Topic: Warehouse

Berkshire Grey and S&H Systems present a webinar showcasing how their Robotic Put Wall systems offer a cost-effective solution to aging pick-to-light systems, delivering significant labor savings, space efficiency, minimal IT impact, and up to 30-40% batch pick efficiency gain, with seamless integration into existing infrastructure and scalable automation.

As 2024 hits its midpoint, shippers must optimize packing processes for peak season, reviewing carton suites, procedures, and costs to avoid errors and waste.

Productivity amplified: RFID's resurgence and it's impact on material handling

Founded in 1960, Mallard Manufacturing provides custom gravity flow storage solutions.

Warehouses and DCs turn their focus to protecting workers’ hearing and dimming the noise within the four walls.

Between the variety of packages and heavy volumes, parcel handling can be daunting. However, it’s manageable—especially with the help of automation.

From pick-to-light to the most advanced robotics, picking technologies are rapidly changing order fulfillment.

In case you missed it, there doesn’t have to be any plastic involved to protect perishables from temperature variation during shipment. Here’s how it’s done.

The April PMI is 1.5% above the 12-month average of 47.7, with March’s 50.3 marking the high over that period and June 2023 marking the lowest, at 46.4.

March imports, at 2.489 million TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), posted a 16% annual gain, and first quarter imports, at 7.537 million TEU, rose 15% annually, amid various supply chain disruptions.

Over 100 new jobs will be introduced to the region with the establishment of the new headquarters in Salem, New Hampshire

Manhattan Associates plans to integrate TeamViewer's leading vision picking solution with its flagship, cloud-based Manhattan Active Warehouse Management platform.

Legendary supply chain consultant and AIDC expert championed education for materials handling professionals.

Registration has officially opened for Pack Expo International, scheduled for Nov. 3–6 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

This is the third Walmart milk processing facility to deploy Swisslog’s automated storage and retrieval solution (ASRS) featuring SynQ software and Vectura cranes. Walmart is planning to break ground on the new milk processing facility later this year with the facility scheduled to open in 2026.

The Services PMI, at 51.5 (a reading of 50 or higher signals growth), fell 1.2% in March, while growing, at a slower rate, for the 15th consecutive month. This marks growth in 45 of the last 46 months, with December 2022 being the one month with a decline over that period. ISM added that the overall economy, like the March Services PMI, saw growth, at a slower rate, for the 15th consecutive month as well.

Pack Expo East continues to break records with its largest show to date, attracting 7,977 attendees and over 500 exhibitors across 120,000 net square feet at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia from March 18-20.

Since Advance Lifts’ founding in 1974, the company has provided lifts for retail, package handling, air cargo, food processing, material handling, automotive, manufacturing, warehouses, aerospace, construction, fabricating & metalworking, and other industrial applications.

The report’s benchmark metric, the PMI came in at 50.3 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), 47.8 reading in March, and contracting after 16 months of declines. ISM added that the overall economy grew, at a faster rate, in March, for the 47th consecutive month. The previous 16 months of contraction through February were preceded by a stretch of 28 consecutive months of growth.

Solution combines UR's cobot arms with Siemens' SIMATIC Robot Pick AI software, and Zivid's 3D sensors. The robotic picking solution will be presented in depth for the first time on April 4 at a webinar hosted by the trio.