Professor Luca Urciuoli analyses the causes and potential risks of cyberattacks on companies' supply chains. Prof. Urciuoli also lays out several measures businesses can take to avoid the possible effects of cyberattacks on their supply chains.
Mecalux employs predictive analytics to help customers identify improvement opportunities in their warehouses and power their businesses. In warehousing, predictive analytics consists of applying a set of techniques and technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Takumi Tagashira finds that investing in warehouse automation and media efforts increases sales. The author of the study and Associate Professor of Marketing at Hitotsubashi University in Japan believes these results to be relevant for e-commerce retailers.
Interview with Itamar Ferrari, Logistics Manager at Copacol, a Brazilian business specializing in food production and marketing. Ferrari explains how technology has boosted Copacol's warehouse productivity by 20%, in addition to ensuring accurate traceability of goods stored.
Mecalux interviews Mikel Jaureguizar, General Manager of Normagrup, who explains how technology has sped up the logistics operations of this leading Spanish company in the emergency lighting sector.
Interview with Rafael Salinas, Head of Operations for International Subsidiaries at Porcelanosa Group, a leading business in the ceramics sector. Salinas explains how automated storage systems and Easy WMS warehouse management software have streamlined the company's five logistics centres in Vila-real, Spain.
Beatriz Royo and Teresa de la Cruz of the MIT-affiliated Zaragoza Logistics Center analyse the future of last-mile logistics. The two authors explain how last-mile delivery is crucial for economic development and ensuring the efficient transport of goods.
Mecalux presents Best Practices in Warehousing 4.0, a digital programme with interviews, success stories and analyses of logistics trends. The programme features the participation of experts Yossi Sheffi and Joakim Kembro, as well as executives from international companies Würth Modyf, Copacol, and FIC.
Mecalux interviews René de Koster, Professor of Logistics and Operations Management at the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), on the future of warehousing and on automation as a solution to achieve logistics efficiency.
Yasel Costa, a Professor at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, reflects on digital transformation in businesses. A new, human-centric industrial revolution will constitute a great opportunity for improvement for everyone.
According to Luca Urciuoli, adjunct professor of Supply Chain Management at the MIT-Zaragoza Program, companies with supply chain risk management strategies can gain a competitive advantage in the market. Outsourcing and globalisation can increase the vulnerability of supply chains to unexpected risks or disruptions.
Mecalux utilises a data analysis platform with machine learning algorithms to find the best solution for warehouses. Machine learning algorithms can predict behaviours, trends and machine performance.
Improving worker productictivity in a warehouse is no easy task, as multiple variables can influence performance. The solution for increasing operator productivity and improving logistics efficiency lies in implementing warehouse management software.
Mecalux sat down with Joakim Kembro, Associate Professor at Lund University, Sweden, to talk about how the latest trends in warehousing are transforming the world of logistics.
Mecalux talked with Martynas Tamosiunas, Group Supply Chain Manager at Intersurgical, about how the company adapted all its logistics processes and benefited from automation to handle the unprecedented demand during the pandemic.
Milos Milenkovic, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program, reflects on the Physical Internet in logistics. The Physical Internet could mean significant reductions in transport times and costs.
Customers use multiple channels during their shopping journey and expect to have a seamless purchasing experience. This smooth transition between traditional and online channels, popularly known as the omnichannel experience, is transforming the world of logistics and warehousing.
Although online sales continue to grow by leaps and bounds, customers are still frequenting physical shops to purchase some of the products they need, an extension of the Easy WMS warehouse management system enables businesses to monitor the status of the stock in their warehouses and bricks-and-mortar shops in real time. This system also syncs procurement, picking, replenishment and returns operations.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the present and future of technology, opens up a huge number of scenarios to discover and delve into. It also provides the possibility to explore new business opportunities to achieve greater growth, profitability and sustainability.
Mecalux sat down with professor Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, to talk about how Covid-19 is reshaping businesses and supply chains – and what’s coming next.
