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News from the world of logistics.

A red suitcase full of IT equipment for system failure.

Bastian Späth

Business continuity: Why do companies need an emergency plan?

Whether it’s a cyber attack or a server crash: if the TMS is paralysed in logistics, chaos quickly breaks out on the shop floor. What measures help to keep operations running and how squirrels can support us? Find out here.

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A bird's eye view of a road junction with various vehicles. It shows GPS symbols and a message about the ETA.

Bastian Späth

Perfectly timed processes: Time slot management in logistics

Short-term schedule changes are the order of the day in logistics. With a time slot management system, the inflow can be dynamically coordinated so that waiting times are reduced and unplanned tours also find a place in the digital timetable.
A bird's eye view of the yard of a logistics company.

Stefan Seufert

Logistics still not digitalised enough? This is what Yard Management and Co. can do.

Digitalisation is a fairly hot topic – but is logistics really as far along as it always claims? We show examples of how digitalised systems are driving logistics forward and what you should look out for when implementing them.
Young woman with black glasses talks to a robot sitting in front of a screen.

Stefan Seufert

AI in logistics: the best use cases for 2024

Intervening in good time before a device breaks? Reducing the number of returns whilst managing them automatically? Using storage space the smart way, so that everything you need is available but nothing is left standing around unnecessarily? AI makes all this (and much more ...) possible in logistics.
In a logistics warehouse, a delivery drone with a controller is lying on a table next to a scanner.

Stefan Seufert

Logistics 4.0: these trends will determine the year 2024

Short teaser for overview page: Alternative delivery methods, multimodal transport, customer loyalty, value-added services, sustainability issues – all of these will affect logistics in 2024. We show which technologies will simplify logistics processes in the coming year and what role reliable data will play in this.
Industrial WLAN is installed on the façade of a building by an EIKONA Logistics employee.

René Wagenhäuser

Industrial WiFi: Network administrators keep everything on air

With the help of WiFi illumination, heat mapping and co., network administrators can strategically place access points and thus ensure that stable WiFi connections keep logistics and industry on the air. We accompanied our network administrator Michael Weinbeer for a day.

Bastian Späth

Logistics as a Service: All services available on one platform

Commissioning, handling, notification, and co.: The required service portfolio is becoming ever broader. With the help of a logistics network, services can be flexibly purchased or rented.