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GCCA partners with Distillery Association to help food supply chain function effectively
95% of food produced or manufactured in – or imported into – the United States goes through third-party warehouses and distribution centers before it reaches American consumers.

Grant Thornton teams with LLamasoft to serve supply chain customers
Partnership leverages Grant Thornton's consulting experience in supply chain transformation with Llamasoft’s optimization technology, AI capabilities and other advanced algorithms.

Other Voices: Rethinking supply chains amid coronavirus disruption
Supply chain disruptions will drive companies to rethink manufacturing location strategies.

Other Voices: Now is the time to leverage investment in our critical infrastructure
The partnership between the engineering industry and America’s public health and emergency management agencies is critical to help the nation navigate successfully through this new challenge.

With CAGR of 187%, 5G in manufacturing will reach $10.8 billion by 2030
Capturing that value will require ecosystem players to evaluate how to measure the impact of 5G and edge deployments on the factory floor.

New GS1 US blockchain guideline helps companies prepare for supply chain implementations
Guideline offers overview of foundational data elements and standards to enable supply chain visibility.

New research confirms blockchain’s effectiveness for improved data sharing in the retail industry
Auburn University RFID Lab partners with GS1 US and industry to explore the use of RFID and blockchain to improve supply chain efficiency.

Reader survey takes deep dive into the impact of coronavirus on supply chains
The survey’s lead question—are your logistics and supply chain operations being impacted by the coronavirus?—drove home the point, with 73%, or 89 respondents, saying yes, and 27%, or 33 respondents, saying the coronavirus has not had an effect.

ABI Research: Covid reveals weakest links in the supply chain – the supplier’s supplier
'Investments in robotics or IoT sensors assume assembly lines receive a steady flow of raw materials. COVID-19 demonstrates that manufacturers need to be as focused on their supplier’s capabilities as they are on their factory floor.'

Aptean acquires Paragon Software Systems
Acquisition adds Paragon's routing, logistics, scheduling, and home delivery capabilities, which have seen strong growth from e-commerce.

Report: Covid-19 pandemic will force companies to radically rethink how they operate
ABI Research Analysts share their thoughts on the likely short-and long-term impacts the global pandemic will have on technology and end markets

Other Voices: What Coronavirus means for e-commerce
As more shoppers turn to online alternatives to in-person shopping, supply chain disruptions could pile up.

Accenture acquires technology consultancy Icon Integration
Clients to benefit from addition of specialized supply chain and business intelligence capabilities which help to lower operational costs and improve performance.

Other Voices: The supply chain gets smarter with machine learning
Machine learning automates the analysis of the overwhelmingly complex and diverse data generated across the supply chain.

ELFA announces Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2020
Trade, innovation, elections and wild cards promise an eventful year for equipment investments.


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, with fewer labor resources, while permitting more frequent replenishment shipment for stores.

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Materials Handling Robotics: The new world of heterogeneous robotic integration
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