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

Supply chain enterprises looking to increase their productivity and reduce the repetitiveness of operator tasks are investing more and more in the automation of their distribution centres. In 2012, Amazon acquired KIVA Systems, a company specializing in robots for logistics solutions. France had fallen behind in this technology, but Scallog was quick to position itself in an expanding market.

Just like restaurants, shops have a side that’s hidden from the general public. As urban logistics evolve, more and more dark stores are appearing in city centres and shopping malls. But what really drives the dark store phenomenon? A delivery in under 15 minutes? The availability of derelict downtown real estate and its renovation in the service of the client? Whatever their secret, dark stores are turning the world of food retail upside down. Following the agreement between Carrefour and Cajoo, now it’s the turn of Casino to team up with German dark store heavyweight Gorillas.

Reverse logistics is a major supply chain issue for retail and e-commerce players in France. Like delivery, management of returned products is now a key element of customer satisfaction.

Supply chain management is a key factor in your company’s prosperity, expansion and ability to remain competitive.

Logistics is at the heart of the economic and commercial challenges facing today’s businesses. A fully optimized and correctly managed logistics warehouse ensures you offer the highest quality of service for greater customer satisfaction. Logistics, therefore, are decisive factor for the competitiveness of your enterprise. In this article you’ll find out everything you need to know about warehouses, what they’re used for, and what benefits they bring.

In addition to meeting the challenges of productivity and speed imposed by a market faced with increasingly demanding consumers, logistics professionals have to optimize all of their workflows, processes and operations to reduce costs and improve competitiveness.

E-commerce reached almost 150 billion euros in France in 2022. Double-digit growth, up 13.8% on last year.. In the space of a few years, it has become a regular mode of consumption for a large majority of Internet users, who appreciate the convenience, speed and efficiency it offers (buy any type of product at any place and time etc.).

Optimization of reverse logistics or “returns management” has become, in just a few years, a serious issue for the retail sector in France and Europe, and for e-commerce especially, with an unprecedented boom in online and marketplace sales.

The goods to man method has been used in warehouse logistics for the last thirty years. By bringing the products to the operator, it accelerates the storage and order picking processes. Automation systems (vertical storage carousel, stacker crane, mini-load, shuttle) for high-turnover products have proliferated in the largest European warehouses, and to a lesser extent in France.