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DHL E-Commerce Opens Australia Fulfillment Center
DHL eCommerce, a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has launched a fulfillment center in Sydney to meet Australian domestic demand for overseas goods ordered by online shoppers, the company says.
Managing Your Freight Spend In The Age Of Big Data
Without effective freight-cost management, you're leaving millions of dollars a year on the table.
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Tompkins Launches E-Commerce Fulfillment Alliance
Tompkins International, a supply chain and fulfillment consultant, is launching the MonarchFx Alliance, a consortium of technology and service providers designed for faster, more efficient e-commerce fulfillment across sectors, Tompkins says.
RFID Saves Man-Hours, Boosts Safety At Middle East Construction Project
Consolidated Contracting Co. (CCC), one of the largest construction and engineering companies in the Middle East, has built and tested an active radio frequency identification-based tool to automatically capture data regarding the comings and goings of thousands of workers at several gas-production plants in the region.
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Amazon Patents Flying Warehouse
Amazon has filed a patent for a flying warehouse that would deliver packages using a fleet of drones. The "airborne fulfilment centre", patented in the U.S., would consist of a giant airship that remains at high altitude while drones collect packages from it to deliver to locations on the ground.
Automotive OEM Taps Automated Lockers to Help Distribution Hub Run Smoothly
Challenge: When this automotive OEM upgraded the warehouse management system for its largest distribution facility, it knew a better way to manage handheld equipment was needed. There was no way to track equipment and no employee accountability. Scanners were being hidden, lost and damaged almost daily. The cost of managing this valuable equipment increased as productivity decreased.
TouchPath Extends WMS System With 'Power-Picking' Control Center
Supply chain solutions provider TouchPath is extending its TouchWMS warehouse management system with the addition of a "power picking" control center, the technology company has announced. The first TouchWMS Control Centre user - an unnamed international components manufacturer - reports early pick productivity increases of up to 50 percent as a result, according to TouchPath.
Retail: Transportation, Tech & Other Trends
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WMS Load Test Simulating 500 Users Produces Surprising Discovery
Challenge: Prior to a WMS Go Live, a power equipment manufacturer wanted to stress test new servers to ensure additional load would not impact operations. Time-strapped, they turned to us to develop a test strategy to emulate 300 RF devices simultaneously working in the WMS.
10 Signs It's Time to Automate Your Warehouse With WMS
Warehouses and distribution centers are dynamic environments where many different challenges arise. Sometimes those challenges go beyond the normal issues to become overwhelming, and start to impact the performance of the business. A Warehouse Management System (WMS) can help a business with many of these challenges, yet many smaller and medium-sized businesses hesitate to move from a manual paper-based approach to even a rudimentary WMS, based on fears about cost and disruption.
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Industrial Real Estate Set to Break Records in 2017, Economists Say
Low interest rates, healthy consumer spending and strong e-commerce are forming good conditions for industrial and logistics real estate growth in 2017, says JLL, an investment management firm that offers real estate services. Potential investment in infrastructure and continued company expansion are also expected to fuel demand for warehouses and distribution centers despite global economic uncertainty.
IDC Predicts Half of Worldwide Supply Chains Will Use AI by 2020
IDC Manufacturing Insights has published its "IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2017 Predictions," report to offer the 10 predictions that provide the framework for IT and line-of-business (LOB) decision makers' and influencers' planning and execution of technology-related initiatives in the year ahead.
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