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OSM Worldwide accelerates fulfillment service?

US logistics firm, OSM Worldwide, which provides data-driven solutions and helps businesses deliver packages faster and more cost-effectively, will start using new sorting systems to accelerate its fulfillment service.?

?As reported by Supply Chain Dive, the company will prioritize eCommerce transportation for lightweight packages and invest in sorting infrastructures to increase business volume and efficiency at its facilities. OSM Worldwide also shared that it plans to use robots due to its partnership with Ambi Robotics at OSM locations in Atlanta, Chicago, and Las Vegas.?

?While the company's focus this year is to improve automation, the company's plan for next year is to increase the number of facilities. OSM has regional hubs in Chicago, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Pennsylvania. New facilities to be added to the company's current regional hubs in Chicago, Atlanta, Las Vegas, and Pennsylvania could be located in Ohio, Salt Lake City, and Utah, according to OSM President James Kelley.?

Kraft Heinz builds a $400 million automated distribution center in Illinois?

Kraft Heinz has announced plans to invest more than $400 million to build an automated distribution center in Illinois' DeKalb region.?

?According to recent news, the 775,000-square-foot distribution facility, expected to open in 2025, will enable the food giant to increase supply chain efficiency. In addition, the new Kraft Heinz distribution center will also have a fully automated storage access system that can operate 24/7 and help deliver products faster.?

?The company also said it has partnered with Daifuku Wynright, a world leader in integrated material handling systems, to adapt "end-to-end automation technologies" to its facilities. The automation infrastructure will include a warehouse control system and an automated storage system with 29 cranes that automatically place and retrieve loads at specific storage locations.?

?Carlos Abrams-Rivera, President of Kraft Heinz North America, also said they expect the DeKalb distribution center to play a critical role in the broader distribution strategy, with more than 60 percent of Kraft Heinz products in North America being transported via automated facilities.?

Turkey's e-commerce volume doubled?

According to the 2022 Turkey E-Commerce Ecosystem Report prepared by iyzico, ETID, and Dogma Alares, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the e-commerce volume has increased more than double the amount recorded in 2020, reaching approximately 4.8 billion TL in 2022 and reached 800 billion TL in total.?

?The share of the Turkish eCommerce market, which ranks 18th in the world in the gross domestic product, has increased steadily and reached 6% in 2022. The 2.2% increase in eCommerce users in Turkey compared to the previous year and the increased interest in seasonal shopping also contributed to the sector's growth. CEO of iyzico, Orkun Saito?lu,? stated that the upward trend in eCommerce will continue thanks to efforts to improve the digitalization and consumer experience in Turkey's eCommerce environment.?

?The report also notes that in addition to traditional options such as credit cards, debit cards, and cash on delivery, alternative methods such as prepaid cards, account-to-account transfers, shopping loans, and “buy now pay later” will start to gain more attention.?

Mercedes-Benz starts using ChatGPT in its factories?

Mercedes-Benz Group AG, the automaker, has recently revealed plans to pilot the use of ChatGPT for streamlining the manufacturing process, including quality management.?

?The company stated that integrating ChatGPT into its platform aims to help employees make strategic decisions about the production process faster. By displaying data queries as a dialog with the chatbot instead of complex programming functions, the technology will facilitate information tracking and allow daily production planning to be controlled and adjusted.?

?The German automaker will partner with Microsoft's AI platform to explore the potential of using technology to address issues such as error identification and analysis during manufacturing. According to J?rg Burzer, head of production and supply chain management at Mercedes-Benz, if the pilot is successful, the company plans to roll out ChatGPT at all production sites worldwide.?