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Kiva: Turning a material handling application into a success story

It is important to learn from the past. After the failure of online grocery delivery service Webvan, Michael Mountz was able to turn Kiva into a real success story. Kiva, an innovative material handling application, was sold to Amazon last year for 775 million dollars. How did Mountz do it? The use of robots in...

Save transport costs in current traffic situation

Traffic congestion, tight time windows for deliveries, and pressure on transport costs – each of these are valid reasons to take a critical look at transport routes. Route optimization can deliver significant cost savings and improve the service level, especially in the case of a finely meshed customer distribution network. Since this type of distribution...

Trends in WMS

Interfacing between different sofware systems is given more attention since mechanization of physical warehouse processes is being more important. Optimization between WMS en WCS is not always succesfull. Groenewout gives his opinion on this subject in the article 'Trends in WMS; tussen twee systemen in', published in Logistics Magazine, edition 2014 (Dutch version). If you have any questions,...

Growing importance supply chain

Until recently when talking about logistics and supply chains, one often referred to trucks and warehouses. In today’s world we are managing our supply chains on financial logistics parameters, as cash-to-cash cycle time. According to Alain Beerens, managing consultant & partner at Groenewout, the strategic position of Supply Chains is ever more recognized on...

Benchmark your warehouse operations

Are your warehouse processes best-of-breed? Can you identify additional improvements or savings? Benchmarking provides an answer to these questions and will help you improve your performance. Groenewout offers you a free Quick Scan to benchmark your warehouse operations. Our consultants compare it to best in class organizations with the support of our Benchmark Model. Request your...

Online logistics competitive advantage

Groenewout's expert explains in this publication 'online logistiek wordt onderscheidende factor' about competitive advantages of online logistics. This article is published in trade magazine Online Retailer (Dutch version). For questions regarding this article, please contact Arthur Zondervan.

Solar panels and DC’s, an ideal marriage?

You would expect that distribution centers are perfectly suited for solar panels, as they have a large shade free roof surface. And even more, on ground floor level lighting and material handling equipment consume lots of electrical energy. However, in reality there are only a few distribution centers in the Netherlands with solar panels...

How can a wholesaler make a profit on a sales order?

The focus of a wholesaler should be on sales margin, rather than on revenue. However saying "no" to a customer is unacceptable. Every Euro in sales is considered as a positive contribution. However, is this statement true? This article proves how logistcs costs transparency can provide added value. It helps you to define your logistics strategy, and...

Loss Prevention & Security

Due to the recent evolution of digital technology the technical possibilities of photo and video increased rapidly. An extensive potential of images and video footage is at your disposal. The backside of this is that finding a specific picture or video footage is very time consuming. However there is software on the market that makes...

Webvan the Hindenburg of the dot-com era?

Some 10 years ago, online grocery initiative Webvan spectacularly crashed out of the retail market after spending its way through over a billion dollars in capital. As they battle against the current economic headwind, many wholesalers and retailers are keen to invest in a segment that is still demonstrating growth potential: e-commerce. As a...