EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL Intralogistics Trade magazine for material flow and material management Intralogistics 4.0 The fourth industrial revolution does not even stop with intralogistics. Your trending topics such as digitalization, networking or Internet of Things can also be found in Intralogistics 4.0. It´s especially exciting for us, when new technologies are used in innovative solutions, which would not have been possible at all without these technologies. Thus, a major Dutch supermarket chain has implemented an effective Intralogistics 4.0 solution in its logistics centers: the company operates branches of various sizes. Floor plans, shelf arrangement as well as the exact position of all product groups from each individual branch are defined in networked IT system. Thanks to this information, software used by the logistics center is in a position to calculate a route-optimized and efficient distribution route for product delivery through the processes of the supermarket. Based on the nature of goods, the position of the shipment pallets is created based on this sequence and is created automatically by using robots. In the supermarket branch, the employees just need to unload the pallet in the specified sequence from top to bottom and this will essentially ensure an optimal route through the branch. Major diversions, which could result from the loading of unorganized pallets, become thing of the past. As a result, this form of route optimization – depending on the sales area – will save up to 50% of the workforce. This example shows that a completely networked supply chain can react much more efficiently thanks to the availability of relevant information than a chain of isolated processes. We are staying abreast of these changes and present you with our new supplement ‘f+h distribution’ from page 9. With ‘f+h’ distribution we look beyond the realm of intralogistics and consider the entire supply chain. The distribution is linked seamlessly with intralogistics: what belongs together, grows together. A completely networked supply chain is a prerequisite for efficient distribution Holger Seybold (Editor-in-Chief) Imprint Publisher: Dipl.-Ing. Reiner Wesselowski (We) Email: r.wesselowski@vfmz.de Editor-in-chief: Holger Seybold, Email: h.seybold@vfmz.de Editorial board: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Winfried Bauer (WB), Sushen Doshi, Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Weber (MW), Dipl.-Medienwirtin (FH) Marie Krueger (MK) Assistant editor: Svenja Stenner Design/layout: Sonja Schirmer, Doris Buchenau, Anette Fröder, Anna Schätzlein, Mario Wüst E-Paper Designer: Katja Rüdell, Mathias Göbel Managing editor: Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Winfried Bauer Publishing house: Vereinigte Fachverlage GmbH Lise-Meitner-Str. 2 55129 Mainz, Germany Commercial Register No.: HRB 2270, District Court of Mainz VAT-ID: DE149063659 Managing director: Dr. Olaf Theisen Publishing director: Dr. Michael Werner, Email: m.werner@vfmz.de Advertising Sales Director: Beatrice Thomas-Meyer Email: b.thomas-meyer@vfmz.de Advertising Sales Manager: Andreas Zepig, Email: a.zepig@vfmz.de Advertising representatives: Austria Heinz-Joachim Greiner Email: verlagsbuero-greiner@vfmz.de Brazil Carlos Frederico Graf Schaffgotsch Email: datadress@vfmz.de China Andreas Zepig, Email: a.zepig@vfmz.de France Marc Jouanny, Email: marc-jouanny@wanadoo.fr Great Britain Rob Brewer, Email: rob.brewer1@btinternet.com India Andreas Zepig, Email: a.zepig@vfmz.de Italy, Switzerland Hermann Jordi, Email: info@jordipublipress.de Poland Dr. Miroslaw Bugajski Email: premiummedia.mb@gmail.com Sweden, Finland, Norway Malte Mezger Email: verlagsbuero-mezger@vfmz.de USA, Canada Aryan Zandieh Email: aryan@hfusa.com Advertising Disposition: Annemarie Benthin Email: a.benthin@vfmz.de In cooperation with: Hannover Fairs International GmbH Messegelände, 30521 Hannover, Germany VDMA – German Engineering Federation Trade Association Materials Handling and Intralogistics Lyoner Straße 18, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany Additional Partner: Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung Internet: www.fh-intralogistics.com 8th year (2016)
