Topic: Features

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to Ed Romaine, chairman of the AS/RS Product Section Group at MHI, about automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).

The quest to improve worker productivity and enhance order accuracy in an omni-channel distribution environment is pushing more warehouse and DC managers to increase investment in warehouse mobility solutions. According to market thought leaders, not only has mobility arrived, but users are pushing for the next generation.

The yoga wear retailer’s new multichannel DC is speeding up time to market, streamlining e-commerce processes and reducing freight costs. Flexible automation is the key.

WMS, lights, voice and conveyors bring a new level of efficiency to lululemon athletica’s Ohio distribution center.

Complemented by a growing stable of inexpensive execution solutions, aging software monoliths can prove they don’t need to be toppled.

Troy Design & Manufacturing pairs real-time RFID tracking with MES, saving time and allowing operators to focus on value-added production activities.

Manufacturers of overhead handling equipment are putting an emphasis on safety while creating new, automated solutions that help people work smarter, better and faster.

Increasingly resilient to global economic moods, 3PL and public refrigerated warehouses persistently achieve modest growth.

Four companies share how they successfully connected the data points to streamline their operations.

Parts now located closer to production lines are picked on first-in, first-out basis.

Forward pick area uses hanging textile compartments to improve picker efficiency.

Grocery distributor sees energy and maintenance savings with fully automatic insulated doors.

Real-time view into massive yard boosts efficiency while reducing the number of yard tenders.

Generic regulations and misused solutions often undermine effective practices for keeping lift trucks away from people, product and problems.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking to Jim Rice, deputy director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics at MIT about supply chain innovation.

As we’ve been covering the last few years, the ability to design and implement a dynamic, flexible, automated distribution facility—one able to bend and respond to demand and cut freight costs—is a critical element to success in meeting the multichannel fulfillment challenge brought on by the evolution of e-commerce.

One of the country’s largest pizza makers turned to supply chain software and voice technology to streamline distribution processes and deliver fresh ingredients to its stores.

Pizza maker Papa John’s relies on a suite of supply chain software applications and voice recognition technology to deliver the freshest dough and ingredients to its stores.

Though compensation is climbing less rapidly than in recent years, the percentage of satisfied employees is approaching perfection.

Omni-channel pressures are driving modular warehouse execution suites built on a WCS core. Here’s how these solutions differ from traditional WCS below and WMS above, and manage fulfillment operations in new, dynamic ways.