Best Practices 40: AI for the future of logistics

The latest issue of Mecalux's Best Practices magazine explores how AI is reshaping logistics. Among the featured articles, Mecalux outlines how it has expanded its technology architecture to integrate AI agents into its software solutions. The magazine also includes recent developments in the collaboration between Mecalux and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop GENESIS, an AI-based system that optimises replenishment by analysing operational data.

This issue's client success stories showcase the impact of automation and digitalisation across a wide range of industries and countries. In Poland, Unilever is supporting the expansion of its European manufacturing operations, while in the US, Gerresheimer is fuelling its growth with two automated warehouses for medical devices. In Spain, Vitrinor has automated the management of eight million kitchenware items annually. In France, NRJ Wines uses Easy WMS to oversee more than 400,000 bottles of wine, and in Italy, Sepal has optimised the handling of 10,000 tonnes of powder coating a year.

Knowledge takes centre stage in this issue, with articles examining AI's impact on business competitiveness. Highlights include the book AI in business, which presents the six pillars of the AI moat for building sustainable competitive advantages, and research on AI's negotiation capabilities. The magazine also features insights from Marcus Fontoura - Lead Architect for Azure Core - on the role of human agency in an increasingly digital world.

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