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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
Warehousing
Exoskeletons are Here to Stay for Food Logistics Operations
Robotics
5 Ways AGVs Help Food Supply Chains Today and in 2021
Automation
How Challenges Faced by the Food and Beverage Industry in 2020 Will Make for a More Resilient New Year
Fleet Management
LoadDelivered Logistics Rebrands to Capstone Logistics, Strengthens Integration Between Warehousing and Transportation Divisions
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Warehousing
L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk Fashion and Reverse Logistics
Marina, Brielle and Mackenna sit down and discuss the fashion supply chain and how reverse logistics plays a role.
Software & Technology
L.I.N.K. | Sourced Craft Cocktails CEO Flips Business Model Amidst Lockdown
Associate editor Brielle Jaekel asks Sourced Craft Cocktails CEO about what it was like to switch the company's business model in the middle of quarantine and the technology provider that made it happen.
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.
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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.
Warehousing
4 Ways AMRs Help FMCG Companies Compete in Complex and Competitive Environment
Here are the key benefits AMRs provide FMCG companies looking to compete in the increasingly complex and competitive environment.
Automation
Why Manufacturing Will Be Better Despite Fewer People On-Site
Manufacturing companies in the forefront of this inexorable shift to IIoT, starting with machine health and performance, will reap the benefits in terms of predictability, reliability and scheduling flexibility.
Warehousing
How Wearables, Voice Technology Are Used in the Warehouse
Voice assistants and wearable technologies expand from the home into the warehouse.
Automation
The Future of Grocery is Here, and it’s Automated
Grocers that fail to adapt by investing in automation will lose their competitive edge.
Warehousing
Anacapri Foods and Voxware – The Perfect Recipe
Anacapri Foods utilizes Voxware’s enterprise supply chain analytics solution to help ensure workers execute at peak performance.
Material Handling Equipment
How High-Performance Laser-Guided Vehicles Streamline Pallet Movement in Deep-Freeze Warehouses
Automation of deep-freeze warehousing presents an optimum solution to many challenges today's companies face.
Software & Technology
4 Ways to Overcome Logistics Communication Challenges
When addressing communication challenges in the logistics industry, it’s important to avoid quick and easy fixes and instead prepare for the future by taking an integrated, omnichannel approach to optimization.
Robotics
READY Robotics’ Launches READY Academy to Upskill Warehouse Employees
READY Academy launches with over 40 hours of educational videos with curriculum developed by robotics PhDs Kel Guerin and Jake Huckaby.
Design-Build
Agile Cold Storage Announces Start of Construction on Semi-Automated Cold Storage Facility
Agile Cold Storage, LLC announces the start of construction on their first cold storage warehouse in Georgia.
Grocery Retail
Trax Launches Retail Watch in Americas to Help Grocery Retailers Automate In-Store Data Collection and Optimize Operations
This solution raises on-shelf availability and staff productivity resulting in incremental uplifts in revenue, as well as provides timely, accurate data for better supply chain replenishment, forecasting and picking for online orders.
Automation
Study: Companies Determined to Improve Warehouse Automation
According to the study, just 43% of companies with automation in their top strategic goals say they are very prepared to achieve it.
Design-Build
C-Store Master Breaks Ground on State-of-the-Art Robotic Distribution Warehouse
C-Store Master broke ground on the company’s new 120,000-square-foot automated warehouse today.
Automation
Automation and Robotics SCN Summit Now On-Demand
Industry experts talked in-store and online trends, technologies and solutions in the latest SCN Summit, which took place Sept. 29.
Software & Technology
L.I.N.K. Live | Food Logistics Editors Talk In-Store vs. Online Automation
Marina, Brielle and Mackenna recap SCN Summit's fourth series on grocery retailer trends, e-commerce trends, mobile apps/technologies and more.
Design-Build
Kroger and Ocado Announce Location of New Fulfillment Center in Romulus, Michigan
The location confirms a previous announcement stating Kroger and Ocado would construct a CFC in the Great Lakes Region.
Safety & Security
Pate Dawson Reduces Picking Errors With Voice Solution From Lucas Systems
Jennifer VoicePlus system also helps the foodservice distributor capture product expiration date information.
Automation
AGVs: Are They Meeting Stringent Hygeine Regulations In Your Facility?
Few automated guided vehiclemanufacturers have in-depth knowledge of compliance requirements for food and beverage industries.
