Topic: News

Kenco Logistics releases the fourth edition of its annual State of Supply Chain Innovation Survey

Interact Analysis study also estimates global warehouse and fulfilment center footprint will require a 50% increase in staffing by 2025

The report, entitled, “Forever Altered: The Future of Logistics Real Estate Demand,” points to various trends and themes related to how the pandemic “has forever altered the logistics real estate landscape,” with supply chain decisions having become more holistic, more data-driven, and more urgent

Total February U.S.-bound import shipments—at 1,099,310—were up 29.3% annually, while also outpacing February 2019 by 20.1% and are up 25.9% year-to-date, at 2,338,297. Meanwhile, containerized freight imports—at 2,464,007 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) saw a 20% annual increase, for the month, with a 17.8% annual gain, to 5,270,966 TEU. The firm said that cumulative January and February shipments helped to “scrub the effect” of the timing of Lunar New Year imports from Asia and were up 17.9% compared to the same period in 2020.

Nimble provides automated piece-picking, sorting, and packing solutions for ecommerce order fulfillment

Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Group names Dealer of Year honorees across its lift truck brands

Every market segment covered by the Industrial Printer Tracker research saw growth in Q4 2020 compared to Q3

Nearly a year after global electronics giant Panasonic made a 20% equity investment in Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider of AI-driven and end-to-end supply chain management services, in May 2020, it looks like the companies may be taking their relationship to the next level, with various media reports indicating that Panasonic will acquire Blue Yonder for $6.5 billion

Newark and element14 launch Women in Engineering survey. The survey is open until April 31, 2021

KSP Fulfillment to deploy Softeon's cloud WMS solution. Rapidly growing 3PL needed updated fulfillment capabilities from a WMS

ABI Research pegs TMS market revenues to grow from S$16 billion in 2020 to reach over $31 billion in 2025

enVista opens Toronto office to expand its regional presence for enVista’s large base of clients with operations and/or headquarters in Canada, and to help meet growing demand for solutions in the region

Hyster's H360XD and J60XNL trucks gain the The Chicago Athenaeum's 2020 GOOD DESIGN Award

Green Cubes Technology, which develops and manufactures lithium power systems, expands its sites and operations

The reading for the report’s key indicator—the Services PMI (formerly the Non-Manufacturing PMI)—came in at 55.5 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring) in February, which was off 3.4% compared to January’s 58.7 reading, which was the highest reading since July 2020’s 58.1.

Robotic Product Sortation and Identification system gives CEVA the capacity to process more than 5.5 million packages annually at its Vancouver facility

Toyota Logistics design competition 2020 highlights North American talent in first year

MHS and HAI ROBOTICS to provide goods-to-person robotic solutions in North America. Case-handling robots address demand for warehouse automation, complete with local support from MHS

Funding will help Fillogic expand its mall-based micro distribution hubs

Supplier of anti-slip safety stair treads and walkway products, celebrates its 100th anniversary