Inbound Logistics | February 2023

INBRIEF

>TECHNOLOGY

> Front AGV solutions cover a range of processes, from machine tending, assembly and labeling, to picking, packing, and palletizing. Front AGV, an integrator and designer of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), partnered with Kollmorgen Automation , which provides a customizable software and hardware solution for vehicle routing and navigation, to boost its AGV solutions.

 The drone-powered inventory monitoring solution from Gather AI creates a digital representation of the warehouse to elevate inventory accuracy.

Warehouse managers are able to take inventory and view the results from a dashboard, identify and fix inventory inaccuracies, and trace the history of a pallet or location.

> ZIM Shipping Lines doubled its service from Asia to Maryland, increasing its E-commerce Baltimore Express frequency from every two weeks to weekly. > GEODIS expanded its GEODIS MyParcel product,

> CEVA Logistics opened a multi-client warehouse in Bogota, Colombia, to serve its technology, industrial, and automotive clients. The new facility consolidates the operations of three former sites in Colombia and adds space for new customers.

offering, with a new air zone skip service from the United States to Canada. U.S. retail shippers now have a faster method to ship into Canada, as the new service consolidates shipments via air transport with final delivery to the end consumer, bypassing multiple touchpoints.

its direct-to-customer cross-border delivery

>TRANSPORTATION

> DHL Express launched a direct flight to the Dominican Republic from the United States. Operated by Swift Air, the flight runs 5 times per week between Américas International Airport and the DHL Hub at the Miami International Airport. > Sterling Transportation now offers an LTL and FL service out of Miami into Texas. Leveraging its service into Florida from Dallas and Houston, the provider enhanced the return lane. > PITT OHIO added 32 next- day lanes to and from New York state. Shippers gain one-day transit times from 9 of PITT OHIO’s terminals to and from Albany, Buffalo, and Utica to Mid-Atlantic terminals. Five PITT OHIO terminals in the Mid-Atlantic are now next-day to and from Watertown, New York.

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