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Read more about the article Robotic Piece Picking: Anatomy of a Broken Business Model

Robotic Piece Picking: Anatomy of a Broken Business Model

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:1. September 2024
  • Post category:General/Logistics Automation/Management Consulting

This article is about the broken business model of robotic piece picking companies. If you are looking for the broken business model of Q-commerce companies, please read this article or…

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Read more about the article The Warehouse Engineering Podcast #5: Gili Ovadia of BionicHIVE

The Warehouse Engineering Podcast #5: Gili Ovadia of BionicHIVE

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:17. May 2024
  • Post category:General/Logistics/Logistics Automation/Podcast

It is not that long ago that friends and colleagues sent me the same video several times a day: A robot drives through the warehouse, then climbs up a seemingly…

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Read more about the article LogiMAT 2024 Recap & Gebhardt Instapick

LogiMAT 2024 Recap & Gebhardt Instapick

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:1. April 2024
  • Post category:General/Logistics Automation

https://youtu.be/-9zXG_7k-YQ?si=55fLjFlsfpgGDiK7 LogiMAT 2024 is over – and it was great! In this video I summarize some impressions and also say a few words about Instapick, the Gebhardt Group's new storage…

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Read more about the article There is no Such Thing as “Sustainable Logistics”

There is no Such Thing as “Sustainable Logistics”

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:30. March 2024
  • Post category:General/Logistics/Sustainability

I would like to say a few words on the subject of "sustainable logistics". The combination of "sustainability" and "logistics" is quite widespread. Google delivers almost 62,000 hits for the…

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Read more about the article MODEX and LogiMAT 2024: What’s there to see?

MODEX and LogiMAT 2024: What’s there to see?

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:16. March 2024
  • Post category:General/Logistics Automation

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…

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Read more about the article Warehouse Audits as a Regular Exercise

Warehouse Audits as a Regular Exercise

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:30. January 2024
  • Post category:General/Logistics/Management Consulting

In 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…

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Read more about the article Decoding Aldi and Lidl’s Success: A Logistics Perspective

Decoding Aldi and Lidl’s Success: A Logistics Perspective

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:2. January 2024
  • Post category:General/Logistics/Management Consulting

I 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…

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Read more about the article Warehousing Woes: Navigating Capacity Challenges

Warehousing Woes: Navigating Capacity Challenges

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:29. December 2023
  • Post category:General/Logistics

What 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…

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Goods-to-Robot Picking: What’s the Catch?

  • Post author:Jakob Beer
  • Post published:25. May 2023
  • Post category:General/Logistics Automation/Podcast

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…

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  • Robotic Piece Picking: Anatomy of a Broken Business Model
  • The Technological Plateau in Warehouse Automation: Where Real Change Happens
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  • Takeoff Technologies and the Predictable Demise of the MFC Model
  • Mastering ABC Analysis in Power Query and Excel
  • BionicHIVE & SqUID: Is This Going to be a Revolution?
  • The Warehouse Engineering Podcast #5: Gili Ovadia of BionicHIVE
  • LogiMAT 2024 Recap & Gebhardt Instapick
  • There is no Such Thing as “Sustainable Logistics”
  • MODEX and LogiMAT 2024: What’s there to see?
  • Warehouse Audits as a Regular Exercise
  • Another guest appearance on the LIS podcast
  • Decoding Aldi and Lidl’s Success: A Logistics Perspective
  • Warehousing Woes: Navigating Capacity Challenges
  • Striking the Balance: Investigating Diminishing Marginal Productivity in Warehouse Automation
  • Review of Volume Dive and Comparison with AutoStore
  • The Warehouse Engineering Podcast #2: Yegor Anchyshkin (Instock)
  • Fire Safety Systems in Warehouses
  • Goods-to-Robot Picking: What’s the Catch?
  • On Using Totes vs. Original Cartons in Zone Picking Systems with Flow Racks
  • Guest Appearance on Podcast Logistikkpodden by LIS
  • Cube Storage Systems: Market Overview & Comparison
  • Remote Work and the Underrated Concept of Organizational Culture
  • Warehouse Automation for 3PLs
  • The Reasons we Automate Slow-movers First
  • Short Dictionary of Logistics Illiteracy
  • ABC Analysis with a Twist: Using the Gini Coefficient for Interpretation
  • Review of Jungheinrich PowerCube and Comparison with AutoStore
  • On the Power of “Good Enough”
  • Nachhaltigkeit im Online-Handel: Anmerkungen zur Digitalstudie 2022 der Postbank
  • There is no such thing as Supply Chain Management. Let’s abandon the field.
  • Combining Goods-to-Person Picking with Zone Picking Systems
  • Two Strategies for eGrocery Automation
  • Zone Picking Systems: Beautiful and Complicated
  • On the Sustainability of Q Commerce Companies: Why They Most Go Bust, and Why That‘s a Good Thing
  • Limitations of Shuttle Systems in Goods-to-Person Picking Applications for eGrocery
  • The Risk of Large Projects

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