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Grocery Retail
Kroger Invests in Grocery E-Commerce
Kroger's new customer fulfillment center exhibits the growth in grocery e-commerce and how it is likely to stay following the pandemic.
Automation
Run on Advanced Automation Rather than Autopilot
Automation
Toyota Material Handling Reduces Repetitive Tasks for Humans
Emerging Technologies
Bringing IoT to Factory Automation, Logistics and Asset Management
Grocery Retail
Matching the Customer’s New Grocery Journey
Automation
Cimcorp Partners with GEODIS for New Warehouse Picking Solution
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Foodservice
Processors Palette: Finding Comfort in Cheese Making with Sweet Grass Dairy
Sweet Grass Dairy maintains sustainable operations under the mindset of maintaining the best quality care for its cows to create its cheeses.
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain
Rock Star of the Supply Chain: Blending Operational Experience for Creative Visions in the Supply Chain with Mike Frank, Jarrett
Mackenna Moralez talks with Mike Frank, Jarrett on how he brings a blend of operational experience, creative vision for improvements and an integrity-driven sales process to ensure new clients are comfortable in their supply chain processes.
Sustainability
L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Sustainability in the Food Supply Chain
Marina, Brielle and Mackenna talk Earth Day and how companies and their supply chains are working to become more green.
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Automation
How Workplace Safety Promotes Efficiency
Technology, especially wearables, can significantly help connect the workforce and keep it safe, productive and efficient.
Software Solutions
Why Mobile Apps Matter to Workers on the Front Lines
As mobile apps and devices play an increasingly critical role in boosting worker engagement, a digital adoption strategy that is tailored to your workforce can ensure higher levels of job gratification by workers in three important ways.
Automation
Practical Considerations for Wearables and Robotics in the Warehouse
Having a practical understanding of how to quickly leverage new technology to increase warehouse productivity will help keep warehouse operations at peak performance levels.
Warehousing
Diversity of Thought Breeds Innovation
Embracing the diversity of thought, experiences and perspectives that women bring to the workforce will only hasten the pace of innovation and much-needed change in the industry.
Robotics
L.I.N.K. | SVT Robotics Explains Why Humans, Robotics Work Together
"Never underestimate the human machine," says SVT Robotics CEO in an interview with associate editor Brielle Jaekel where they also dive into the intricacies of robotics in the supply chain.
Risk/Compliance
Attracting Talent When Safety is a Concern
The time may be nearing when COVID-19 safety protocols are no longer necessary to protect employees, but safety will always be a concern when recruiting for manufacturing, shipping and logistics roles.
Automation
2021—The Year of Mended Supply Chains
Let’s continue to work together to mend these supply chains, work smarter in 2021 and appreciate and acknowledge the hard work this industry puts forth day in and day out to keep people fed.
Automation
Warehouse Automation is Key to Maintaining Consistency in Unpredictable Environment
The widespread adoption of automation and robotics helps companies continue moving cold food and beverage through the supply chain.
WMS/TMS
COVID-19 and the Sudden Rise of Online Grocery
The right WMS/MHS combination affords grocers that needed flexibility to meet their fundamental objectives without tying up precious capital.
Automation
Unsung Heroes: Rufus Labs' Gabe Grifoni Explains How Automation is Playing a Role in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Unsung Heroes is a “feel-good” series of interviews with frontline workers, professors and more to discuss the effects of the pandemic and how these unsung heroes are turning challenges into opportunities.
Risk/Compliance
3 Things to do Today to Make Your Workplace Safer for Tomorrow
Worker safety measures will help you identify essential activities to make sure your business can continue to operate in nearly any circumstance.
Emerging Technologies
Unsung Heroes: Trimble MAPS' Brian Larwig Talks How COVID-19 has Changed the Logistics Space
Unsung Heroes is a “feel-good” series of interviews with frontline workers, professors and more to discuss the effects of the pandemic and how these unsung heroes are turning challenges into opportunities.
Automation
2020—the Year of Upended Supply Chains, Fast-Tracked Technology & Quarantine Hair
Editor-in-chief Marina Mayer recaps the many supply chain disruptions from 2020 and details what's in store for readers come the New Year.
Automation
Robotic Micro-Fulfillment Centers Forecast to Fulfill 8% of US Online Grocery Orders in 2025
In this first report of the new year, the focus is on one positive that has come out of the COVID-19 crisis – the growth in the number of retail-based MFCs, and the openings this offers for manufacturers of automation equipment.
Automation
Digitization Express Lane: The Future of Supermarkets
To profitably keep up in this rapidly changing market, grocers must replicate the consumer-facing disruption within their backend financial operations.
Warehousing
Exoskeletons are Here to Stay for Food Logistics Operations
Exosuits and exoskeletons have moved beyond science fiction and into reality, helping facilities combat worker fatigue, strain and other risks that lead to musculoskeletal disorders.
Robotics
5 Ways AGVs Help Food Supply Chains Today and in 2021
Once adopted and integrated, AGVs can be deployed, redeployed and enhanced quickly at a controllable cost to ensure the challenges for both today and 2021.
Automation
How Challenges Faced by the Food and Beverage Industry in 2020 Will Make for a More Resilient New Year
For many in the food and beverage space, the pandemic strengthened their positions and allowed them to become more resilient to future disruptions that the New Year may bring.
Fleet Management
LoadDelivered Logistics Rebrands to Capstone Logistics, Strengthens Integration Between Warehousing and Transportation Divisions
Capstone Logistics acquired the company in 2018 to support its strategic expansion into freight brokerage services.
Automation
Food and Grocery Face New Labor Challenges as COVID-19 Re-Shapes Distribution Centers
Artificial intelligence technology provides flexibility to adapt operations and systems as the grocery supply chain continues to evolve in the face of changing consumer shopping habits.
Automation
Piab Introduce the piSOFTGRIP® 50-2
Piab once again extends the pi-SOFTGRIP family with a new pinch gripper developed for the automation of the food/chocolate industry.
Micro-Fulfillment
The Future of Online Grocery is as Much Physical as it is Digital Post-Pandemic
If the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed anything, it is that the physical attributes of omnichannel grocery retailing may be just as important, if not more so, than delivery.
Grocery Retail
Why Grocery Automation Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All
Here’s how rational automation can meet the needs of grocers and customers alike.
Warehousing
Food Logistics Launches Future of Supply Chains Week of Webcasts
Register today for one, two or all track sessions covering Transportation, Cannabis, Supply Chain Visibility, Warehousing and Procurement.
WMS/TMS
Magaya Corporation Launches Dimensioner Augmented Reality App
The Dimensioner is a warehouse automation tool that captures accurate dimensions of parcels, pallets, or cargo in an instant.
WMS/TMS
Rufus Labs Launches Proximity Alerts to Improve Warehouse Safety
Rufus Labs integrated Proximity Alerts across all devices with haptics built in to notify users when they are within 6 feet of one another.
Software & Technology
Powering Smart Connectivity for Supply Chain Management Systems During Post-Pandemic Era
IoT-enabled sensors can provide real-time knowledge of asset/fleet location, fleet motion speed, temperature conditions and other crucial data that can immensely transform any business's supply chain.
Automation
Cimcorp Automates Bakery Product Handling and Order Fulfillment in Kwik Trip’s La Crosse, Wisconsin Baking Facility
The solution is able to rapidly manage 80,000 trays of fast-moving bakery products and process orders for 53,000 outbound trays to over 700 Kwik Trip stores each day.
Grocery Retail
Self Point and Tortoise Partner to Bring the Next Generation of Shopping to Grocers
Using Self Point’s platform, grocers can build and manage their own catalogue of inventory and leverage advanced fulfilment methods online within hours.
Automation
AMETEK MOCON Launches Dansensor Lippke 5000 Package Integrity Testing System
The new product can measure package leaks, burst pressure, and seal strength in all types of packages, with or without a modified atmosphere.
