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Software Solutions
Which Software is Best for Food Delivery Businesses in 2024?
By addressing operational efficiency, enhancing customer happiness and providing scalability, businesses can overcome obstacles and carve their niche in the flourishing food delivery industry of 2024.
Hiring
Implementing Innovative Hiring Practices Within Warehousing
Last-Mile
The Future Outlook of Last-Mile in Grocery
Emerging Technologies
Zero Touch Technologies for Cold Chain, Omnichannel
Cold Storage
Shuttle for Freezer Applications
Carbon Footprint
Lithium Batteries for Cold Chain
Recommended
Risk/Compliance
Mitigating Supply Chains: More Than Just Table-Stakes
Not being able to see ahead and predict and plan accordingly is what sometimes plagues many of today’s supply chain companies. Here’s why mitigating supply chain threats is of utmost importance heading into 2024.
Software Solutions
Nominations Open for 2024 Top Supply Chain Projects Award
This award profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain. Submissions close March 29.
Sponsored
Transfer Loads From One Pallet Type to Another
Columbia's Load Transfer Stations (LTS) optimize your facility's lift truck productivity, reduce labor and shipping costs and help reduce contamination from entering production areas.
Latest
AI/AR
Conversational AI Model to Amplify Warehouse Productivity
Synkrato launched Trinity, a conversational artificial intelligence model to amplify warehouse productivity and decision-making.
Material Handling Equipment
MODEX 2024: Extending the Spectrum of Supply Chain
From warehouse racking and electric material handling vehicles to robot dogs and software solutions, the name of this year's theme seemed truly fitting— MODEX 2024 was full spectrum.
Material Handling Equipment
Automation Guidance Consulting Service to Help Operations Upgrade Automated Material Handling Equipment
Kenco launched Automation Guidance, a consulting offering dedicated to helping operations managers upgrade their existing facilities with automated material handling equipment assets.
Robotics
AI to Revolutionize Pallet Handling
The MiR1200 Pallet Jack autonomous mobile robot, is complete with advanced artificial intelligence pallet detection, powered by NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin, to identify pallets and do pick up and pallet delivery with unprecedented precision.
WMS/TMS
Enhanced WMS Capabilities and Elevated Warehouse Operations
With a focus on innovation beyond warehouse management systems, these products address common productivity and workflow pain points across the supply chain.
Robotics
Cobot with End-of-Arm Tools and Software Solutions
Kassow Robots launched KR Pulse ecosystem to enable systems integrators and industrial end customers to seamlessly combine Kassow Robots cobots with end-of-arm tools and software solutions.
Grocery Retail
February E-Grocery Sales Down 10% Vs. Year Ago
The U.S. online grocery market finished February with total monthly sales of $7.9 billion, down 10.5% compared to 2023, according to the most recent Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopper Survey.
AI/AR
AI Technology for Warehouse Optimization
Dexory introduced DexoryView, a first-of-its-kind, AI-powered logistics engine to help warehouses maximize operational efficiency, optimize inventory management, and enhance the overall warehouse agility and responsiveness.
Automation
Next Generation of Automated Sortation and Order Retrieval
OPEX Corporation launched OPEX Sure Sort X with OPEX Xtract, its newest automated sorting and order retrieval solutions.
Cold Storage
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Ndustrial's Charles Tuck Talks Carbon Neutrality in Cold Storage
Charles Tuck, co-founder and SVP of energy and IoT solutions for Ndustrial, was named one of our Lifetime Achievement winners from this year’s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award.
Worker Safety
Software and Data Analytics Platform to Improve Worker Safety
Verve Motion introduced Verve Logic, a software and data analytics platform that seamlessly integrates into its wearable robotics SafeLift exosuit to pinpoint critical areas that pose injury risks to industrial workers as they work.
Design-Build
Miner Acquires Dependable Dock & Door
Miner Ltd., division of OnPoint Group, acquired Dependable Dock and Door, a provider of high-speed door and loading dock.
Automation
3-Runner Pallet to Improve Handling Efficiency in Automation
ORBIS Corporation released the Odyssey 3-runner pallet to enhance dimensional consistency, transportation and hygienics with built-in reinforcement and flow-through design for easy cleanability.
Design-Build
Conducting Site Due Diligence Avoids Costly Delays
Good building sites remain on the market. But many of those sites must be made good with early planning and intervention.
Automation
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: enVista's Thomas Stretar Talks Warehouse Automation
Thomas Stretar, VP of technology and labor management practice leader at enVista, was named one of our Lifetime Achievement award winners from this year’s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award.
Material Handling Equipment
4 Forklift Battery Trends to Watch in 2024
To better understand the opportunities and challenges influencing motive power decision-makers in 2024, here are the Top 4 forklift battery trends in 2024.
Robotics
Integrated Autonomous Mobile Robot with Lifter and Roller Modules
OMRON launched new mid-range autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) -- the MD-650 and MD-900 with mobile robotic equipment (MRE) from ROEQ.
Trucking
Navigating the Food Distribution Landscape
Here are the challenges and opportunities that characterize food distribution and practical strategies to help businesses effectively address evolving consumer demands.
Sponsored
Delegate your B2B integration to a market leader to simplify your exchanges
Cloud-based SaaS EDI allows the enterprise to focus on their core operations to focus on what matters most. Generix EDI SaaS supports all forms of electronic exchanges, connecting you to your wider ecosystem of customers, suppliers, and partners.
Material Handling Equipment
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain: Yale Lift Truck's Brendan McCann Talks Optimization
Brendan McCann, director of major accounts, food processing and distribution for Yale Lift Truck Technologies, was named one of our Rising Stars from this year’s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award.
Material Handling Equipment
Big Lift Acquires ePicker
Big Lift LLC, a distributor of Big Joe Forklifts, acquired ePicker LLC, a material handling equipment provider that operates a network of material handling distributors.
Material Handling Equipment
Wireless Chargers for AGVs, Outdoor Environments
EnerSys premiered the NexSys AIR wireless charger and the NexSys+ Outdoor charger.
Last-Mile
The Roadmap to Adopting Gig Work Begins with Technology
Rather than depend solely on a gig workforce to improve numbers during busy times, existing technologies can accommodate shortages by enhancing planning and forecasting staffing needs.
Carbon Footprint
TPPL vs. Lithium Forklift Batteries: Which Technology is Winning?
Looking ahead, the price of lithium-ion batteries will decrease with scale, while further engineering advances in TPPL batteries will make them more expensive and less attractive than Li-ion.
Grocery Retail
GrazeCart Acquisition Expands D2C E-Commerce Technology for Farm-to-Fork Suppliers
POS Nation acquired GrazeCart, an e-commerce technology solution built specifically for farmers.
Automation
Autonomous Drone Scanning Technology for Enhanced Warehouse Inventory Management
Anyline partnered with Mondi to introduce a new autonomous drone inventory management software that can scan an entire warehouse efficiently.
Cold Storage
Cold Storage Demand Heats Up as Inventory Freezes
With the ongoing evolution of e-commerce, increasing demand, and scarcity of inventory, the cold storage real estate sector must remain agile and responsive to future market demands.
Trucking
New Space Construction Experiences 50% Drop While Consumer Sentiment Remains Positive: Study
Despite inflation, holiday spending in 2023 outpaced the year before, and the annual growth of spending continues, but the rate of growth is slowing and returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from ITS Logistics.
3PL/4PL
Nominations Open for 2024 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers Award
3PLs and cold storage providers remain a key puzzle piece to building and nurturing partnerships, cultivating resilience and helping companies in the cold food space overcome supply chain disruptions. Submissions close March 22.
Grocery Retail
How to Make Shipping to Grocery Warehouses and Distribution Centers a Success
By focusing on swift handling, temperature preservation, and efficient inventory turnover, businesses can enhance the overall effectiveness of their supply chain operations in the grocery industry.