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Expert survey on adapting to autonomous systems in the logistics industry

Expert survey on adapting to autonomous systems in the logistics industry – Image: Xpert.Digital

This statistic shows the results of a survey among logistics industry experts in Germany who work in logistics practice or IT services. The question was asked about the ability of the company to deal with driverless transport systems (e.g. pallet transport). In 2018, around 10 percent of the experts surveyed rated their company's ability to adapt to driverless transport systems as very high.

How do you rate your company's ability to handle driverless transport systems (e.g. pallet transport)?

• 1 Very high adaptability – 10%
• 2 Great adaptability – 29%
• 3 Moderate Adaptability – 26%
• 4 Low Adaptability – 15%
• 5 Very low adaptability – 11%
• Don’t know – 4%
• No information – 6%

Expert survey on autonomous transport systems in the logistics industry

Expert survey on autonomous transport systems in the logistics industry – Image: Xpert.Digital

This statistic shows the results of a survey among logistics industry experts in Germany who work in logistics practice or IT services. The question was about the relevance of driverless transport systems (e.g. pallet transport) for your own company. In 2018, around 22 percent of the experts surveyed rated the relevance of driverless transport systems (e.g. pallet transport) as very important for their own company.

How do you assess the relevance of driverless transport systems (e.g. pallet transport) for your company?

• 1 Very high relevance – 22%
• 2 Great relevance – 33%
• 3 Moderate relevance – 23%
• 4 Low relevance – 10%
• 5 Very low relevance – 8%
• Don’t know – 1%
• No information – 2%

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Use storage spaces more effectively – Image: Maxx-Studio|Shutterstock.com

Warehouse logistics specialists at industrial or commercial companies and logistics service providers are often faced with the problems of limited storage space or rooms that no longer meet current requirements due to sales growth. One possible solution would of course be to increase the area by constructing new buildings, although this would often fail due to the limited space available or the sometimes high costs of a new building.

In this case, renewing the existing facilities is a promising approach, as significant savings in space requirements can be achieved using modern storage systems. In addition, the devices increase the ergonomics of the staff's workplace, which has a positive effect on the health of employees and thus results in reduced sickness rates.

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• Overview of common storage solutions

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Digitalization as the driving force, logistics as the key component. What will be crucial for the future will be how we secure the infrastructure of our key industries!

It started in 1988 with application-oriented knowledge processing, which dealt, among other things, with AI.

Industry development : From testing machines and test systems to logistics/intralogistics and the photovoltaics industry, we developed further.

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Over the decades we have developed comprehensive know-how in the areas of smart grid/city/factory, photovoltaics and logistics/intralogistics. With the EU's Green Deal , the solar requirement for new buildings and the autonomous power supply ( see CO2 tax ), we can present ourselves to you as a partner and a sustainably grown company that doesn't just jump on this bandwagon because of the latest headlines.

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Industrial trucks for intralogistics – Image: Xpert.Digital & Robert Kneschke|Shutterstock.com

Industrial trucks are among the most important elements of intralogistics . These are either track-guided or trackless or track-bound conveyor vehicles for the internal transport of goods and goods.

Two important global players in intralogistics for industrial trucks come from Germany. In terms of sales, the KION Group and Jungheinrich AG ranked second and third among the largest manufacturers of industrial trucks worldwide in 2019. First place has belonged to the Japanese giant Toyota for years. Industrial trucks include means of transport for the horizontal transport of goods, which are mostly used internally at ground level. These include forklifts, pallet trucks, order pickers and tractors. Sales of industrial trucks make up almost a fifth of the sales of the German intralogistics industry.

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• The green, emission-free development of conveyor vehicles

Industrial plant with its own power source from an outdoor photovoltaic system - Image: Peteri|Shutterstock.com

Do you have a piece of land and don't know how to use it economically?

The more sealed the area, the more ideal for outdoor photovoltaic systems . The less agricultural land that can be used for ecology (low-yield), the more suitable an outdoor solar system is. By the way, there are also interesting combinations of agri-photovoltaics that can be used for both ecology and photovoltaics without negatively affecting natural resources.

ground points are crucial . They are a key figure for evaluating the quality of the soil. As early as 1934, as part of the Reich soil assessment documented in the 'German Soil Map' ( DGK 5 Bo Each federal state regulates itself which areas can be used for agriculture and how many ground points an area can no longer be approved solar park

Sensible use of already sealed areas or properties

Areas that have already been sealed usually already have a use for which they were built accordingly. For example, there is the company building, the warehouse, the production building and also the company parking lot. With photovoltaics, their function can be profitably expanded as an additional source of income or used as an autonomous power supply for your own market advantages. This is about the higher future costs for environmental protection regulations, power peaks (infrastructure and network stability) and CO2 balance.

The CO2 balance, also known as the greenhouse gas balance or CO2 footprint, will become more important in the future if there are tax and cost surcharges in the CO2 labeling of goods and services.

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• Industrial plant with its own power source from an outdoor photovoltaic system

The upcoming e-commerce trend: ordering groceries online (Source: Rewe)

For many people, having to go to the supermarket to buy pizza or pasta for dinner after a hard day at work is an unappealing idea. Of course, things can now be done differently, as buying groceries online is already a given in many places. While England and France are shining with high growth rates, other European countries are still in the starting blocks. This also includes – still – Germany, where buying food online is still a marginal phenomenon despite high growth figures. However, this can change quickly, as many grocery retailers are now relying on online shop solutions to meet the e-commerce competition that is emerging.

The customer rewards these efforts. According to studies, over 60 percent of consumers find it practical to buy everyday items online. In addition to a user-friendly website and competitive prices, smoothly running intralogistical processes are among the central success factors for a functioning online grocery store. But what about the delivery of the goods?

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Warehouse strategy wanted – Image: Robert Kneschke|Shutterstock.com

Modern, smoothly functioning intralogistics has a major impact on the productivity of companies of any industry or size. However, companies today often rely on the storage of goods in conventional rack warehouses, which has been practiced for decades. But it is precisely this method that can act as a hindrance to intralogistics processes.

With the help of the following 10 signs, this can be easily checked with a view to realigning the intralogistics strategy. The more points apply to your own warehouse structure and processes, the closer it is to consider switching to an automated storage and retrieval system.

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Standardized reusable containers – Image: GeometricNebula & Holos__8 & nehophoto & Victor Prilepa|Shutterstock.com

The market volume for fresh fruit and vegetables in Germany is €14.9 billion per year. The level of self-sufficiency in Germany with fruit is 22% and with vegetables 36%. In Germany, vegetables are grown outdoors by just under 6,000 farms and almost 1,700 farms under glass.

On the German food market, consumers buy almost half of all fruit and vegetable sales in discounters.

In addition to production, the processing of fruit and vegetables is an important sector of the economy and is considered a sub-sector of the food industry. It also includes the production of fruit and vegetable juices. Its approximately 250 companies employ more than 30,000 people and have a turnover of around eleven billion euros.

German consumers prefer shopping in the country's numerous food discounters. The discounter branch network is one of the largest in the German food trade.

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• Why reusable containers?