Zone Picking Systems: Beautiful and Complicated
Zone picking systems (often called zone routing systems) have been around for decades. And yet, it seems they are being underappreciated these days. Part of the reason might be that…
On the Sustainability of Q Commerce Companies: Why They Most Go Bust, and Why That‘s a Good Thing
As a professor of logistics and a citizen interested in and concerned about the sustainability of business models, I watch the meteoric rise of rapid grocery delivery services like GoPuff…
Limitations of Shuttle Systems in Goods-to-Person Picking Applications for eGrocery
In this article, I investigate the use of conventional single-level shuttle systems for goods-to-person picking of grocery items in e-com. I will explain why this particular type of automated storage…
Stellenbeschreibungen beschleunigen Entscheidungsprozesse
Schnellere Entscheidungsprozesse durch Stellenbeschreibungen
Eine Vielzahl von Studien hat sich damit beschäftigt, wie und wieviel Zeit Mitarbeiter in Unternehmen ihre tägliche Arbeitszeit verschwenden. Das private Surfen im Internet, Youtube, Online Shopping und Kaffeeküchen-Talk rangieren…
The Risk of Large Projects
Experience shows: large automation projects are risky and are likely to be unprofitable. And yet, chasing white elephants is a dominant activity of large teams in sales departments of almost every logistics automation company.
