In this Issue:
- AEO’s outside fulfillment game
- Software Survey: Users cautiously embrace change
- Supply chain software: Top 10 suppliers
- How WES is changing the game for fulfillment centers
Modern Materials Handling Magazine Archives
July 2022 Modern Materials Handling
American Eagle Outfitters has long been a leader in e-fulfillment inside its distribution centers. The next step: Move outside the four walls with a distributed fulfillment network that is shared by other like-minded retailers to compete with the big guys.
From what goes in packages to pallet loads on the warehouse floor and even artificial intelligence, dimensioning equipment has some new missions.
Our annual look at the software market shows how companies are using software and automation solutions in their warehouses and DCs and how they plan to put these tools to work in the future.
While there aren’t too many facilities without a human workforce, lights out continues to gain acceptance in operational pockets with the help of advanced automation.
With nearly $10.3 billion in supply chain management revenues for 2021, the leading 10 providers of SCM software topped double-digit growth, growing faster than the overall SCM software market as enterprise leaders looked to tame persistent supply chain disruptions with modern Cloud-based software.
Warehouse execution systems sit between warehouse management and traditional control layers in today’s DC software stack, but WES is more than a visibility layer. Using rules engines and order release logic that assesses multiple factors, WES promises smarter, more productive DCs.
Automation has probably never been more important to food and beverage as it is buffeted by a range of forces that challenge historically thin margins.
Modern's editor sat down with Jay Anderson to discuss his carrier and the racking industry.
Once again we’re using July to fix the spotlight on technology and how important it is to now dive in and transform your operation to keep pace.
Warehouse space costs have skyrocketed, so more companies want to maximize existing space by moving to narrow aisle configurations. However, making that transition effectively can benefit from some layout and material flow expertise, not just choosing appropriate equipment.
How TE Connectivity deployed special top modules, or mobile robotic equipment (MRE), to get performance boost from its autonomous mobile robot fleet.
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Parcel handling on the move
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An inside look at picking technologies
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April Services PMI contracts following 15 months of growth, reports ISM
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The Services PMI, at 49.4 (a reading of 50 or higher signals growth) fell 2.0%. The last time the index contracted was in December 2022, when it came in at 49 and prior to that the last month seeing contraction was in May 2020, when it came in at 45.4.
Where rack meets automation
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Order profiles are changing, and that means your rack should, too.
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