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AUGMENTED REALITY: A GAME-CHANGER FOR THE LOGISTICS OF TOMORROW

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Jasmyn Beausejour

Warehousing operations is big business. It is a $141B business in the US alone and accounts for 10% of all logistics costs [1].  Estimates suggest picking items from shelves represents 65% of those costs, or $92B (Figure 1) [2]. The process is […]

Combating Digital Darwinism: Four Eyes on Augmented Reality

Posted on November 15, 2017 by EE

This is a time of digital Darwinism — an era where technology and society are evolving faster than businesses can naturally adapt. Can DHL a leading global logistics company rise up to the challenge to remain competitive?

The Internet of Things (IoT) will help DHL deliver you things

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Alexander Vidiborskiy

IoT is taking over the logistics business

Augmented Reality – a Game Changer in DHL’s Logistics?

Posted on November 12, 2017 by R

From science fiction to real-life industry applications, Augmented Reality harnesses the potential to enrich our real environment by overlaying context specific computer-generated information to our line of sight. Although still in its infancy, could AR eventually empower logistics?

How Augmented Reality improves supply chain management for DHL

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Ludwig

The next industry transformation in logistics may have just appeared as a pair of Augmented Reality glasses at DHL. DHL is one of the world’s leading logistics companies, with $59 billion revenue and operations in 220 countries. The company successfully […]

DHL Vision Picking – Blurring Digitization and Manual Labor Through Augmented Reality

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Nate

DHL's Vision Picking glasses use AR to enhance warehouse pickers efficiency and effectiveness as it moves toward Industry 4.0

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