Category: Logistics

Automation in Order Picking

Order picking, the process of retrieving products from storage to fulfill customer orders, is the lifeblood of any warehouse operation. In the competitive landscape of modern logistics, mastering order picking is akin to perfecting a complex dance routine—precision, timing, and coordination are essential. In fact, order picking can account for approximately 55% of all warehouse activities, making it a focal point for efficiency improvements.

Logistics and order fulfillment – ​​trends 2025

“Delivery for yesterday? We're working on it.” – this joke in the world of logistics stops being funny and starts to sound like a realistic forecast. The year 2025 brings further revolutions in order fulfillment - from warehouses managed by robots, which in turn are controlled by AI, to deliveries made within a few hours. What trends will dominate logistics in the coming year? Do consumers really need even faster deliveries, or is it time for sustainable and smart logistics? Let's check what awaits the industry and why both warehouses and the "last mile" are becoming the arena of the greatest innovations.

Cross-border logistics

Recently, it was widely reported in the media that InPost had opened up to foreign shipments. We will have to wait a while for the first results of this movement, but it seems that supporting cross-border e-commerce is a well-thought-out decision, and the question about its success is not a question of "if", but of "when".

WHY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MAY NOT (YET) TAKE YOUR JOB

We highly recommend the latest issue of Eurologistics magazine (Eurologistics Media Group). Among the very solid (148 pages!) dose of information you can find topics such as a discussion of the economic situation and its impact on the TSL sector, analysis and forecasts of the development of e-commerce, articles on digitization, automation and optimization, and - what can be concluded from...

DOES OPTIMISATION MEAN REDUNDANCIES? VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF OPTIMISATION IN LOGISTICS AND BEYOND

During the 2nd day of the "XVI European Economic Forum - Łódź 2023", Krzysztof Chaładyn, Vice-President of the Management Board of Otimo sp. z o. o., as a representative of LODZistics Logistics Business Network of Central Poland, took part in the debate "Does optimization = layoffs? Various dimensions of optimization in logistics and beyond". A perverse title for the panel…

Modernlog 2023

This year's edition of MODERNLOG - the Logistics, Warehousing and Transport Fair - took place on May 30-2, 2023 in Poznań. Representatives of the LODZistics cluster, including Otimo, were present there as well. Modernlog is one of the largest industry fairs in Poland, held regularly, every year in June. This is undoubtedly…

"Otimo - little giants of optimization"

"As many as 70 world records - and only this year. This is the achievement of a Polish team, the existence of which is known to a small group of people. This team does not have such huge resources as the staffs from the USA or China, and yet it successfully competes with them, surpassing them in subsequent achievements. However, it is not about sports competition. We are talking about algorithms and a global optimization race.