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Modern technology is available to support manufacturers and supply chain leaders with achieving the visibility and insights needed to support this increasing demand.

Importance of Technology for ‘Buy American’ Executive Order

As manufacturing and supply chain leaders prepare for “Buy American,” it is essential to consider the upcoming challenges that they may face and invest in the right technology that will propel them forward and encourage scalability and growth.

Carriers quickly learned that to stay competitive, they needed to remain agile.

Top 5 Offshoring Trends in Transportation

There has been a rise in transportation and logistics providers developing offshore partnerships to benefit their operational performance, and it shows no sign of slowing down.

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Our Brands Protect Your Brands

Your focus is your business. What’s ours? Protecting your products in transit. Discover how Signode protects products, brands, and bottom lines.

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Incorporating Autonomous Forklifts into the Warehouse

The biggest consideration of a warehouse owner should be how exactly the autonomous forklift would blend in the overall function of the warehouse.

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Simco Logistics Transforms DSD with Lucas Systems’ Warehouse Optimization Solutions

Lucas Systems helped Simco Logisitcs create a paperless voice-directed picking process across the refrigerated and frozen areas of the DC.

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Driverless Trucks Come to Third-Party Logistics

Autonomous technology is now a reality. So, how does the 3PL sector take advantage of driverless trucks?

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Warehouse Labels for Food and Beverage Industries

Barcodes serve as the crucial link between WMS solutions and the employees responsible for keeping warehouses running.

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Tackling Pandemic Worker Shortages in Logistics

Here's how warehouses can not only beef up their staff immediately, but also prevent future churn by increasing retention, even through a pandemic.

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Kroger Partners with KNAPP to Add State-of-the-Art Technology to Ohio Facility

Kroger and KNAPP have partnered to deploy, expand and enhanced capabilities and capacity of Kroger’s existing Great Lakes Distribution Center in Delaware, Ohio.

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Warehouse Automation Services Projected to Grow $8.7B by 2025

Research shows that the potential revenue generated from offering a lifetime service contract to an automation project is roughly equivalent to the original cost of the project.

Automation Speeds Up with New Sidebot

New sidebot, Wyzo, launches with high-speed operation coupled with versatility.

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Retrofitting B2B for B2C Warehousing

Having a technologically advanced WMS that provides easily accessible and real-time information data to employees – on-site or at home – is paramount to improving operational efficiencies warehouse wide.

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Yard Trucks Become Autonomous

ISEE addresses labor shortage with autonomous solution for yard trucks.

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SCN Summit Kicks off with Industry Outlook, Focus on Risk Management and Discussion on Transportation Trends

Today kicks off the beginning of SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain week, a full week devoted to knowledge, education and networking about all things supply chain and logistics. Check out the schedule of events for this week.

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Top 3 Warehousing Issues During COVID-19 and How to Overcome Them

Technology has played an important role in the food supply chain during the pandemic, from applications to automation process that ensures employee safety.

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Automation and Sanitization Drive Case Packing Trends

Case packing in the cold chain is dominated by automation and sanitation, like so much of the supply chain today.

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3 Tactics to More Effectively Talk to Your Supply Chain Workers

From the processing and packaging employees to the transportation team to the customer-facing workforce in foodservice and grocery environments, supply chain workers want to hear from you and they want to be heard.

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Warehouse Operators Experience Operational Cost Savings Thanks to Visibility Technologies

Slightly less than half said they’re experiencing a 5-10% in operational cost savings as a result of implementing warehouse visibility technologies while another third said they’re seeing a 10-15% increase in operational savings.

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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.

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Run on Advanced Automation Rather than Autopilot

For some, it’s still a case of “machine helps man” rather than “man vs. machine.”

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Toyota Material Handling Reduces Repetitive Tasks for Humans

Toyota Material Handling releases new carts for warehouses equipped with automation to help reduce repetitive tasks for warehouse workers.

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Our Brands Protect Your Brands

Your focus is your business. What’s ours? Protecting your products in transit. Discover how Signode protects products, brands, and bottom lines.

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Matching the Customer’s New Grocery Journey

Integrating data sources into a single customer view to know everything there is to know about a customer is an important step for optimizing and guiding each journey to a natural – and profitable – conclusion.

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Cimcorp Partners with GEODIS for New Warehouse Picking Solution

Cimcorp has implemented a robotic layer pick solution for GEODIS at its warehouse location in Clayton, Indiana.

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How Workplace Safety Promotes Efficiency

Technology, especially wearables, can significantly help connect the workforce and keep it safe, productive and efficient.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Leveraging automated solutions helps reduce risks associated with human dependence within a warehouse.

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.

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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.