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Recent Publications
Occasionally, we publish technical articles online. Here is a selection.
- MODEX and LogiMAT 2024: What’s there to see?MODEX has just ended, LogiMAT begins next week. As always, the exhibitors – the industry is represented almost in its entirety – are busy advertising and vying for the attention of visitors. What was there to see at MODEX and what can visitors expect at LogiMAT? In a short video I present my perspective on… Read more: MODEX and LogiMAT 2024: What’s there to see?
- Warehouse Audits as a Regular ExerciseIn some areas of logistics, there are certain tools and practices that are practically unknown in other areas. Audits are an example of this. In purchasing and supplier management, conducting supplier audits is very common. It is a common practice in the automotive industry in particular: potential suppliers are audited before contracts are awarded. And… Read more: Warehouse Audits as a Regular Exercise
- Another guest appearance on the LIS podcastAfter being invited to the Logistikkpodden as a guest for the first time last year, I recently had the pleasure of meeting Sue Kristiansen and Børge Østnes from Lager & Industrisystemer (LIS) for the second time. This time we mainly talked about questions that listeners asked after the last episode. Among other things, we talked… Read more: Another guest appearance on the LIS podcast
- Decoding Aldi and Lidl’s Success: A Logistics PerspectiveI recently published an article in which I stated that high inventory levels are the most common problem in warehouses. Inventory levels are determined in part by SKU count, the number of products a company has in its portfolio. And so I thought it might be worth exploring this idea a little further and talking… Read more: Decoding Aldi and Lidl’s Success: A Logistics Perspective
- Warehousing Woes: Navigating Capacity ChallengesWhat is the most common problem in warehouses? It is not poor picking performance. It’s not the labor shortage. It’s too much inventory. They are full. I have had the opportunity to visit many warehouses over the last few years. And with very, very few exceptions, they all had one problem in common: they were… Read more: Warehousing Woes: Navigating Capacity Challenges
- Striking the Balance: Investigating Diminishing Marginal Productivity in Warehouse AutomationIntroduction In most projects where a warehouse operator is investigating the use of automation, there are a number of different routes that can be taken. I’m not just talking about the different types of technology that can be installed and used, but also the general direction the project can take in terms of scale and… Read more: Striking the Balance: Investigating Diminishing Marginal Productivity in Warehouse Automation
- Review of Volume Dive and Comparison with AutoStoreIntroduction I have been following the cube storage market for some time. It is remarkable how many variations of the original AutoStore concept have emerged in recent years, some with very interesting approaches that address AutoStore’s limitations. In this article, I would like to introduce and review another new entrant in the dynamic cube storage… Read more: Review of Volume Dive and Comparison with AutoStore
- The Warehouse Engineering Podcast #2: Yegor Anchyshkin (Instock)I’m excited to share with you my conversation with industry expert and serial entrepreneur, Yegor Anchyshkin. Yegor is co-founder and CEO of Instock, a warehouse automation company that does things in a unique way. He also co-founded CartFresh, Zakaz.ua and Viewdle, and he was the CTO of Takeoff Technologies, a pioneer in microfulfillment systems. We… Read more: The Warehouse Engineering Podcast #2: Yegor Anchyshkin (Instock)
- Fire Safety Systems in WarehousesReflections on Oxygen Reduction Systems This week I had the pleasure of attending a small conference on fire safety in warehouses. The conference was hosted by Wagner Group GmbH of Hannover, Germany (not to be confused with the Russian organization of the same name, which also deals with fire, but with different technology and intent). Wagner is… Read more: Fire Safety Systems in Warehouses
- Goods-to-Robot Picking: What’s the Catch?Almost every time I talk to customers about large goods-to-person systems, the conversation eventually turns to robotic picking. So I thought I should summarize some of the key challenges of integrating robots into picking systems. And this time, I made a video out of it as well. You can find the transcript of the video… Read more: Goods-to-Robot Picking: What’s the Catch?