Believe it or not, warehouse automation is not a recent innovation. In fact, the first automated guided vehicle (AGV) was invented back in 1953, while the first automated storage and retrieval system
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The multichannel retail business model, along with increasing levels of global sourcing, have created staggering opportunities for importers and exporters around the world, whether they be huge multin
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“The most complex logistical exercise in our country's history," is how Brendan Murphy, Australia's Department of Health Secretary has described the situation. According to Prime Minister Scott Morr
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What a significant year 2017 has been for the retail industry. If you listen carefully, you can almost simultaneously hear the racing of hearts and long deep sighs as we near the end of yet another fi
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The current upheaval has provided supply chain managers with crucial lessons – as raised in the first of the Supply Chain Pandemic Response Discussions from CeMAT Australia. Johannes Fottner, Profes
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3D printing food, similarly to any other type of 3D printing, involves creating physical versions of digital objects layer by layer – the difference being the use of edible ingredients. It has begun t
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The continuing coronavirus epidemic illustrates just how many global supply chains rely on China's manufacturing. And with quarantine as the most reliable methodology for containment, those supply cha
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Have you heard the news about lean management? Are you curious to what it is and how you can implement this innovative philosophy into your warehouse? Lean or Six Sigma methodologies are taking the ma
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As warehouse management solutions (WMS) evolve to become more efficient, digitisation and automation are realities that every logistics business must embrace in order to survive. But many logistics
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