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2011-05-09 Wat is het te behalen resultaat bij de implementatie van een WMS? Dit is een vraag die veel logistiek managers zich stellen. Het antwoord is belangrijk voor een goede onderbouwing in de businesscase , maar hoe komt men aan de juiste informatie? Er is in ieder geval een goed overzicht (..)
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2011-05-09 Productivity and customer satisfaction peak as field organizations go mobile.
Leading organizations realize that the field technician’s role goes far beyond installing and repairing products. He or she can be a powerful extension of the sales force with large impact on (..)
TagsServicebrancheFieldServiceConsafeMobility
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2011-04-15 At Georgia State University’s Georgia Tech department, leading professor John Langley has put together a forum of supply chain managers who go by the name of Georgia Tech Supply Chain Executive Forum. In the autumn of 2010, John Langley, together with supply chain blogger and expert Dan (..)
TagsWMSStrategieTrendsOnderzoek
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2011-04-15 By Poul Breil-Hansen
Many companies experience a returned goods rate of around 10% but, according to a UK survey conducted by Shockshifters.com, the average returns percentage for e-commerce companies is 22%. "E-commerce involves a far greater number of returned goods (..)
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2011-04-15 Growing competition and increasing customer demands expecting timely deliveries of forwarded shipments force owners of logistics companies to develop IT infrastructure, including mobile solutions, that is necessary for efficient delivery chain management. Mobile solutions involve a set (..)
TagsDistributie en 3PLMobilityControlTransportHardwareSupply Chain ExecutionStrategie
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2011-03-01 Samsung doet goede zaken. De Galaxy-telefoons en de Galaxy-tablets zijn populair, en dat is ook in het spare parts-dc van Samsung in Breda te merken. Een groot deel van de 92.000 artikelen die hier op voorraad liggen, bestaat uit reserveonderdelen voor de mobiele oplossingen van de (..)
TagsFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)HardwareWMSCaseBenelux
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2011-03-01 Nieuwe locatie meer dan een maatje groter
Op dit moment ligt de spare parts voorraad verspreid over 4 verschillende locaties in Oosterhout (Noord-Brabant). Dan nog is er te weinig ruimte voor de 10-duizenden items die Hitachi aan spare parts heeft. Het oude DC heeft daarnaast met (..)
TagsLuchtvaart- en automobielindustrieWMSHardwareBeneluxCase
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2011-02-22 By Poul Breil-Hansen As a main rule, warehouse managers, logistics managers and supply chain managers have in-depth professional insight into warehousing and logistics. They are on home turf when the discussion turns to delivery time, warehouse capacity utilisation and picking (..)
TagsWMSStrategieSupply Chain Execution
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2010-12-22 90 billion Swedish kroner. That is how much Scandinavians spent on internet purchases in 2009 according to Posten Norden’s May 2010 survey, "Distance commerce in Scandinavia, 2010". This represents an increase of about 17.4 percent in relation to 2008. E-commerce is now undeniably a (..)
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2010-12-22 The growth of competition on the market, as well as strict legal regulations make pharmaceutical companies face the challenge of deploying cutting-edge IT solutions. This is the only way to comply with the requirements of regulators, streamline manufacturing processes, and speed up (..)
TagsBiotechnologische, chemische en farmaceutische industrieControlTransportMobilityStrategieSupply Chain Execution
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2010-12-22 Money really matters
REMA Distribusjon is the logistics arm of REMA 1000, and in this company the customer really is king. Their customers are both the consumers and the franchise holders they serve. The company builds its business on four key concepts:
Price price (..)
TagsDetailhandelMobilityHardwareWMSCaseNoorwegenSupply Chain Execution
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2010-12-22 The concept of Lean comes from the US, but it’s based on Toyota’s TPS – Toyota car Production System. Toyota invented TPS to catch up with the US market in 3 years by making their industry as efficient as it could be. They focused on the complete elimination of waste from the (..)
TagsLevensmiddelen industrieAstro WMSInterviewStrategieTrends
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2010-10-27 TMØ's Kaldbakken facility has invested approximately NOK 1.2 million in the solution. "With fewer employees and less manual work, the solution has already paid for itself," confirms Larssen.
Smoother workflow in picking process
Consafe Logistics has so far implemented its (..)
TagsLevensmiddelen industrieWMSEffect WarehouseVoice controlCaseNoorwegen
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2010-10-27 Managers need to understand what factors drive operational excellence. According to Mikael Holmqvist the key criteria to excellence in WMS are Structure, Culture, Communication, Leadership and Tools
Here’s why they matter:
Structure matters
You need to link objectives to (..)
TagsWMSSupply Chain ExecutionStrategie
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2010-10-27 Lund University’s Johan Lundin shares his observations about the pros and cons for companies considering automation.
The what, how and why
According to Johan, there are 3 questions to ask when considering investing in warehouse automation. What to automate, how to automate and (..)
TagsWMSAutomationInternationaalInterviewStrategie
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2010-10-26 By Poul Breil-Hansen
Warehouse Management is the lay-by for paradoxes. The challenge is to balance conflicting parameters such as space utilisation, organisational flexibility, picking speed, picking precision, increased productivity and reduce payroll costs. At the same time, the (..)
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2010-10-26 By Poul Breil-Hansen
PoD is, in all its simplicity, a technology that can provide real-time verification of delivery of an item. The driver who delivers the item obtains a receipt for delivery from the recipient on the screen of his PDA. At the same time, the system (..)
TagsMobilityStrategieSupply Chain ExecutionInterview
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2010-10-26 By Poul Breil-Hansen
Lean is all about creating a culture geared towards making things smarter and continuously seeking small improvements to improvements already made. In essence, lean is about eliminating waste from business activities. Ideally, all goods should be (..)
TagsWMSSupply Chain ExecutionStrategieTrends
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2010-10-21 Verschenen in Supply Chain Solutions , juni/juli 2010 Auteur: Tina Claes Foto’s beschikbaar gesteld door SKF
Lees ook over de werking van WASS
Bedrijven die een contract sluiten, (..)
TagsIndustriële productie en toeleveranciersAstro WMSWMSCaseInternationaal
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2010-09-15 "I daren’t think about where we would be today if we hadn’t implemented WMS and carried out LEAN-based development of processes, management and culture. A reduction of the capital tied up in inventory by more than 300 million kroner has made a crucial difference to our cash (..)
TagsIndustriële productie en toeleveranciersAstro WMSVoice controlCaseDenemarken
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2010-09-15 To perform world leading supply chain execution demands for aligned processes and a will to improve continuously. Hence, the key to success is not only to invest in an IT-solution. But the right WMS does contribute to the organisation’s development. On an operational level it minimises waste (..)
TagsAstro WMSRetroSpectWarehouse 3DWMSStrategieTrendsInterview
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2010-09-13 The current PDA system utilised by Coop is DynamicStore from Consafe Logistics and was installed in 2006. "We used to use hand-held terminals without a product register in our coop stores. We needed a more modern system to allow us to rationalise our business. Today, we have in excess (..)
TagsDetailhandelMobilityCaseNoorwegen
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2010-09-13 Until recently, the abbreviation WMS (Warehouse Management System) was known only to providers of warehouse management solutions. Now, a constantly growing number of Polish companies operating warehouses know what a WMS is, and what benefits it can bring to the company. WMS (..)
TagsWMSStrategie
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2010-09-10 A considerable part of materials, let alone food or medicines, change their characteristics in these conditions. As far as medicines are concerned, these conditions have an impact not only on their characteristics, but also on their effects. Frankly speaking, medicines which are stored (..)
TagsBiotechnologische, chemische en farmaceutische industrieMobilityControlTransportStrategieSupply Chain ExecutionInterview
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2010-09-10 The Effect 3.0 solution will handle information about the processes executed every day in two facilities of the company, an old warehouse and a recently built high-bay warehouse, in real time. Also, the system will control and ensure compliance of product shipments. The system runs on a (..)
TagsLevensmiddelen industrieEffect WarehouseNieuwe klantPolen
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2010-09-10 The Effect Warehouse solution provides clear information about the space use and locations of stored goods. The system runs on the standard MS Windows platform and is integrated with the IFS Application software, an ERP system used for supply chain management.
"From our (..)
TagsLevensmiddelen industrieEffect WarehouseHardwareCasePolen
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2010-06-15 The roots of BERG Toys are in Wekerom, a village in the Veluwe region of the Netherlands. That is where, 25 years ago, Henk van den Berg started building go-karts. When the company started bursting at the seams and the stocks ended up being stored in fourteen different locations, BERG (..)
TagsFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Astro WMSCaseBenelux
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2010-05-27 "One of the objectives with this investment is to minimize our service costs for PDA units and to be able to use the full range of units. We save time and money with the possibility to handle upgrades and installations by remote control and it gives us a complete overview of (..)
TagsDistributie en 3PLMobilityCESAMCaseNoorwegen
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2010-05-25 Lantmännen Unibake in Sweden sells hot dog and burger buns to the catering trade and retail stores. Under the Korvbrödsbagarn brand they supply to Burger King, Max, 7 - Eleven, Sibylla and several chains of petrol stations. As a food company that serves the world with a perishable (..)
TagsLevensmiddelen industrieAstro WMSRetroSpectWMSStrategieZwedenCase
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2010-05-25 The pharmaceuticals distribution process is a cycle of complex actions that require highest security standards and constant information sharing. Keeping full control over the system, and having insight into even the smallest components determines the quality and efficiency of warehouse (..)
TagsBiotechnologische, chemische en farmaceutische industrieAstro WMSEffect WarehouseWMSStrategie
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2010-05-25 The last “warehouse” in a value chain with groceries is the store shelf. Currently, modern stores do not have any extra storage. The storage exists on the shelves since the store chains want to utilise the entire store space for sales and customer service. Thus, it is vital to carefully (..)
TagsDetailhandelMobilityCaseDenemarken
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2010-05-25 In recent years the Carlsberg Group has significantly expanded its activities in Scandinavia, Europe, Russia and Asia, recording 56% revenue growth between 2005 and 2009. Not surprisingly there has been a great need to replace outdated offline solutions with mobile ones. The company is (..)
TagsLevensmiddelen industrieMobilityControlTransportHardwareCaseDenemarken
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2010-04-12 "Our investments in brand building and the introduction of modern logistics systems have played an important role in our growth," explains warehouse manager Morten Kleven at Bergans Fritid AS. He now has high expectations for the new warehouse system. "I am sure it will help us reduce (..)
TagsFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Effect WarehouseVoice controlCaseNoorwegen
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2010-04-09 Nowadays, it is generally acknowledged that, in reality, competition is not between individual companies but between supply chains. It is also generally acknowledged that transparency and the exchange of information in the supply chain is a crucial pre-requisite for the chain winning in the (..)
TagsDistributie en 3PLControlTransportMobilityStrategieSupply Chain Execution
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2010-04-08 The development of the 802.11n common wireless networking standard has been associated with many controversies. The release of the final version has been delayed. Online forums were buzzing, because the quality of the test equipment left a lot to be desired. Network administrators did (..)
TagsHardwareWMSStrategie
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2010-02-24 The objective of the survey was to understand how logistics and warehousing will develop within the next years starting 2009 to 2013. The survey was divided into four parts; Focus areas, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Industrial Trends and Investments.
We asked Björn and Anders to (..)
TagsOnderzoekSupply Chain ExecutionStrategieTrends
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2010-02-19 Can you imagine logistics without IT? Hardly. Let’s suppose some yogurts from a batch delivered to the supermarket are contaminated with dangerous bacteria. It would be impossible to withdraw them quickly from the market without an IT system. Today, humans are not the brains (..)
TagsSupply Chain ExecutionStrategieInterviewPolen
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2010-02-19 High customer demands and challenging goods management
The market for wholesalers and wholesale traders is extremely competitive. In order to succeed, you need to continually work with efficiency and lower cost levels. The challenge lies in being more flexible and the ability to (..)
TagsGroothandelWMSAstro WMSStrategieInterview
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2010-02-19 By Poul Breil-Hansen
A successful business trades primarily on satisfying the needs of its customers and shareholders/ owners alike. In a web seminar with participants from all over the world, Professor in Supply Chain Management, Richard Wilding from Cranfield (..)
TagsSupply Chain ExecutionStrategieTrendsInternationaal
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2009-12-21 The ROI calculation, ensures a controlled investment with the focus to generate new revenue. Maybe the issue of deployment funding and inventory management in the economic crisis has been reduced to the conclusion –"that it may be a good time for a company to achieve a market success".
TagsDistributie en 3PLWMSStrategieROICasePolen
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2009-12-21 Hennig Olsen IS AS is Norway’s longest established producer of ice cream and dessert products. The company was founded in 1924 and the factory in Kristiansand was built in 1960. Since then the company has been in continuous development. Today the factory produces ice cream using the (..)
TagsLevensmiddelen industrieMobilityHardwareCaseNoorwegen
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2009-12-21 We provide the seven key benefits to be expected from a WMS, taking as an example Astro WMS, a system offered by Consafe Logistics wherever a comprehensive solution is needed.
"Never have we observed such an increase in non-standard needs of our customers than in recent years.
TagsLuchtvaart- en automobielindustrieBiotechnologische, chemische en farmaceutische industrieDistributie en 3PLFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Levensmiddelen industrieIndustriële productie en toeleveranciersPapier, plastic en verpakkingenDetailhandelGroothandelWMSStrategieROIInternationaal
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2009-12-21 Telstar is a subsidiary company of ANWB, the dutch national drivers association. She is responsible for the supply of the ANWB-stores and also for the orders generated through the web shop of ANWB. The delivery of the shops was already for a long time controlled by the Sattstore WMS of (..)
TagsLuchtvaart- en automobielindustrieAstro WMSVoice controlCaseBenelux
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2009-12-21 What’s the big deal about labels?
"Each business has its own special requirements". Says Ellinor. "It’s all about the needs you have and any special conditions the labels need to withstand. You can choose from thermal transfer material such as paper, polyester and (..)
TagsHardwareWMSConsafeMobilityInterview
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2009-11-25 "To use a cliché it’s not just about technology, says Stefan. It’s about durability, reliability, good support, back-up and large scale deliveries. Since we acquired Captura in 2007 we’ve become market leader in Scandinavia, so we’re used to testing handheld devices, and hopefully giving (..)
TagsHardwareConsafeMobilityInternationaalInterview
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2009-11-25 Read the report that Heres Stad from Reed Business wrote from this discussion with representatives from Canon, Zeeman Textielsupers, Philips Lighting, SCA, Heineken, Ministry of Defense, Capgemini and Reed Business.
The restaurant of the Eurotower, with a clear view on (..)
TagsInterviewSupply Chain ExecutionTrendsEventBenelux
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2009-11-16 For the last five years, AMR Research has published the Supply Chain Top 25, a list featuring the 25 companies that deliver the best supply chain results in the world. AMR Research measures the companies according to ‘demand-driven excellence’ and emphasises that this is contingent on three (..)
TagsSupply Chain ExecutionStrategieOnderzoek
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2009-11-06 View Stefan Oldenburg from Consafe Logistics on “What are the main applications for RFID in warehousing 2010?”
Easy reader
RFID, Radio Frequency Identification, takes the hard work out of scanning articles. RFID has no line of sight restrictions, can scan up to 200 codes simultaneously, (..)
TagsLuchtvaart- en automobielindustrieBiotechnologische, chemische en farmaceutische industrieDistributie en 3PLFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Levensmiddelen industrieIndustriële productie en toeleveranciersPapier, plastic en verpakkingenDetailhandelGroothandelAstro WMSWMSRFIDStrategieInterview
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2009-08-31 Join the logistics revolution
Gaming technologies bring a completely new, intuitive and easy approach to logistics management. They are seen as the way forward by many logistics professionals who are looking forward to using the benefits it brings.
Consafe Logistics has (..)
TagsWarehouse 3DProduct updateTrends
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2009-08-14 Jarosław Bukowski, Sales & Marketing Director in Consafe Logistics in Poland : We finished the last year with very satisfactory results. We have significantly increased the share of hardware services. For example, the sales of maintenance packages increased by 30% year to year, (..)
TagsWMSFieldServiceControlTransportMobilityHardwareStrategieTrendsPolen
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2009-05-21 By SCM journalist Poul Breil-Hansen
How can we actively manage complexity and risk whilst constantly striving to take out cost and release cash from our supply chains? This was the key question posed by the "Be Prepared" web conference held on 21 January 2009 and organised by SCM World.
The (..)
TagsSupply Chain ExecutionStrategieEventDenemarken
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2009-01-23 by Stef de Bont
After your strategic decision to select and implement a new Warehouse Management System, the real ball game starts: The effective and sustainable implementation of the new system in your existing organization. And that management of change is a frequent missing element (..)
TagsWMSStrategie
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2009-01-15 By Poul Breil-Hansen
There is no doubt that companies around the world are currently feeling the cold winds of the global financial crisis. Some are feeling the burden more than others, but everyone is affected to some degree and according to all experts, the (..)
TagsInternationaalSupply Chain ExecutionTrendsStrategie
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2008-12-19 Earlier this year Consafe WMS has successfully been implemented in the Dutch Schiedam site. Now a contract has been signed for the Huisman site in Xiamen (China).
The fast growing site in Xiamen is now operated without any software solution. Consafe WMS will enable Huisman to (..)
TagsIndustriële productie en toeleveranciersWMSBeneluxNieuwe klantInternationaal
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2008-12-15 JAS-FBG S.A. is one of the leading 3PL companies in Poland. The company has a 17-year track record of dynamic growth and providing top quality services. At present, the company’s end-to-end portfolio comprises transportation services, freight forwarding services by (..)
TagsDistributie en 3PLEffect WarehouseHardwareCaseROIPolen
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0001-01-01 The ability to expect the unexpected is essential for the supply chain strategies of the future. This conclusion is highlighted in an extensive future study conducted on behalf of Deutsche Post DHL. Professor Richard Wilding adds: "Pressure on resources will set the agenda in the (..)
TagsInternationaalInterviewOnderzoekTrends