Product returns have become one of the biggest challenges facing eCommerce.

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Concerns over future lockdowns and customers’ heightened expectations regarding fast delivery are driving retailers to re-evaluate their fulfilment strategies.

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HSS Live is On Demand featuring five great speakers offering a range of insights and innovative solutions you can use to revamp your operations.

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The pandemic has added to the unpredictable nature of fulfillment as shopping habits shift and evolve. This has led to greater demand for grocery micro-fulfilment and more frequent peaks, leading to innovative automated solutions. Simon Duddy reports.

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One of the biggest challenges for large supermarket chains is the creation of bespoke mixed pallets, unique to each individual store’s needs. As SKU requirements differ based on the local demographic and even the store format, it is vital for grocers to account for this in their palletising process.

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The peak holiday season can be a stressful time for warehouse personnel—and equipment. In many organisations meeting peak demands requires automation equipment to run at maximum capacity, often without regularly scheduled system maintenance. This tendency to defer maintenance due to high demand was even more prevalent in 2020 as many organisations saw above-normal demand for extended periods during the pandemic.

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If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught the logistics industry anything it is the importance of staying flexible in the face of rapid – and unexpected - change. The pandemic has had a significant impact on supply chains throughout the country, stress-testing their resilience and in many instances pushing them to near breaking point.

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Steve Penney examines the latest predictions for the warehouse automation market and how storage solutions are evolving to meet the sector’s needs.

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The firm lays out a wide-ranging automation upgrade to support an ambitious omnichannel growth plan.

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Can digital twin technology be of use to the supply chain, asks Emile Naus?

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Active Ants has selected 60 GreyMatter-directed robots from GreyOrange for its new e-fulfillment centre.

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The DC will handle a huge range of products across all temperature zones.

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BS Handling Systems has increased throughput and productivity for Ted Baker by automating order processing at its warehouse in Derby.

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RM Educational Resources has awarded a contract to Swisslog to kit out its new East Midlands warehouse with warehouse automation and software.

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When Ball Packaging needed a fully automated waste material conveying and bale handling solution it implemented a solution created by Impact Air Systems, Kawasaki Robotics and LAC Conveyors.

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With the UK’s online grocery market set to reach a value of £17 billion, opportunities exist for businesses willing to adapt to and embrace this change. James Hurrell talks about why dark stores and a new approach to eCommerce offerings are essential for the ‘new normal’.

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Intralogistics expert Swisslog has received an order to install a modern automated compact storage system for ROFU Kinderland, one of Germany’s leading toy retailers.

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Shane Faulkner, Head of Sales, Swisslog will present on ‘Off the Shelf’ automated solutions within 3 months.

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There is an opportunity for traditional retailers to leapfrog the current state of technology by reconfiguring the existing retail network to support a micro-fulfilment strategy.

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We have both physical and virtual events planned for 2021, to give attendees with broad preferences every opportunity to learn and improve their warehouse operations in preparation for the challenges ahead.

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A industrial range of components including, handwheels, handles, levers, knobs, spring and indexing plungers, leveling feet, locks and latches and hydraulic tank accessories in engineering grade plastics, aluminium, steel and stainless steel

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The economic solution to an ergonomic problem

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Daifuku’s sliding-shoe sorter, named the Jet Surfing Sorter, is a high-speed automated sortation system for channeling and sorting medium size items, totes, and cartons.

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