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Comprehensive news on the most advanced systems for automated mobile data collection & paperless picking of inventory through RFID and wireless technologies.


New software suite with optional modules boosts picker effectiveness
Hardware distributor accommodates growth and more flexible ordering and shipping options for customers while cutting costs.

Holding Steady: Top 20 3PL Warehouses 2016
The public warehousing market continued to chart steady gains amid ongoing consolidation in 2016.

Parts and Parcels: Handling the Holiday Rush
Automation, software help omni-channel retailers and e-tailers manage the demands of small parcel shipping

Optimizing home delivery: It takes more than planning
For organizations with their own delivery fleets, using software that optimizes routes can reduce costs and make next-day delivery more effective.

9th Annual Salary Survey: Success and Satisfaction Continue to Reign
Materials handling professionals embrace the challenges of technological progress, daily troubleshooting and the ongoing overhaul of the entire supply chain; and they are well compensated for their efforts. Logistics Management Salary Survey 2016, Materials handling salary survey 2016, Modern Materials Handling Salary Survey 2016

8 Steps to Next-Day Delivery Effectiveness
One wrong step can threaten your facilities’ next-day commitments. Here are eight best practices essential to keeping next-day orders flowing smoothly. How to manage a warehouse with next day delivery. Fulfillment systems for next day delivery

Custom pick module gives Werner Electric Supply a competitive advantage
The pick module has combined dynamic rack systems with conveyors and flow components to increase productivity and decrease costs.

Classic Distributing uses low-level orderpicker to increase its pick rates
The orderpicker has resulted in greater uptime and fewer battery charges, as pick rates have risen by 5%.

3PL uses a voice picking solution to increase productivity
The solution has replaced Merrill Corp.’s paper-based system, resulting in a considerable decline in picking errors.

Calculating the True Cost of a Mispick
Increase your operation's accuracy and reduce costs associated with errors by deploying automated, goods-to-person, storage and retrieval systems. This white paper outlines a calculation for estimating the true cost of mispicks in order fulfillment to an operation. Kardex White Paper

Calculating the True Cost of a Mispick
Increase your operation's accuracy and reduce costs associated with errors by deploying automated, goods-to-person, storage and retrieval systems. This white paper outlines a calculation for estimating the true cost of mispicks in order fulfillment to an operation. Kardex White Paper

System Report: Brownells new DC is flexible and responsive
With conveyor, a WMS and put-to-light technology, Brownells has improved productivity and efficiency while being more responsive to its customers. Materials Handling systems report, Description of Brownell Ammunition warehouse technologies,

Best Practices: Reopening the case
Mature case-picking operations might not seem like fertile ground for substantial improvements, but new approaches to old favorites can offer big rewards.

Is your ERP solution frustrating your customers?
The expanding growth of personalized selling strategies in B2B Commerce is causing companies to rethink their fulfillment practices, particularly in the areas of inventory management, order velocity, and the ability to meet order commitment dates.

7 Drivers Behind WMS Decisions
Warehouse management systems (WMS) are the main modes for inventory control and fulfillment management in DCs, but many legacy systems have been in service for 15 to 20 years or more and weren’t designed to accommodate e-commerce needs. Here’s what rises to the top of the list in today’s WMS decisions.

Retailers navigate the omni-challenge world
Retail distribution operations turn to automation and software to support handling practices that strengthen customer loyalty.

B2B Sellers Prefer a Unified Approach for Ecommerce
A new study from Forrester Consulting, commissioned by NetSuite, found that many midmarket, B2B sellers say their ecommerce solutions have contributed to their growth in sales, new customer acquisitions and improved customer relationships.

Is Your DC Ready for E-commerce Growth? Here’s How to Handle More SKUs and Inventory Turns
The rise of e-commerce and multi-channel fulfillment has caused distribution centers (DCs) to experience ever-growing numbers of stock-keeping units (SKUs) and more inventory turns, up to an average of nine in 2015.

Is Your DC Ready for E-commerce Growth? Here’s How to Handle More SKUs and Inventory Turns
The rise of e-commerce and multi-channel fulfillment has caused distribution centers (DCs) to experience ever-growing numbers of stock-keeping units (SKUs) and more inventory turns, up to an average of nine in 2015.

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