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Micro-Fulfillment
Retail
3 Ways Inefficiency Delays CPGs and Retailers
Retailers and CPGs need to resolve elements across their supply chains that are silent killers of optimal performance. Here are 3 ways inefficiency may be hindering your process.
Automation
5 Challenges for Warehouse Management and Fulfillment in 2023
3PL/4PL
Inventory Strategy of the Future: Flexible, Scalable and Highly Dynamic
3PL/4PL
Warehouse Space Constraints, Industry Consolidation, Labor Crises Drive 3PLs to Automate
Retail
3 Ways to Optimize Digital Presence with an Omnichannel Content Strategy
Last-Mile
Retailers Lack Flexibility to Successfully Manage Multiple Fulfillment Channels
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Software & Technology
Top Tech Startup Award: AI-Powered Automation Takes Over
From AI and robotics to fulfillment execution and real-time visibility, many of today's tech startups are poised to disrupt the supply chain space in a big way.
Mentorship Programs
Supply Chain Network to Moderate Discussion on Humanitarian Logistics at Manifest
This panel will talk about the state of procurement, how to support humanitarian logistical needs and more.
Sponsored
Professionalize Your Indirect Supply Chain Management
Wesco’s indirect purchasing and inventory management programs help optimize your MRO tail spend while decreasing your supply chain related costs.
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Micro-Fulfillment
War in Ukraine to Stunt Growth of Warehouse Automation
As consumer spending slows, retailers will likely tighten their purse strings and potentially postpone large scale automation projects until a more stable economic environment has been reached.
Micro-Fulfillment
How Evolving Global Seaport Regions Impact Industrial Real Estate
The CBRE Supply Chain Advisory group estimates that transportation accounts for 45-70% of total logistics costs. Locating distribution facilities near seaports can help to lower transportation costs.
Automation
How Logistics Leaders Can Overcome Inventory Crisis
Industrial storage space is at a record low. Ad hoc storage offers one option, but leaders also store inventories in secondary and tertiary markets.
Retail
Not-so-Happy Holidays? A Look at Retailers’ Solutions
What had been a promising economic rebound is now suffering from higher prices, sharp inflation and rising interest rates—bringing rumblings of a potential new recession. Here's what that means for retailers.
Micro-Fulfillment
The Key to Reimagining E-Commerce Micro-Fulfillment
The latest generation of vertical lift and horizontal carousel systems present extremely optimized solutions for high-density, low-footprint, highly scalable and cost-efficient micro-fulfillment automation for retailers and e-commerce fulfillment.
Micro-Fulfillment
Re-Commerce Network Provides Complete Plug-and-Play Infrastructure for Retailers
The processing centers are fully equipped to consolidate returns, receive returned or trade-in items directly from consumers, as well as bulk transfers from warehouses or other collection points.
Warehousing
What to Know About Virtual Warehousing
While many companies search for insurance plans to protect against future supply chain issues, virtual warehousing is one solution that is gaining increasing popularity.
Warehousing
Warehouses Want to Know: How Can We Find More Workers?
EWA can help attract and retain difficult-to-find warehouse employees to fill open positions and in doing so, they’re in a much better place to operate at full capacity and get their products more efficiently in and out the door.
Material Handling Equipment
Fortna and MHS Global Join Together as a Single Company
The companies bring together decades of experience in the design, development and delivery of omnichannel and parcel distribution solutions, offering customers a uniquely versatile end-to-end path forward.
Micro-Fulfillment
Getting Armed for Omnichannel Success
Omnichannel fulfillment becomes more complex every day. Success lies in finding innovative and cost-effective ways to distribute high-volume consumer and retail goods.
Warehousing
Attracting and Retaining Workers is a Top Concern in Warehousing
A recent ProGlove survey found that 74% of warehouse leadership are concerned about maintaining productivity levels in the warehouse.
3PL/4PL
3PLs Look to Optimize Efficiencies: Study
18% of 3PLs performing omnichannel fulfillment saw a 50% increase in profitability over the prior year, which is 33% more than the average of other 3PLs, while 91% of 3PLs grew order volumes in 2022, up from 85% the year prior.
Warehousing
Where's My Item: Why Inventory Control Matters
Not only does searching for inventory interrupt your efficient warehouse and supply chain operations, but missing items can cause stock-outs that result in lost revenue and lost customers.
Micro-Fulfillment
Average Size of Warehouse Leases Edge Close to Seven Digits
The activity points to expansion in the industry, particularly for traditional retailers and wholesalers.
Micro-Fulfillment
Most Warehouses Will be Fulfillment Centers by 2027
A total of 50,000 extra warehouses of over 50,000 square feet are projected to be added to the global warehouse stock between 2022-2027.
Material Handling Equipment
Automated Shuttle System to Optimize Micro-Fulfillment Services
Medius is designed for businesses that want to increase storage density or establish an automation operation capable of rapid delivery that is scalable and modular.
Warehousing
2022 State of the Supply Chain
Today's supply chains are in crisis mode, and industry experts are already anticipating struggles for 2022 into 2023. Download this FREE whitepaper and discover the opportunities and threats of the New Year.
Micro-Fulfillment
Online Inflation Slows in June
Grocery, tools and home improvement and pet products experienced increased prices.
Sponsored
Professionalize Your Indirect Supply Chain Management
Wesco’s indirect purchasing and inventory management programs help optimize your MRO tail spend while decreasing your supply chain related costs.
Retail
Berkshire Grey Enables Retailers To Transform Any Space Into Automated Warehouses
A new mobile robotic platform from Berkshire Grey allows retailers to turn any floor into a flexible any-to-any induct-to-discharge sortation system.
Warehousing
Warehouse Automation Investment Is Now Essential
Three meaningful warehousing sector trends are driving investments in new technologies: The ongoing labor crunch; a renewed mandate for more operational flexibility; and global initiatives for digital transformation.
Micro-Fulfillment
Thought Leaders Talk State of the Supply Chain in Upcoming SCN Summit
Register now to learn more about what's in store for national and global supply chains. Topics revolve around Warehouse Automation, Risk Management, Supply Chain Visibility, Electrification in Trucking, Building a Sustainable Supply Chain and more.
Warehousing
MODEX In Person Was Return to Normalcy We Needed
I couldn’t help but revel in the fact that there were no mandatory masks, no pre-screening tests, no questionnaires to fill out. It’s almost as though it started where MODEX 2020 left off.
Last-Mile
Poor Customer Experience Worse Than Shipment Delays
A majority (55%) of consumers have canceled a delayed shipment because of a bad customer experience, the survey says.
MODEX
Multi-Level Storage and Retrieval System Boosts Storage Density
The Sky-Storage & Ground-Pick is a multi-level storage and retrieval system that uses Geek+’s X-series four-way shuttle robots to boost storage density while devoting the ground floor to picking operations entrusted to the flagship P800 robots.
Micro-Fulfillment
Enhancing Automated Sortation Process
tSort3D allows 6-8 times the sort destinations in the same space as other traditional automated sortation solutions, provides for thousands of sort destinations, volumes up to 20,000 an hour and facilitates a single, very large batch pick.
Robotics
Robotic System for Autonomous E-Commerce Autobagging
This system combines automated picking with intelligent placement for packing e-commerce items directly into autobagging equipment, thereby increasing throughput capacity without adding additional labor.
AI/AR
AI-Powered Robotic Workcell Optimizes Small Parcel Fulfillment
The INDUCT workcell will help parcel, post and e-commerce fulfillment companies alleviate capacity shortages and increase efficiency.
Material Handling Equipment
Bin Lift Extends Reachability in Warehouses
AutoStore bins are durable containers used to hold inventory and are handled precisely by AutoStore robots.
ERP
Why the Future of E-Commerce Lies in Forecasting
Accurate forecasting leads to accurate fulfillment operations to support sales growth. Here's why.
