Logistics articles

  • Customer-centric digital transformation

    Customer-centric digital transformation

    April 26, 2022

    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.

  • The solution for boosting warehouse productivity by 40%

    The solution for boosting warehouse productivity by 40%

    April 12, 2022

    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.

  • Risk management in supply chains

    Risk management in supply chains

    March 21, 2022

    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 globalization can increase the vulnerability of supply chains to unexpected risks or disruptions.

  • Intersurgical's healthcare logistics (interview)

    Intersurgical's healthcare logistics (interview)

    February 10, 2022

    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.

  • Design determines omnichannel warehouse success

    Design determines omnichannel warehouse success

    January 13, 2022

    Customers use multiple channels during their shopping journey and expect to have a seamless purchasing experience whether shopping online. This smooth transition between traditional and online channels, popularly known as the omnichannel experience, is transforming the world of logistics and warehousing.

  • Software to control inventory in stores and the warehouse

    Software to control inventory in stores and the warehouse

    December 13, 2021

    To foster the mixed reality between the online and offline worlds, Interlake Mecalux has launched the Store Fulfillment module. This extension of the Easy WMS warehouse management system enables businesses to monitor the status of the stock in their warehouses and brick-and-mortar stores in real time. This system also syncs procurement, picking, replenishment, and returns operations.

  • AI in the supply chain: the key to transforming logistics

    AI in the supply chain: the key to transforming logistics

    November 23, 2021

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is the present and future of technology. AI 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.

  • An interview with Yossi Sheffi (MIT)

    An interview with Yossi Sheffi (MIT)

    November 4, 2021

    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.

  • Integration of the WMS with e-commerce platforms

    Integration of the WMS with e-commerce platforms

    September 27, 2021

    The Marketplaces & Ecommerce Platforms Integration module is an extension of the Easy WMS warehouse management system from Mecalux tasked with integrating a company’s facility with the main marketplaces and e-commerce platforms in the market (Amazon, eBay and PrestaShop, among others). This software connects Easy WMS to the main digital sales platforms and marketplaces to sync the firm's online catalog with the stock in its physical warehouse.

  • Software for easily syncing the warehouse with carriers

    Software for easily syncing the warehouse with carriers

    June 14, 2021

    Order dispatch and delivery are two vital operations for e-commerce logistics, as they directly impact customer satisfaction. How is it possible to provide more efficient service without errors? The answer is Multi Carrier Shipping Software from Interlake Mecalux, a software application that includes the necessary functionalities for packaging, labeling, and shipping orders.

  • The best software for an e-commerce warehouse

    The best software for an e-commerce warehouse

    April 12, 2021

    The software for Ecommerce is a software application designed to manage all aspects involved in preparing orders for online shops. This new program stands out for its user-friendliness and ability to boost order prep. WMS for Ecommerce can reduce picking times by 50% and increase productivity by 80%.

  • Movirack mobile pallet racking: FAQs

    Movirack mobile pallet racking: FAQs

    February 8, 2021

    In this article, we will respond to the most common questions about this system — increasingly used in all types of warehouses and presently implemented in 500 installations around the globe — with the aim of showing their full potential and their contribution to more efficient logistics.

  • Easy WMS modules: advanced warehouse management

    Easy WMS modules: advanced warehouse management

    October 20, 2020

    A warehouse management system (WMS) is responsible for optimizing all operations that take place in an installation. The supply chain is subject to constant transformation, the purpose of which is to cope with market changes. In this vein, the functionalities of a WMS must also be enhanced with a view to tackling increasingly complex processes and scenarios.

  • How to increase storage capacity and warehouse productivity

    How to increase storage capacity and warehouse productivity

    October 7, 2020

    Compact storage systems feature a higher storage density by optimizing available warehouse space. Of all these, the Pallet Shuttle system is the one that best enhances an installation’s productivity because an electric shuttle moves goods through the channel automatically.

  • What is reverse logistics?

    What is reverse logistics?

    October 11, 2019

    Reverse logistics is defined as the practices and processes set up for organising product returns from points-of-sales to the manufacturer in order to repair, recycle or dispose of these articles in the most cost-effective way.

  • Software solutions to adopt an omnichannel strategy

    Software solutions to adopt an omnichannel strategy

    January 2, 2019

    Mecalux Software Solutions offers companies efficient omnichannel management solutions. Easy WMS, as well as the WMS for e-commerce and Multi Carrier Shipping Software functionalities, aim to satisfy the end consumer with on-time deliveries and quality customer service.

  • Simulation: be in the driver's seat

    Simulation: be in the driver's seat

    November 22, 2018

    Gartner, the world's leading IT research and advisory company, predicts that digital twins will be one of 2018s industry-shaping trends and that, by 2021, 50% of large-scale companies will use them. A ‘digital twin’ is a simulation, a digital replica of a process, product or service through information gathered by built-in sensors on equipment inside manufacturing centers. How does simulation work and why use it? How can simulation be applied to a supply chain or in my warehouse?