Technology Hardware
The future of logistics could be in your hands! Literally.
That mobile phone you carry around – in fact, you probably couldn’t work or socialise without it – could increasingly become a multi-purpose tool in the consumer marketplace – as well as for logistics. Before long, the mobile could enable you to see what’s available from a huge range of goods and services, and check [...]
The 5 cent tag … coming to a supply chain near you
The laws of physics and of economics don’t change. But the utility and cost of RFID sure do – and for the better!
RFID, radio frequency identification, is the coming technology for item tracking and tracing, and for huge advances in supply chain management. But coming when?
Over the years, RFID has been dogged by questions over [...]
FedEx Introduces Supply Chain Information Platform
FedEx has announced SenseAwareSM, an information service that combines a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor device and a web-based collaboration platform.The service will provide increased access to information between business partners and customers to aid in the management of supply chain interactions and will target the life sciences industry at launch.
Extremely gentle palletising with high precision by a beverage dragon
Elettric 80 Marketing Director Mikael Renström concludes that drinktec 2009 was a great success for the company, which made a great impact on the market through the live demonstration of a fully operative automated end-of-line chain, incorporating Elettric 80’s latest innovations for the beverage industry.
New spiral elevator from FlexLink
The New Spiral elevator from Flexlink offers high efficiency, no stop losses and a compact footprint
Increasing competition in the manufacturing industries is highlighting the demands on efficiency in production systems and on compact footprint. In parallel with continuous improvements and new technology steps, factories also demand improved production logistics.
FlexLink now launches the spiral elevator which [...]
The Human Factor and Warehouse Safety
Apart from cost efficiency, an important warehouse management issue is safety. The human factor often causes risks and accidents that are hard to foresee. These can be limited effectively through Elettric 80’s custom-made end-of-line automation solutions.
The systems can automate parts, or the whole, of the end-of-line process for clients within the fast-moving consumer-goods sectors, from [...]
