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New opportunities with «GreyMatter»
" Fifty Shades of Grey " is a moderately boring movie about teen fantasies concerning first sexual experiences with the opposite sex. " Grey Orange " be more exciting for some: a global provider of AI-powered software for warehouse control and inventory management, whose " GreyMatter " software Dematic now wants to profit from.
Implemented step by step
" Iterative " is the magic word that the southern German supermarket chain V-Markt used to implement the Wamas Core WMS warehouse management system from SSI Schäfer for the smooth supply of its southern German branches. This minimized risks during ongoing operations.
Pallet market under pressure
Circulating in the millions, Euro pallets are an integral part of everyday life in industry, trade, and logistics. However, A and B grade pallets are becoming increasingly scarce, warns the logistics provider Dachser. This has repercussions for costs, planning reliability, and delivery capacity along the entire supply chain.
Air traffic control in the dark
Even after a malfunction was resolved on Wednesday, the screens at Swiss air traffic control remained fixed the technical problem at the
The true cost of fulfilling the order
Materials handling specialist Ferag focuses on a holistic approach to warehousing and the targeted use of technologies to automate defined fulfillment processes in order to improve order processing efficiency. The concept developed by Ferag Solutions is based on a new key performance indicator, " CoOF " (Cost of Order Fulfillment).
Federal Councillor Beat Jans in Rupperswil
The Swiss Logistics by ASFL SVBL training center in Rupperswil recently hosted visits from Federal Councillor Beat Jans, head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, Jérôme Cosandey, head of the Directorate of Labour at SECO, and Aargau government councillor Dieter Egli.
Even better than lithium-ion
At the world's largest industrial trade fair in Hanover, with 3,000 exhibitors, a young company called BTRY from Dübendorf won a startup award sponsored by the logistics provider Hermes. The founders impressed the judges with an ultra-thin, fully flexible energy storage system that is intended to enable numerous new applications.
Large containers for the «Jaguar»
At Claas in Bad Saulgau, machines for forage harvesting and headers for the forage harvester, which proudly bears the name " Jaguar ," are developed, tested, and manufactured. More staging area was needed at the assembly lines. Bito assisted with the switch to the large SL 86 hoppers.
System change at the drying tower
Automation, as mentioned, doesn't have to be complicated. Even simple, repetitive logistical processes can be carried out automatically with high-lift pallet trucks like the EXV iGo. Forklift manufacturer Still successfully implemented this at DP-Supply, a subsidiary of Deutsche Milchkontor DMK.
«Logistics Townhouse» for the city
It was just one of the numerous presentations at the German Material Flow Congress, which took place in Dortmund these days in parallel with the IFOY Test Camp: It was dedicated to a concept by Carl-Friedrich Rico zu Knyphausen, Managing Director & Co-Founder of Logivalue GmbH in Berlin: A « Retail Town House » for the city center.
Large containers for the «Jaguar»
Large containers for the «Jaguar»
At Claas in Bad Saulgau, machines for forage harvesting and headers for the forage harvester, which proudly bears the name " Jaguar ," are developed, tested, and manufactured. More staging area was needed at the assembly lines. Bito assisted with the switch to the large SL 86 hoppers.
The heart of the Jaguar – the chopping unit – comes from Claas' southernmost production site in Germany. In addition to state-of-the-art production facilities, the Bad Saulgau site houses one of the world's most advanced test centers for forage harvesting technology, as well as the Claas Group's competence center for tractor implement automation. Around 750 employees work here, out of a total of approximately 11,900 employees across the entire group.
More space for assembly
The machines are manufactured in parallel on seven different assembly lines, with all the parts required for production readily available at each workstation. Only a small buffer warehouse separates goods receiving from the assembly area. Meanwhile, the variety of parts increased, with many components being heavy or fragile. The goal was to increase capacity within the same footprint and ensure a stable flow of parts all the way to assembly.
The SL 86 large containers have now replaced the previously used wire mesh boxes, making more efficient use of the available space . With a load capacity of up to 500 kg, they are suitable for heavy metal parts and protect in use in internal and external supply chains
Generous interior volume
The SL boxes, measuring 800 x 600 mm, are half-pallet size, meaning that two SL 85 containers can now fit in place of one wire mesh box. The SL 86 large-capacity containers are stackable, allowing for more boxes to be placed in the same area. The generous internal volume allows for the storage of significantly more components than before.
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The SL 86 opens fully to the front across its entire width, ensuring easy access to the goods even in the tightly packed GLT warehouse at Claas Saulgau. Jürgen Stauber, Logistics Manager at Claas in Saulgau, explains: “ Using the Bito SL 86 large containers has given us significantly more storage space for the ever-increasing variety of parts on our assembly lines. (…) This has saved us considerable costs that we would have had to invest in expanding our production facility to gain the necessary storage capacity. (…) It offers a large internal volume despite its small footprint, is easy to clean, and provides excellent protection for our steel parts. ”
