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New opportunities with «GreyMatter»
" Fifty Shades of Grey " is a moderately boring movie about teen fantasies concerning first sexual experiences with the opposite sex. " Grey Orange " be more exciting for some: a global provider of AI-powered software for warehouse control and inventory management, whose " GreyMatter " software Dematic now wants to profit from.
Implemented step by step
" Iterative " is the magic word that the southern German supermarket chain V-Markt used to implement the Wamas Core WMS warehouse management system from SSI Schäfer for the smooth supply of its southern German branches. This minimized risks during ongoing operations.
Pallet market under pressure
Circulating in the millions, Euro pallets are an integral part of everyday life in industry, trade, and logistics. However, A and B grade pallets are becoming increasingly scarce, warns the logistics provider Dachser. This has repercussions for costs, planning reliability, and delivery capacity along the entire supply chain.
Air traffic control in the dark
Even after a malfunction was resolved on Wednesday, the screens at Swiss air traffic control remained fixed the technical problem at the
The true cost of fulfilling the order
Materials handling specialist Ferag focuses on a holistic approach to warehousing and the targeted use of technologies to automate defined fulfillment processes in order to improve order processing efficiency. The concept developed by Ferag Solutions is based on a new key performance indicator, " CoOF " (Cost of Order Fulfillment).
Federal Councillor Beat Jans in Rupperswil
The Swiss Logistics by ASFL SVBL training center in Rupperswil recently hosted visits from Federal Councillor Beat Jans, head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, Jérôme Cosandey, head of the Directorate of Labour at SECO, and Aargau government councillor Dieter Egli.
Even better than lithium-ion
At the world's largest industrial trade fair in Hanover, with 3,000 exhibitors, a young company called BTRY from Dübendorf won a startup award sponsored by the logistics provider Hermes. The founders impressed the judges with an ultra-thin, fully flexible energy storage system that is intended to enable numerous new applications.
Large containers for the «Jaguar»
At Claas in Bad Saulgau, machines for forage harvesting and headers for the forage harvester, which proudly bears the name " Jaguar ," are developed, tested, and manufactured. More staging area was needed at the assembly lines. Bito assisted with the switch to the large SL 86 hoppers.
System change at the drying tower
Automation, as mentioned, doesn't have to be complicated. Even simple, repetitive logistical processes can be carried out automatically with high-lift pallet trucks like the EXV iGo. Forklift manufacturer Still successfully implemented this at DP-Supply, a subsidiary of Deutsche Milchkontor DMK.
«Logistics Townhouse» for the city
It was just one of the numerous presentations at the German Material Flow Congress, which took place in Dortmund these days in parallel with the IFOY Test Camp: It was dedicated to a concept by Carl-Friedrich Rico zu Knyphausen, Managing Director & Co-Founder of Logivalue GmbH in Berlin: A « Retail Town House » for the city center.
Recognizing qualifications
Recognizing qualifications
Good training is a key advantage: Dennis Famiglietti (Swiss Skills 2020)
The economic ties between Switzerland and Germany are close, and the cross-border mobility of skilled workers is correspondingly high. The agreements on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications have now been updated and expanded.
Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, and German Education Minister Anja Karliczek have signed to continue the proven practice and extend it to additional areas. The Federal Council gave its approval on February 3.
Due to the economic interconnections and numerous commuters in the border region, is important that professional qualifications are recognized as equivalent for practicing a profession and for accessing further education in the other country.
The new agreement reflects developments in vocational education and training in both countries and expands its scope. As a result, a larger number of holders of vocational qualifications than before will benefit from simplified conditions in the future.
Shania Colombo (Swiss Skills 2020)
The bilateral agreement with Germany complements the existing European system for the recognition of professional qualifications, in which Switzerland, like most European countries, participates. It is based on the particularly close relationship between the vocational education and training systems of Switzerland and Germany and the shared understanding of the importance and quality of vocational education. With this contribution to the permeability of the related education systems, the two countries are also sending a signal for the strengthening of dual vocational education and training at the national and international levels.
In a conversation following the signing, State Secretary Hirayama and Education Minister Karliczek discussed further deepening cooperation in education and research in the bilateral and European context.
