The digital twin is alive
Digital maps that record and display the locations of objects and areas via a digital twin provide transparency in warehouses and production halls - in real time.
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read more...Resource-saving intralogistics
Data-based planning for greater efficiency
Many companies could achieve significant efficiency gains in production-related intralogistics with data-supported optimizations and thus operate in a more resource-efficient manner.
read more...Transport robots: insights into insect brains enable novel localization method
Together with Opteran Technologies, Safelog is implementing a new type of localization technology. This is intended to outperform existing systems such as LiDAR or methods such as SLAM in terms of robustness, efficiency and flexibility. The localization method is based on the simulation of insect brains.
read more...From research to practice: a 3D twin for warehouse management
Real transparency in warehouses and production halls can only be achieved with digital maps that record and display the locations of objects and areas using a digital twin - in real time.
read more...Hardware-independent dialog system
With the new pL Voice App, Pro Logistik from Dortmund presents the first manufacturer-independent speech recognition app for dialog systems of its kind in Europe.
read more...Autostore and cross-warehouse central WMS
In Freilassing, Bavaria, the railroad construction machinery manufacturer Robel is reorganizing its warehouse and transport processes. Hörmann Intralogistics is implementing a well thought-out overall concept by the end of 2024, which also includes a new building.
read more...Efficient yard management at the Jura Materials Group
The Swiss company was suffering from outdated and complex processes in its internal logistics at the factory yard.
read more...Integrated sourcing platform for an efficient supply chain
Geopolitical factors and climate change have already posed enormous risks for manufacturers in all sectors in recent years. It is therefore necessary for companies to have an overview of all factors that determine material costs and to ensure the quality and reliability of deliveries. An end-to-end integrated IT system can also support supply chain management with a focus on sourcing.
read more...New application round for the "AI Career Kickstart Program" launched
Last autumn, the non-profit appliedAI Institute for Europe launched the "AI Career Kickstart Program". The six-month training phase of the first cohort was completed at the end of April. The training and career program is now moving on to the practical part for the participants. The new application phase begins at the same time.
read more...Better coordination of mobile robot fleets
Omron, provider of industrial robotics and automation solutions, announces the release of the new Fleet Operations Workspace (Flow) Core 4.0 software. This platform enables companies to extend the capabilities of LD, MD and HD series autonomous mobile robots (AMR), simplify their integration and optimize fleet management.
read more...Retrofit with new software
Rose Systemtechnik's 25-year-old manual warehouse in Porta Westfalica was no longer up to date, the automated small parts warehouse (AS/RS) with a Viaspeed storage and retrieval machine (SRM) was undersized and the software was outdated.
read more...MTU Aero Engines centralizes factory transport with Inform
Engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines has increased its internal delivery reliability from 89 to 93 percent by optimizing its multi-stage transport chains with Syncrotess. Many years of working with Inform's AI-based system have made it possible to cope with the increasing complexity of logistics.
read more...Manufacturing Execution System
Digital store floor management for SMEs
Implementing digital store floor management is usually a cost-intensive and lengthy large-scale project and difficult for SMEs to implement on their own. Peakboard is now coming to their aid.
read more...OptiSweep automates downstream processes in distribution centers
Fortna presents Opti-Sweep: the robotic solution takes over the onward transport of consignments on sorter systems designed for high throughput in e-commerce and sorting centers.
read more...project44 revises Movement platform
project44, a platform for supply chain visibility, is updating its Movement platform with two new features: Firstly, there is an update for transparency and real-time tracking in crisis situations. The other new feature is Detention & Demurrage (D&D) optimization. This allows risks and D&D costs to be tracked in real time and costs to be reduced through rapid adjustments within the supply chain.
read more...ZG Raiffeisen relies on ProStore
ZG Raiffeisen, a renowned trading and service company with a cooperative tradition, is modernizing its warehouse management system at its Kehl site.
read more...Digital transformation mastered with ease
In the distribution center of the production and trading company Hisert, the implementation of the PSIwms warehouse management system has halved the throughput times for picking and shipping processes.
read more...Open Logistics Foundation publishes open source compendium on logistics
According to the Open Logistics Foundation, it has published the world's first collection of open source projects in logistics.
read more...Inventory sampling with SaaS solution
In the pharmaceutical industry, the legal requirements for stocktaking are particularly strict: there must be no deviations in the stocks of medicines.
read more...SSI Schaefer founds startup SupplyBrain
With the founding of SupplyBrain GmbH, SSI Schaefer is investing in the expansion of its own technology and digitalization expertise in the field of intralogistics. The startup offers data-supported software solutions that, in addition to the company's logistics software, optimize core areas of the supply chain, increase efficiency and reduce operating costs.
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