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3 Automation Myths Debunked
This helpful resource answers some of the most common automation questions about automation.

Report: Automation “a Matter of Survival”
Explore how leading operations are leveraging automation to keep pace today while future-proofing for tomorrow.

Innovation and Automation at DHL Supply Chain
One of the world’s most innovative supply chain organizations believes the time is right for autonomous lift trucks—in the right application.

Autonomous Lift Trucks: The human equation
Operations are deploying autonomous lift trucks to offset pressures like rising order volumes and the inability to secure enough skilled operators. The ironic tinge here is that even though industry needs robots, it turns out the robots need people.

Supply chain sustainability is here to stay
The supply chain is undoubtedly getting greener thanks to corporate commitment and the right technology.

60 Seconds with… Maya Xiao, Senior Analyst at Interact Analysis
Our editor sat down with Maya Xiao to discuss the current and future lift truck industry.

Schneider Electric, Third Wave Automation, and Daifuku Wynright join TRG
The Robotics Group (TRG) Industry Group of MHI announced the recent approval of Schneider Electric, Third Wave Automation, and Daifuku Wynright's application to join TRG.

Mobile Automation Group of MHI (MAG) reports 1-year and 5-year growth in mobile automation
The Mobile Automation Group (MAG) Industry Group of MHI announced that member companies reported an over 24% increase in mobile automation business in 2021 compared to 2020.

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Leaders Q&A: Solve your labor problems with automated packaging
In this Leader’s Q&A, Webb highlights the labor challenges taking place in packaging fulfillment right now, and how automated packaging can tackle those obstacles.

2022 Warehouse Benchmarks: Improving Warehouse/Distribution Center Metrics
Best practices to optimize distribution center operations and lift truck fleet utilization for 2022.

Choose the Best Auto ID Technology for Tracking RTIs
Read this white paper to find out the pros and cons of using each technology.

Five Questions to Ask Before Attempting a DIY Warehouse Label Installation
Planning for and ordering location labels and signage is an important part of e-commerce warehouses. So is determining how these items will be installed.

Hy-Tek and AHS host grand opening of Innovation Lab in Kentucky
Systems integrators Hy-Tek Material Handling and Advanced Handling Systems (AHS), a Hy-Tek Material Handling company,

American Eagle Outfitters’ outside fulfillment game
American Eagle Outfitters has long been a leader in e-fulfillment inside its distribution centers. The next step: Move outside the four walls with a distributed fulfillment network that is shared by other like-minded retailers to compete with the big guys.

Warehouse Software and Automation Survey 2022: Users cautiously embrace change
Our annual look at the software market shows how companies are using software and automation solutions in their warehouses and DCs and how they plan to put these tools to work in the future.

A new perspective on lights out
While there aren’t too many facilities without a human workforce, lights out continues to gain acceptance in operational pockets with the help of advanced automation.

Top 10 Supply Chain Software Suppliers 2022
With nearly $10.3 billion in supply chain management revenues for 2021, the leading 10 providers of SCM software topped double-digit growth, growing faster than the overall SCM software market as enterprise leaders looked to tame persistent supply chain disruptions with modern Cloud-based software.

How WES is changing the game for fulfillment centers
Warehouse execution systems sit between warehouse management and traditional control layers in today’s DC software stack, but WES is more than a visibility layer. Using rules engines and order release logic that assesses multiple factors, WES promises smarter, more productive DCs.

Technology & Innovation Issue: Time to take action
Once again we’re using July to fix the spotlight on technology and how important it is to now dive in and transform your operation to keep pace.

Topping off AMR fleet performance
How TE Connectivity deployed special top modules, or mobile robotic equipment (MRE), to get performance boost from its autonomous mobile robot fleet.


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