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Why the Shortest Route Is Rarely the Best Route

Warehouses rarely reach their limits because of a single bottleneck during peak periods. The real challenge is the combination of increasing operational complexity and growing pressure on the workforce. Managers need to understand more quickly why processes are deviating from plan, while employees need clear guidance and useful feedback even when volumes are high. Operational AI and gamification can address both challenges. They help teams understand developments sooner, make progress visible, and maintain motivation under pressure. This provides a stronger foundation for decision-making and gives employees greater confidence during ongoing operations. The result is a warehouse that does more than absorb peak demand through additional capacity. It remains capable of responding effectively as conditions change. Using a compact peak-readiness check, this article outlines five questions warehouse leaders should ask before the next peak season.

No Peak Panic: How Warehouse Teams Stay in Control Under Pressure

Warehouses rarely reach their limits because of a single bottleneck during peak periods. The real challenge is the combination of increasing operational complexity and growing pressure on the workforce. Managers need to understand more quickly why processes are deviating from plan, while employees need clear guidance and useful feedback even when volumes are high. Operational AI and gamification can address both challenges. They help teams understand developments sooner, make progress visible, and maintain motivation under pressure. This provides a stronger foundation for decision-making and gives employees greater confidence during ongoing operations. The result is a warehouse that does more than absorb peak demand through additional capacity. It remains capable of responding effectively as conditions change. Using a compact peak-readiness check, this article outlines five questions warehouse leaders should ask before the next peak season.

Voice Picking in Food and Beverage Logistics: 7 Productivity Wins

Food and beverage warehouses must handle growing product ranges, strict quality requirements, seasonal demand peaks, and temperature-controlled processes, often with limited access to additional labor. Voice picking addresses these pressures by guiding employees through each process step while keeping their hands and eyes focused on the physical task. This reduces interruptions, simplifies onboarding, and integrates verification directly into order picking. The result is not simply a faster picking process, but an operation that can use available employees more effectively, maintain accuracy as complexity increases, and respond more flexibly to changing volumes. This article uses seven questions to examine where voice picking in food and beverage logistics can create the greatest operational impact across food distribution, beverage operations, and cold storage environments.

Integrating AutoStore the Right Way: 6 Questions That Determine Scalable Fulfillment

AutoStore WMS Integration: 6 questions show why standardized interfaces are critical for scalable warehouse automation.

WMS Vendor Evaluation: 10 Questions Buyers Forget to Ask

Selecting the right WMS vendor requires looking beyond the length of a feature list. Buyers need to understand how well the solution can adapt to operational complexity, connect reliably with the wider IT and automation landscape, support better decisions in real time, and remain fit for purpose as warehouse networks evolve. A strong WMS vendor evaluation needs to test long-term adaptability, not just today’s functionality.

AI Assistants for Logistics: Making Institutional Knowledge Operational in Live Environments

Over the course of many long-running logistics projects, a second layer of the system gradually emerges. It is often critical to daily operations, yet rarely visible at first glance: the accumulated technical knowledge surrounding processes, interfaces, custom logic, and customer-specific enhancements. What can initially be traced through a handful of core project documents becomes distributed over time across multiple documentation versions, technical specifications, interface descriptions, change requests, and implementation records. While the system continues to evolve, so does the volume of information that must later be brought back into context for informed decision-making.

Gartner Magic Quadrant WMS 2026: What “Ability to Execute” and “Completeness of Vision” Actually Mean

Disclaimer: The following perspectives reflect our own interpretation of the two evaluation dimensions. They are not direct statements or assessments by Gartner, but rather our interpretation based on the published criteria and our experience in the market.

Voice Picking in Cold Chain Logistics: 5 Critical Questions for Temperature-Controlled Environments

Temperature-controlled logistics has long been one of the most demanding disciplines in intralogistics. Wherever fresh food, dairy products, fruit, vegetables, or frozen goods are handled, process speed, product integrity, and time pressure are tightly interconnected. At the same time, economic pressure on operations continues to increase. Energy-intensive storage zones, fluctuating staffing conditions, tightly scheduled outbound routes, and expectations for continuous product availability all increase the need for processes that remain reliable even under difficult operating conditions.

AI-Driven Voice Picking: When Voice Doesn’t Just Guide, but Relieves the Load

The supply chain is the beating heart of modern commerce, and in today’s unpredictable market, it’s not enough to simply keep the heartbeat steady. Organizations need a unified supply chain approach that weaves together people, processes, and technology to stay resilient, adaptable, and built for what’s next.

Why EPG AURA redefines operational intelligence as an AI-native environment

The supply chain is the beating heart of modern commerce, and in today’s unpredictable market, it’s not enough to simply keep the heartbeat steady. Organizations need a unified supply chain approach that weaves together people, processes, and technology to stay resilient, adaptable, and built for what’s next.

Warehouse Gamification: Why Motivation Is a Measurable Productivity Factor

For years, discussions about productivity in warehouse logistics have been dominated by technology. Automation, robotics, warehouse management systems, and now artificial intelligence are seen as the key levers for increasing throughput, reducing errors, and controlling costs. This perspective is understandable, but it does not go far enough.

Optimization in Supply Chain: Preparing for Global Disruptions in 7 Steps

In 2026, the pressure on warehouse operations is mounting. Customer expectations continue to climb, labor shortages persist, and automation is spreading. To stay competitive, logistics leaders need smarter, adaptive warehouse management solutions.

Warehouse Management Software (WMS): How to Choose the Right System in 2026

In 2026, the pressure on warehouse operations is mounting. Customer expectations continue to climb, labor shortages persist, and automation is spreading. To stay competitive, logistics leaders need smarter, adaptive warehouse management solutions.

Unified Supply Chain: The Foundation for a Resilient, Future-Ready Operation

The supply chain is the beating heart of modern commerce, and in today’s unpredictable market, it’s not enough to simply keep the heartbeat steady. Organizations need a unified supply chain approach that weaves together people, processes, and technology to stay resilient, adaptable, and built for what’s next.

AI and Logistics: It’s a Match

If you ask Apple’s voice assistant Siri whether she’s an artificial intelligence (AI), she’ll answer: “I’m made up of memory, silicon, and my beliefs.” In other words: she’s not exactly giving the whole truth away. Of course, it’s no secret that voice-controlled digital assistants are self-learning AI systems. In the consumer space, AI has long been established. Now, the technology is making its way into the warehouse – and transforming logistics. But many companies are still grappling with questions: Where does AI already create measurable value today? What foundation needs to be in place before adoption? And most importantly: what tangible benefits can AI deliver in logistics?

A supply chain execution suite – the ERP for the logistics sector

Every organization looking for a suitable software solution for managing their logistics will need to answer the question of their own requirements. Different systems will be recommended depending on the complexity of the tasks. In addition to adding a logistics module to an existing ERP system, implementing a stand-alone warehouse management system is another popular path to improving logistical performance. However, in an era of constantly increasing pressure on company logistics, it is no longer sufficient to just consider the separate processes inside the warehouse. Therefore, a third solution or supply chain execution suite (SES), is playing an increasingly important role. These are comprehensive systems for the control and optimization of all logistics processes. One example of such a system is LFS from Ehrhardt Partner Group (EPG).

la era cognitiva: La próxima etapa de desarrollo de la logística

Hace tiempo que se habla de la digitalización y la conexión en red de los procesos logísticos. Y el desarrollo continúa: Los sistemas cognitivos son capaces de aprender, reconocer patrones y recomendar acciones sobre esa base. Esto significa que pueden apoyar a los empleados del almacén en la toma de decisiones y notificar con antelación los acontecimientos que probablemente se produzcan. Se trata de capacidades que beneficiarán especialmente al sector de la logística en el futuro. Pero aún queda mucho camino por recorrer hasta que los sistemas de autoaprendizaje puedan implantarse en los almacenes. Muchas empresas han reconocido que es esencial vincular los procesos y las tecnologías para seguir siendo competitivas y estar preparadas para el futuro. La implantación, sin embargo, avanza muy lentamente.

Logística en la Nube

No se puede evitar: las exigencias a la logística crecen sin cesar. Los clientes esperan entregas cada vez más rápidas y flexibles. ¿Cómo reaccionan los operadores logísticos? Interconectan sus sistemas y, cuando se trata de optimizar su cadena de suministro, buscan la aguja en el pajar. Para estar al tanto de la avalancha de datos digitales, muchas organizaciones han llegado a confiar en la externalización de sus servicios informáticos. Sin embargo, ¿qué deben tener en cuenta las empresas a la hora de seleccionar un proveedor de la nube? Además, ¿cuándo están realmente seguros los datos sensibles en la nube?

Una logística sin riesgos ni consecuencias imprevistas

La Directiva sobre Medicamentos Falsificados de la UE EU/2011/62 dificultará la falsificación de medicamentos en el futuro, pero también plantea grandes retos a los fabricantes de productos farmacéuticos y a los proveedores de servicios logísticos. Los fabricantes han tenido que adaptar sus procesos de fabricación a los nuevos requisitos desde el 9 de febrero de 2019 -fecha en la que la directiva entró en vigor en todos los estados miembros de la Unión Europea-, y a los proveedores de la industria farmacéutica se les pide que cambien sus procesos de almacén en consecuencia. Esto incluye el uso de un sistema de gestión de almacenes que no solo cumpla los requisitos anteriores específicos de la industria, sino que ahora también cumpla los requisitos de la Directiva sobre Medicamentos Falsificados.

Develop potential with transparent workforce management

Efficient workforce management is essential in logistics to handle requirements that have become more and more complex over the years in the face of constantly increasing downward pressure on costs. Demand-driven workforce management is increasingly important in this context. Especially in areas such as warehouse logistics, which are often still very labor-intensive, the demand for software-supported solutions for the demand-driven planning, control and optimization of workforce deployment is increasing. And the Fressnapf Group is no exception. To deploy the workforce from 15 departments in three logistics centers as efficiently as possible, the European market leader for pet food and accessories is testing EPG’s LFS.wfm workforce management software.

Logística 4.0 – inteligente, conectada, digital

Industria 4.0, Internet de las cosas y Big Data: Especialmente en la logística, estos temas son algo más que megatendencias. A lo largo de toda la cadena de valor añadido, las empresas conectan sus instalaciones y sistemas. Desde el proveedor, pasando por el prestador de servicios logísticos, hasta la empresa de transportes, todos los procesos de la cadena de suministro están interconectados y se supervisan constantemente. Esto genera datos: Según cálculos recientes, el volumen mundial de datos aumentará a 44.000 millones de gigabytes en 2020. Esto es diez veces más que en la actualidad. Esto convierte a los datos en la moneda más importante de la industria. Sólo si las empresas hacen un uso económico de estos datos, por ejemplo para optimizar sus procesos, podrán alcanzar el éxito a largo plazo en el mercado. A nivel internacional, las soluciones logísticas inteligentes ya son aceptadas y utilizadas con frecuencia. Las empresas que se pierdan esta tendencia, tarde o temprano se verán superadas por sus competidores.