain heavily depends on the outsourcing of its inventory management. Boston: Springer), pp.413–422.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 17, 2021

BOSTON, March 17, 2021 – ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, is proud to announce that ToolsGroup Director of Professional Services for Europe, Michael Haiber, and Vice President of Professional Services, Stefano Novati, were both named 2021 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

An Interview with Warehouse Robotics Veteran, Jon Schechter. I live in the Greater Boston area. This provides me with the valuable convenience of visiting with the innovative warehouse robotics companies in this metropolitan area – a large number of companies I called the Greater Boston Robotics Cluster.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 4, 2020

BOSTON (May 5, 2020) ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, today announced a new online COVID-19 Supply Chain Action Center and resources to help companies quickly respond to Coronavirus risks and speed supply chain recovery. It gives you great visibility of the whole inventory. About ToolsGroup.

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Kanban Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2024

Warehousing services are a key component of virtually any business that handles a physical product, but it takes time and money if you choose to manage the function internally. Fortunately, outsourcing warehouse services to a Third-Party Logistics (3PL) provider can offer substantial cost-saving benefits for your company.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

BOSTON and MILAN (Sept. Sarah Voorhees has spent the last 12 years of her career in supply chain leadership roles, where she’s reimagined demand and supply planning and inventory management practices at consumer goods and distribution companies. About Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Go to www.SDCExec.com.

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Kanban Logistics

JULY 14, 2022

The pandemic-related rise of eCommerce, combined with companies holding onto more inventory to guard against supply chain disruptions, has led to a tight real estate market where companies are battling for available space. Warehouses in North Carolina: what are your options? a 3PL contract warehousing arrangement).

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

As an offspring of globalisation, supply chains are focused on optimisation – cost reduction, just-in-time deliveries and tight inventory-to-sales ratios. A significant paradigm shift in procurement and inventory control is an emerging area of focus.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2022

ToolsGroup is how organizations improve product availability while right-sizing inventory, no matter how complex their supply chain is or how much demand changes. Go to www.SDCExec.com to view the full list of 2022 Pros to Know winners. About ToolsGroup. About Supply & Demand Chain Executive. Go to www.SDCExec.com to learn more.

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ToolsGroup

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

MUNICH & BOSTON — 23. Emma will replace its old error-prone, manual spreadsheet-based planning with ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ (SO99+) for inventory optimization, fulfillment, demand modeling, and replenishment. About ToolsGroup.

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Arena Solutions

MARCH 9, 2023

On May 15 – 18, 2023, professionals across the industrial enterprise will have the opportunity to attend PTC LiveWorx in person at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. For a product company, those sources include PLM for product and change information, ERP for inventory and financials, and CRM for customer feedback.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 27, 2024

Melanie Hinton , Vice President of Marketing & Communications at the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), reports, “According to the Bureau of Labor & Statistics, the Transportation & Warehouse sector employs 6.6 million people. million residents.”[2] Logistics can helps reduce costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Boston area is a hub for warehouse robotics companies. The BG innovation center is an operating warehouse where the development team creates, tests, and enhances its solutions. In my words, BG provides integrated warehouse automation solutions based on robotics, AI, and other modern technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

My colleague Fox Chen and I just kicked-off the update to ARC Advisory Group’s research on the global mobile warehouse robotics market. Fox is located in Singapore, and I am in Boston. Mobile Warehouse Robotics Mergers & Acquisitions 6 River Systems was acquired by the Ocado Group in the spring of 2023 from Shopify.

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Arena Solutions

DECEMBER 17, 2024

So joined here, Chad Wright from Boston Dynamics, as well as Heatherly Bucher from Arena, and Todd who I just met, Todd Fuller, who I just met today from Rootstock. I’m the Chief Information Officer at Boston Dynamics. Actually, I will say that Boston Dynamics had Arena when Chad joined. My name is Rony Kubat.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 30, 2018

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts assert, “Logistics networks have never been more complex. The track & trace data shows if any exceptions occurred once the freight left your warehouse (weather delays, mechanical problems, etc.). … A newer development in self-learning systems is intelligent warehouses.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 15, 2018

Amazon’s Clever Machines Are Moving From the Warehouse to Headquarters (Bloomberg). million for its warehouse robots (TechCrunch). Song of the Week: “Question of Time” by Depeche Mode (recorded live in Boston, 6/9/2018). Billion Supply-Chain Overhaul (WSJ – sub. Supreme Court Turns Aside J.B. Exotec Solutions raises $17.7

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Most companies have made their own organizations more efficient (ROA), but they have not reduced inventories and they have pushed costs back in the supply chain on suppliers that are less able to bear them. Look at the gyrations of Boston Scientific and Eli Lilly for the same period of time. This has made the supply chain more fragile.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 26, 2015

Vendor Managed Inventory processes–once hailed as the panacea of demand sensing–largely operate in isolation within sales organizations (of the thirty-three organizations that we interviewed last year, no market leader has connected these demand signals). It was a cold, crisp winter in Boston.

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Existing and emerging technologies may help with complex inventory management, including 5G, blockchain, AGVs, AI and mobile inventory. Manual processes can’t support the increasing complex inventory management needs in the aerospace and defense industry. Mobile Inventory Solutions. But what are these technologies?

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Kanban Logistics

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In the dynamic world of eCommerce fulfillment, pick and pack services play a pivotal role in ensuring that products move seamlessly from the warehouse to a customer’s mailbox. Picking: The First Step The picking phase involves selecting items from the warehouse shelves to fulfill customer orders. population in just one day.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

Manhattan Associates Empowers Warehouse Managers With New E-Commerce Capabilities. The orders are being fulfilled from about 160 Best Buy stores in markets that include Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington. Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS).

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