Reinventing retail at Macy’s: Inventory productivity and sustainability
August 1, 2023
The department store chain has doubled down on strategies it put in place before the pandemic. The result: Maximizing inventory and margins
Narrow aisle success: Think systems, then trucks
July 31, 2023
Lift truck OEMs offer various trucks suited to narrow aisle and very narrow aisle (VNA) layouts, but it pays to analyze all factors before focusing on specific trucks.
Catching up with Yossi Sheffi
July 30, 2023
The MIT professor, author and supply chain thought leader sat down with Bob Trebilcock and Abe Eshkenazi to discuss his new book and the future of supply chain management. Here are some excerpts.
The Rebound Podcast: Yossi Sheffi and The Magic Conveyor Belt
July 27, 2023
Listen in as Yossi Sheffi discusses his new book, The Magic Conveyor Belt, and the state of supply chain management.
60 Seconds With Maxim Khabur, MHI’s Advanced Energy Council
July 10, 2023
Modern's editor sat down with Maxim Khabur, Marketing Director of MHI's Advanced Energy Council to discuss the council and new emerging energy technologies.
New resource center for weighing and dimensioning
July 10, 2023
Beyond its team of experts, Rice Lake has come up with an online guide to integrate a new cubing and weighing station into your shipping process.
Maersk tackles flexibility and variability with innovation
June 22, 2023
With a focus on predictability and effiency, Erez Agmoni, Maersk’s head of global innovation, is adding new technologies to Maersk’s toolbox.
IAM Robotics introduces a new solution and a new direction
June 18, 2023
The new solution expands the capabilities of AMR picking within existing infrastructures
Automate 2023 analysis: Simplicity and speed will further robotics uptake
May 30, 2023
Automate show analysis of warehouse robotics trends. Robotic systems are cool, now vendors tap partnerships, integration, and easy-to-use software to make solutions simpler to deploy
What’s keeping the supply chain C-Suite up at night?
May 14, 2023
EY’s Sumit Dutta talks about the priorities driving strategy in the supply chain C-Suite
Lift truck computing: Practicality reigns supreme
May 10, 2023
New operating systems and form factors aside, forklift computing gear needs to match conditions and save time for operators.
Protective packaging roundup
May 10, 2023
Here are four great new ideas for getting the most out of protective packaging. Be sure to read all the way through—Walmart doesn’t often lend its name to someone else’s product.
ProMat 2023 – The Chinese are coming
April 12, 2023
At this year's ProMat, Modern met with three of the more than two dozen Chinese solution providers in Chicago to learn what they’re bringing to the U.S. market
ProMat 2023 – Automation at a crossroad
April 2, 2023
It’s one of the most exciting times in our industry
Kimberly-Clark turns to EARL to manage order bunching
April 1, 2023
The CPG giant is applying AI to optimize transportation from its plants to its DCs.
Jim Hoefflin takes the reins at Softeon
March 30, 2023
If ProMat 2023 taught us anything, it's an interesting time for the WMS industry
ProMat 2023 Insights: Integrated robotics direction seems well-matched to the times
March 30, 2023
Labor availability issues remain a core driver for warehouse automation and robotics, but ProMat exhibitors were also talking up analytics, algorithms, and digital twin modeling as a means of containing costs in inflationary times.
Future-ready your workforce on The Rebound Podcast.
March 30, 2023
On this episode, Ashok Viswanathan details the steps required upskill your workforce for the digital supply chain.
The circularity report, or how one company is doing circularity right
March 16, 2023
On this episode of The Rebound Podcast, Apto Solutions CEO Jeff Jones describes how his firm re-engineered its supply chain for the circular economy