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Material Handling Industry Makes the Digital Transformation
DC Connectivity helps keep pace with E-commerce trends.

Material Handling Industry Makes the Digital Transformation
DC Connectivity helps keep pace with E-commerce trends.

June retail sales see gains, report Commerce and NRF
Commerce reported that June retail sales, at $519.9 billion, were up 0.4% compared to May and up 3.4% compared to June 2018. NRF reported that June retail sales were up 0.6% in June on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to May, and up 2.3% annually on an unadjusted basis.

Material Handling Systems appoints Markus Augeneder as CEO of International
Augeneder is former CEO, Central Europe, of TGW Logistics Group.

Other Voices: ‘Tis the season before peak season
With the right summer preparation, DCs can turn increasingly disruptive peaks into a smooth and highly profitable Q4.

Honeywell partners with VMware to provide integrated digital workspace platform
Honeywell devices integrated with intelligence-driven digital workspace platform that manages any app on any device by integrating access control, application management, and unified endpoint management.

Commerce and NRF data show gains for May retail sales
Commerce reported that May retail sales, at $519.0 billion, were up 0.5% compared to April and up 3.2% annually. NRF reported that May retail sales were up 0.5% in May on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to April, and up 3.2% annually on an unadjusted basis.

Other Voices: Blame ecommerce for declining warehouse productivity
Even if AMRs reduce total labor requirements by 10% as predicted by Gartner, the industry will still need 20% more workers in 2021 than it employs today.

Zebra Technologies to acquire Profitect Inc.
Prescriptive analytics technology can identify a potential opportunity, generate suggested actions and send them directly to a worker’s mobile device with detailed instructions for resolution.

Automation Drives the Next Generation of 3PL Fulfillment
This paper will explore the 3PL landscape in the distribution and fulfillment sector and discuss the range of automation technologies available to help address mounting market challenges and demanding contract SLAs.

Zebra Technologies celebrates 50 years of innovating at the edge
Company now boasts more than 4,400 U.S. and international patents issued and pending based on organic innovation, and has recently made strategic investments in companies including Locus Robotics.

GS1 US issues guideline for order consolidation in apparel and general merchandise
Guideline illustrates how leveraging GS1 standards in data sharing enables operational efficiencies, improves sustainability and optimizes last mile costs.

Logistyx president Ken Fleming to speak at Gartner conference
Session topics include strategies to adapt to shifts in the supply chain industry and identify areas for improved shipping processes.

AlixPartners report: Online consumer products sales to reach 15% of all sales by 2022
Report suggests many if not most CP companies aren’t sufficiently focused on both the opportunity and threat a digital future represents.

Boston Dynamics acquires deep learning-based vision company
Technology works with leading commercial robotic arms to move boxes off pallets to conveyors or build stacks of boxes on pallets.


May 2024 Modern Materials Handling

A complete modernization of the sortation and conveyance at Boscov’s DC, along with updated software and a new order processing area, have transformed the ability of the department store chain’s DC to move more cartons in less time, while permitting more frequent replenishment shipment for stores.
 


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