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Automation
How Cubic Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems are Revolutionizing the Warehouse
The ever-improving ASRS is driving new opportunities for warehouses and fulfillment centers with high throughput and complex fulfillment operations.
3PL/4PL
Women in Supply Chain: WSI's Maria Madrigal Details Why Human Connection is Key
COLD CHAIN
Shifts Towards GenAI Set to Bolster Pharmaceutical and High-Tech Manufacturers: Report
Automation
ISD's AS/RS System Balances Storage Density and More
Automation
2024 Saw Rise in Mega Distribution Center Leasing Activity
Trucking
Spike in Imports, Slowdown in Inventory Levels: LMI Report
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Material Handling Equipment
ProMat Preview: Where Supply Chain Solutions Come Together
With 1,200 of the world’s leading manufacturing and supply chain solution providers under one roof, ProMat 2025 provides hands-on demonstrations, 4 keynote sessions and 200-plus educational sessions.
Trucking
3 Things to Watch in Freight: U.S. Bank
With the new administration in place, there has been an array of supply chain-related news and headlines. Here are three things to watch in freight, according to experts at U.S. Bank.
Project Management Software
2025 Top Supply Chain Projects Award: Nominations Open
Nominations are open for Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2025 Top Supply Chain Projects award, which profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain.
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3PL/4PL
Logistics Manager’s Index Signals Healthy Logistics Recovery
The overall index has now increased for 12 consecutive months, marking a full year of expansion since November 2023’s reading of 49.4.
Emerging Technologies
5 Supply Chain Technology Trends for 2025: Alexis Asks
As these technologies advance, they offer a unique opportunity for supply chain leaders to not only improve efficiency and reduce costs but also foster resilience and innovation well into the future.
Automation
How to Serialize Barcode Labels
If you need serialization, choose a barcode labeling software provider that can meet all your needs. Simplify your labeling process by selecting software with variable counters to streamline your barcode serialization.
Procurement Software
Pros to Know Award: Nominations Open
This award recognizes influential individuals whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chain for competitive advantage. Submissions close Dec. 27.
Electrification
On the Road to Electrification: Alexis Asks
A decade ago, electric cars were a revolution. Today, they're a norm, and the virality of electric options is becoming more common place in the supply chain, driven largely by sustainability efforts and cost analysis.
Design-Build
Increase in Industrial Vacancy Rate Suggests Temporary Supply-Demand Imbalance
As of August, the national industrial vacancy rate in the United States was approximately 6.4%, reflecting an upward trend from the previous months, according to recent data from ITS Logistics, powered by Cresa.
Micro-Fulfillment
DataDocks’ New Features Designed to Streamline Operations
DataDocks launched three new features designed to streamline operations, reduce costs and improve overall supply chain efficiency.
Cold Storage
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Ambient Shipping Solution
Transitioning from cold-chain packaging to ambient temperature shipping from distribution center to customer reduces package material mass, improves the customer experience and supports the company’s global sustainability efforts.
Emerging Technologies
Labviva Introduces Real Time Inventory Management System
The IMS enables laboratory scientists, researchers and procurement professionals at the nation's top pharmaceutical companies and universities to work in real time by streamlining inventory management.
Material Handling Equipment
EP North America Debuts New Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Forklifts
EP North America debuts two new forklifts, the CPD45F8/50F8 and EFLA251 to help warehouse and DC managers provide powerful lithium-ion solutions that will upgrade any fleet of diesel and LPG warehouse vehicles.
Design-Build
Cost of Warehouse Space, Labor on the Rise: Study
A yearly cost of $8.31 per square foot of warehouse space, up from $8.22 in 2023, reflects the ongoing rise in real estate expenses.
Retail
Warehouse on Wheels Streamlines Supply Chain Issues with Mobile Storage Solutions
Warehouse on Wheels (WOW) assists companies with streamlining their operational needs when it counts the most: at a moment’s notice.
3PL/4PL
Industrial Users Leased More Megawarehouses in First Half of the Year
Claiming the largest shares of the 100 leases were traditional retailers and wholesalers, followed by third-party logistics (3PL) providers, e-commerce operators and food and beverage companies.
3PL/4PL
Aptean Acquires Principal Logistics Technologies, Expands Warehouse Management Capabilities
Aptean acquired Principal Logistics Technologies, a provider of purpose-built warehouse management and supply chain optimization software solutions.
Cold Storage
Acquisition Broadens Stord's DTC and B2B Fulfillment Capabilities
By integrating ProPack's extensive network and expertise, Stord expands its reach and capabilities, further enhancing its logistics infrastructure and services to its customers.
Automation
Logistics Managers' Index Shows Optimism Toward Future of Logistics, Despite Transportation Prices on the Rise
This is the seventh time in the last eight months that the LMI has shown expansion. This growth is driven by the buildup of inventories, the subsequent tightening of warehousing, and the ongoing slow yet steady recovery in transportation.
3PL/4PL
Inventory Costs on the Rise, While Inventory Levels Decrease: Study
In September, the Logistics Manager’s Index (LMI) reads in at 52.4, up (+1.2) from August’s reading of 51.2. This is the second consecutive month of expansion following three straight readings of contraction from May-July.
Material Handling Equipment
The Secret Weapon of Key Cabinets and Asset Lockers in Warehouses
For businesses operating in industries where asset management is critical, it's not a question of whether to invest in key cabinets and asset management lockers but rather a matter of when.
Worker Safety
Ensuring Warehouse Safety: Why Hi-Viz Apparel Matters
Hi-viz apparel can help mitigate many of these risks and increase warehousing safety. Here's how.
Packaging
RFID in the Warehouse: Driving Fulfilment Efficiency
With RFID technology deployed, retailers can optimize their entire supply chain operations and drive increased fulfillment efficiency, benefiting all stakeholders involved.
Design-Build
Trends in Sustainable Warehousing to Cut Carbon Footprint
Understanding that evaluating best practices and then investing in processes that cut carbon footprint makes good sense for today, and for the future.
WMS/TMS
Why a Warehouse Management Solution Might be the Hero You Need
Luckily, with the rise of modern, flexible warehouse management systems (WMS), businesses can now tap into real-time data, automation and analytics to revolutionize their warehouse visibility.
Material Handling Equipment
OnPoint Sells Concentric to Focus on Critical Facility Services
This sale allows OnPoint to better focus on its core strategy based in servicing facility needs through the group’s companies Miner, TrueSource and TFS.
Automation
Creating a More Productive Warehouse Operation
By optimizing warehouse operations, companies can improve their bottom line, increase their competitive advantage and provide better customer service.
Automation
Warehouse Visibility That Drives Actionable Insights
With real-time visibility into inventory levels, fulfillment statuses and consumer buying patterns, brands can optimize their fulfillment to drive better outcomes.
Packaging
How Real-time Visibility into Warehouse Operations Helps the Bottom Line
Whether in the context of physically optimizing the labelling and storage of items to simplify put-away and picking workflows or digitally automating inventory and returns management to catalyze data-driven decision-making.
Retail
How RFID is Transforming Retailer Perspectives
With the use of RFID, supply chain risks can be drastically reduced, making retailers not only more efficient, but sustainable and in line with consumer expectations now and in the future.
3PL/4PL
Outsourced Logistics: Choosing a 3PL or a 4PL?
When choosing your logistics partner, consider looking at current clients to see how they benefit from the offerings from that provider.
Automation
3 Ways to Increase Your Warehouse Efficiency
With the ever increasing demands and needs of customers, making sound decisions and investments in warehouse productivity will be a key to staying competitive.
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