Le magazine SCALLOG de la robotisation logistique à l'ère de la Supply Chain intelligente.

Good news! Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have come to realize that adopting new technologies can bring them considerable benefits. For the SME, these benefits include reduced costs, improved productivity, elimination of errors, increased efficiency and, above all, faster return on investment.

We live in an increasingly automated economy. As consumers, we are constantly tracked by digital tools and algorithms. This is an established trend: but is it really progress?

Working conditions are a major issue in logistics. Remember that on average an order picker can walk up to 15 kilometres and carry 1 to 8 tons every day! Once we realize that searching for and fetching products can account for as much as 70% of an operator's unproductive time, we understand the value of Goods to Man robotics: an automation solution that improves productivity and working conditions for operators.

For the last 10 years, Scallog has been producing automated logistics solutions based on mobile shelf units in its Nanterre factory. Thanks to our clients, we’ve accumulated a good deal of experience in various sectors of the economy.

The logistics sector is under severe strain! For the past years, one crisis has followed another, leaving operators and warehouse managers with scarcely any room to breathe. The pandemic, lockdown and the blockade of the Suez Canal have all highlighted the fragility of the supply chain. And now the fallout from the war in Ukraine is further complicated by the impact of China’s zero-tolerance Covid containment strategy.

Well-organized logistics are leaner, easier to cost-control, and can sometimes even be downsized. And they allow you to offer a better service to your customers.

Logistics plays a strategically vital role in your company. And its influence is considerable, for it directly affects your company’s business, sales and expansion.

Free returns are a key selling point, after price, but these days, managing free returns comes at an increasingly high logistics cost for retailers and e-commerce firms: an average of €10 per product, not including shipping!

The Great Resignation in logistics: a tangible reality Twenty-three percent of the active US population quit their posts in 2021. Far from losing steam, the phenomenon known as the Great Resignation (or the Big Quit) has even accelerated in 2022. Workers are quitting their jobs without knowing, in many cases, where they’ll be working next.

Many industrial sectors are had experienced supply problems (stock shortages, longer delivery times, quarantine of suppliers etc.) as a result of the health crisis. But restocking, or replenishment, is an essential step in the supply chain. It directly impacts a company’s performance and logistics efficiency. How can the restocking of order picking zones be simplified and streamlined to ensure the fastest, easiest, and most efficient picking possible, even in the face of unforeseen events?