Topic: Features

As automatic data collection (ADC) technologies become affordable and ruggedized, a wider swath of logistics operations are turning to a range of equipment and software to gain efficiencies and meet the growing demands of their customers.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to Scott Sopher at Deloitte about a recent survey conducted with MHI.

A goods-to-person picking solution moved AcuSport from conventional to automated DC processes. The result is lower fulfillment costs and better customer service.

AcuSport’s new distribution center features multiple picking methodologies designed to lower the cost of the company’s auto-replenishment program.

Building on their success in 2013, the Top 20 sustained growth in 2014 and are on track for continued improvement this year.

Though often characterized by feast or famine, this year’s view into warehouse and distribution center spending plans instead strengthens a pattern of deliberate investment. Today, readers are determined to get the most out of every dollar spent.

Fleet costs don’t stop at the purchase price, and expanded collaboration between fleet managers, dealers and finance partners is changing the way fleet costs are managed over time.

Initially focused on the transportation component of the supply chain, the modern day 3PL offers a range of services to support warehousing and distribution.

Improved airflow boosts employee comfort while slashing energy costs.

Warehouse creates seasonal cold storage capabilities to serve needs of owner and tenant.

Bulk warehouse facilities achieve better lighting with 50% fewer fixtures and big energy savings.

Including an occupancy sensor, the new system also saves more than 1 million kWh annually.

One in 10 calls to a service provider can be prevented if you follow a simple procedure.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, about automation.

To come back from ProMat 2015 and simply say the mood was “upbeat” would be an understatement of substantial proportions.

ProMat 2015, slated to be held March 23-26, will feature more than 800 exhibits and include a comprehensive educational conference. The event, held at the McCormick Place South, will offer an array of products to increase productivity in your operations. Here’s a guide to many of them.

High-fashion, e-commerce company automated fulfillment to meet the next-day shipping challenge.

The compact system processes nearly 2,000 orders a day in 20,000 square feet.

Fleet optimization and delivery tracking solutions improve “last mile” e-commerce deliveries, but success with final delivery depends on a solid process. Beginning upstream with DC network design, implementing fulfillment rules at the order management and WMS levels, and streamlining processes in the DC all pave the way for an efficient last mile.

When their prowess in manufacturing proved a liability in warehousing and distribution, robots were forced to rapidly evolve.