ANN ARBOR â A new global study by software logistics company LLamasoft finds that 66 percent of manufacturers said that they would change their supply chains in order to tackle economic nationalism. Another 50 percent of respondents said economic nationalist policies will increase operational costs, and 45 percent are considering alternative suppliers, representing almost $3.1
GRAND RAPIDS â Logistics automation tech provider Dematic introduced Dematic iQ InSights, a cloud-based Asset Performance Management system that unites order fulfillment and facility lifecycle management data. The end result is users gain actionable information to help them make informed decisions that increase warehouse logistics effectiveness. Dematic iQ InSights holistically integrates facility-wide intelligence across warehouse
GRAND RAPIDS â Supply Chain Technology company Dematic has signed a global agreement with AutoStore that will enable Dematic to expand its omni-channel integrated solution offering throughout the globe. Dematic will design, configure, engineer, install and support AutoStore as a sub-system within an overall Dematic solution or as a standalone piece-picking system. "The Dematic suite
NOVI - U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna in this video interview discusses how contractors need to work with Material Command at the 2017 Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium and Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry. Gen. Perna also expressed frustration with the annual U.S. Budget process that has turned into a series of Continuing Resolutions
GRAND RAPIDSÂ â Dematic announced this week updates to the latest release of its Warehouse Execution System software platform, Dematic iQ 2.5. It includes first-to-market Material Flow Analysis â a new blend of performance monitoring, analytical insights and visualization essential to operations efficiency. As an addition to the Dematic iQ Operations Management Center, this new tool
ANN ARBOR - Â LLamasoft announced it will welcome supply chain practitioners and leaders from many of the worldâs largest companies to the seventh annual SummerCon conference, June 12-16 at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance. This yearâs event will feature six tracks specifically dedicated to all areas of supply chain design technology and best practices, including case
ANN ARBOR - Three members of the Llamasoft team have been named to Supply and Demand Chain Executiveâs list of âPros to Knowâ for 2017. âIâm proud to have three members of the LLamasoft team recognized in this yearâs list of Pros to Know,â said Don Hicks, CEO and President. âThe depth of talent at
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic, a global supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, has introduced Dematic Multishuttle Flex, an automated inventory staging buffer that is designed to accommodate cartons and totes. The Multishuttle Flex incorporates a flexible load handling device, enabling high performance storage and retrieval of variable load sizes and
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic introduced Modular Sort System, a scan and sort system for production and distribution applications, engineered to provide sorting performance to many applications: sort-to-pallet build, shipping doors, shipping containers or workstations. The Modular Sort System brings a new dimension of productivity and optimization to production and distribution operations. Built around pre-engineered and
CHICAGO - Supply chain logistics company FourKites Inc., announced this week that Dave Walker has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. Most recently Walker was Vice President of North American Sales at Trusteer, acquired by IBM in 2013. As CRO of FourKites, Walker will be responsible for building a global sales organization with a scalable
