Software developer Inform outlines five key AI trends that will shape industrial practice in 2026. The use of artificial intelligence is developing rapidly and will become an integral part of production, logistics and the supply chain. The focus is on integration into processes, software and infrastructures.
read more...The Bavarian deep-tech company The Green Bridge is developing a technology that embeds spatial data in time horizons and automatically recognizes dynamics. This enables logistics companies to improve delivery times, increase transport efficiency, save costs, identify risks, find optimal warehouse locations and build resilient supply chains.
read more...The shortage of skilled workers remains one of the biggest challenges for companies in Germany. According to the German Economic Institute (IW), there will be a shortage of around 768,000 qualified specialists and managers by 2028. Intelligent document processes with AI support offer a solution here - not by replacing skilled workers, but by taking the pressure off them.
read more...The drugstore chain Rossmann is optimizing its order picking processes with an in-house development: together with the Ehrhardt Partner Group, the company has introduced the WIIEB control system. This system uses an algorithm to calculate the optimum distribution of items in roll boxes based on parameters such as the size, weight and content of the products. Employees receive picking instructions for picking via put-to-light displays and the voice-supported solution Lydia Voice.
read more...Around 250,000 articles in five countries for wholesale, B2B and B2C in the office supplies sector are represented in the system and make up PBS Holding AG's broad product range. The replenishment effort is therefore enormous. The Austrian company therefore receives support from Remira's AI-based inventory management software. Thanks to the software solution, replenishment in five countries is almost completely automated.
read more...Leuze SmartID-Edge controls a network of identification systems and sensors for track-and-trace requirements in production and in the supply chain. Secure communication between 1D scanners or 2D camera systems takes place at edge level using OPC UA and full integration of the AutoID Companion Specification.
read more..."In the future, it will be image processing that will shape success and competitiveness by monitoring customized logistics and production processes," says Volker Kugel, Director of Automation Projects at Eckelmann, with conviction. As a result, he installed an innovation unit at the headquarters in Wiesbaden: The development expertise for AI-supported image processing was concentrated and expanded in terms of personnel in the new "Vision AI" unit.
read more...The material flow of raw materials, parts and semi-finished products in production and warehouses is often complex and can often be expanded in terms of efficiency. Machine learning, generative AI and the like can help with optimization.
read more...The aim of MSK's EMSY software is to make product load securing simple and future-proof. It enables automated pallet logistics thanks to end-to-end networked processes.
read more...To achieve its environmental goals and to meet the growing sustainability awareness of its customers, the Europa Worldwide Group, an international logistics service provider, relies on Blue Yonder's Logistics Emissions Calculator, a component of the Sustainable Supply Chain Manager solution.
read more...The Lenze Group and Sonepar Germany have entered into a long-term cooperation agreement. The aim is to make Lenze drive technology more widely available via the Sonepar sales network.
read more...Identifying quality defects at an early stage, rectifying them efficiently and avoiding them in the long term - this is a challenge for many companies. A lack of transparency, inefficient processes and a high level of manual effort make it difficult to process complaints. ConSense, developer of software solutions for quality management systems (QMS) and integrated management systems (IMS), offers ConSense Forms, a digital solution that optimizes the complaints process.
read more...The Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML has published open source components for logistics for the first time as part of the SKALA innovation project.
read more...Efficient goods management, an automated warehouse and picking system and better returns processing - these were the requirements with which Maprom, a promotional textiles wholesaler from Höxter, started building its new central warehouse. Today, more than two years later, the ProStore warehouse management system (WMS) from IT company Team with a direct connection to the new AutoStore warehouse ensures smooth processes and an increase in order processing.
read more...The 'Wrong-Way-Sensor (wws)' from Microsonic guides industrial trucks safely through high-bay warehouses. The ultrasonic sensor has a scanning range limit of 3.5 m and detects industrial trucks entering rack aisles in the logistics hall within this measuring range. The sensor distinguishes between incoming and outgoing industrial trucks.
read more...Lacroix Electronics, electronics supplier and part of the globally active Lacroix Group, has successfully optimized its inventory process with the help of Remira.
read more...For companies, the disruption of supply chains is ultimately a matter of their economic existence. A threat to life? This aspect hardly plays a role in public perception. Yet supply chain management in critical infrastructure works in a similar way to that in companies. Transparency is therefore essential in order to plan precisely and monitor supply chains in real time. Software solutions for supply chain management provide valuable support here.
read more...Intralogistics is a complex interplay of means of transportation, digital control levels and dynamic processes. What is needed is holistic orchestration that integrates and scales systems from different manufacturers while ensuring process reliability. A practical example: the Noerpel Group. Noerpel has been offering solutions in the transport and logistics sector for more than 140 years. The Giengen I site relies on the Anyfleet automation platform from Idealworks .
read more...Unloading pallets, delivering building materials and documenting receipts, notes and signatures for the delivery of goods - previously with pen and paper, today via smartphone or tablet: the building materials retailer Stark Deutschland was impressed by the advantages of the SAP-based goods delivery app FIS/LastMile during its one-year pilot phase at the sales brands Raab Karcher, Muffenrohr and Melle Gallhöfer, so that it is now being rolled out to the entire company.
read more...Supply chain planning expert Slimstock has helped Sonepar Suisse AG, one of Switzerland's leading electrical wholesalers, to achieve significant efficiency gains in inventory and supply chain management.
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