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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.
Grocery Retail
Phononic, ShopRite Launch Freezer and Refrigerator Totes for Curbside Grocery Pickup and Delivery
Grocery Retail
Crafting a Winning Inventory Management Strategy Amid Changing Consumer Shopping Patterns
Micro-Fulfillment
5 Indicators it's Time to go From In-House to Outsourced Fulfillment
Micro-Fulfillment
Ryder to Add Contract Packaging and Manufacturing Capabilities with Impact Fulfillment Services Acquisition
Micro-Fulfillment
The Next Gen in Composability Tools and WMS Solution
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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.
Webinars
SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain
June 4, 2024
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Register now to hear from experts about the State of Today’s Supply Chains through topics revolve around Warehouse Automation, Generative AI, Automation, Electrification, Company Culture and more.
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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.
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Ocean Ports & Carriers
Leveraging Nearshoring for Resilient Operations
Investing in supply chains to deliver enhanced resilience and agility is crucial in navigating the ever-changing landscape of global operations.
Cold Storage
Lineage Logistics Acquires 8 Facilities from Burris Logistics, Strengthens Direct-to-Consumer Fulfillment Operations
Lineage Logistics acquired eight facilities from Burris Logistics, adding nearly 1.3 million square feet of capacity and approximately 115,000 pallet positions across facilities.
Trucking
Inventory Costs on the Rise, While Inventory Levels Decrease: Study
In September, the Logistics Manager’s Index (LMI) reads in at 52.4, up (+1.2) from August’s reading of 51.2. This is the second consecutive month of expansion following three straight readings of contraction from May-July.
Regulations
Alexis Asks: Sugarflation and the Future of the Holiday Season
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. With the sugar shortage on the rise and the holidays fast approaching, the supply chain is bracing for impact in the wake of demand.
Automation
A Guide to Mixed Case Fulfillment
While there is no magical solution for grocers to instantly stock shelves, automation can make a significant difference.
Cold Storage
Safety Culture: A New Approach to Warehouse Safety in Cold Storage
To ensure the well-being of employees, customer brand reputation, company assets and operating environments, companies need a true “safety culture.”
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.
Grocery Retail
Re-Evaluating Convenience Food in a Cost-of-Living Crisis
The cost-of-living crisis means consumers are experiencing the implications of rising prices; many are looking to make cutbacks in their food shopping. Because of this, many consumers will be re-evaluating the need for convenience products.
Grocery Retail
Evolution of eGrocery
David Bishop, partner at Brick Meets Click, discusses the evolution of e-grocery.
Grocery Retail
E-Commerce in Grocery Retail is Here to Stay. Here’s Why.
Andrew Benzinger, business development manager, AutoStore, details why e-commerce in grocery is here to stay.
Supply Chain Visibility
Consumer Brands Association, LabelMaster, Coresight Research Detail State of Supply Chains in This Week’s SCN Summit
SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain kicks off this week, bringing together industry experts and thought leaders to talk trends and technologies in the supply chain space and how they relate to the State of the Supply Chain.
Packaging
Linerless and Lean Labeling’s Role in Sustainable Manufacturing
Since a barcode label is required 100% of the time on every item/product within the supply chain, linerless labeling and lean labeling can very quickly help companies achieve goals around sustainability.
Robotics
How Robotics is Transforming Grocery Operations
By taking advantage of robotics as the new digital clerk, grocery brands can solve the most pressing issues they face today: tight margins, labor shortages and shifting customer expectations.
Warehousing
Reducing Costs Through Digital Dock Scheduling
June 21, 2023
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Join Loadsmart and Reser's Fine Foods to gain insights on how to improve your scheduling operations and enhance warehouse efficiency.
Warehousing
How to Overcome Warehousing Challenges in E-Commerce
Labor shortages, rising real estate costs and pressures to increase speed in click-to-ship order processing are among the challenges being faced in cold chain warehousing today in the e-commerce sector. Here's how to overcome them.
Micro-Fulfillment
Growth in MFCs Prompts Rise in ASRS Adoption
Most solutions are underpinned by cube or shuttle-based AS/RS, orchestrated by management systems increasingly incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Automation
Live From ProMat: Touching the Future of Supply Chain
Swing by booth N9820 to say hello, grab some print copies and some cool swag and learn more about all our upcoming initiatives, including SCN Summit, Women in Supply Chain Forum, Women in Supply Chain award and more.
Grocery Retail
U.S. eGrocery Sales Rise to $8.8B
The year-over-year growth in e-grocery sales was partly driven by an increase in monthly active users, which climbed more than 5% in February compared to the same period in 2022.
Robotics
Autonomous Mobile Picking Robot for Order Fulfillment
Brightpick Autopicker is the only warehouse robot capable of both picking and consolidating orders in the aisles.
Micro-Fulfillment
Micro-Fulfillment Centers, Supply Chain Tools Achieve Supply Chain Stability
Glenn Koepke, GM of network collaboration at FourKites, details the importance of micro-fulfillment centers and supply chain tools in achieving a more stable supply chain.
Grocery Retail
Robotic Automation for Online Grocery Optimization
Fulfil's platform leverages advanced AI, machine learning and optical and sensor technologies to enable next-generation inventory management and quality control.
Trucking
Transportation Leaders Need a Greater Voice to Overcome New Supply Chain Challenges
Here are some primary reasons why it’s crucial for transportation and warehousing leads to be included in the overall strategy.
3PL/4PL
Warehouse Space Constraints, Industry Consolidation, Labor Crises Drive 3PLs to Automate
Digital automation will accelerate through 2023, creating opportunities for supply chain leaders to build a tech stack that cuts costs, increases visibility and improves the customer experience.
Grocery Retail
Level Up Your Order Fulfillment Capabilities to Curb Supply Chain Woes
Adopting retail technology now can help transform your network of stores into an interconnected fulfillment system.
Grocery Retail
Stor.ai Acquisition to Create iCommerce for Regional Grocers and Retailers
Relationshop acquired Stor.ai to empower regional grocers with a unified icommerce platform, combining operational excellence with data analytics and omnichannel engagement capabilities to increase transactions, enhance loyalty and grow sales.
Micro-Fulfillment
What Grocers Can Expect in 2023
Grocers that embrace micro-fulfillment centers and position themselves strategically now to meet the needs of customers will reap rewards in the coming months
Ocean Ports & Carriers
How Evolving Global Seaport Regions Impact Industrial Real Estate
The CBRE Supply Chain Advisory group estimates that transportation accounts for 45-70% of total logistics costs. Locating distribution facilities near seaports can help to lower transportation costs.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Yesterday Was the Time to Start Nearshoring
There is too much manufacturing capacity overseas. And, there isn't one company that isn't regretting having utilized nearshoring earlier.
Automation
Warehouse Management in Cold Food Chain to Reach $975M by 2026
Suppliers, distributors and retailers are turning to digital transformations to cater to a rapidly growing market for end-to-end visibility and operational efficiency.
Warehousing
PalletTrader Marketplace for Sourcing, Buying, Selling Wooden Pallets
PalletTrader enables and streamlines the digital trading and sale of pallets in a collaborative, secure e-commerce environment, providing the user community with workflows and tools to drive new efficiencies into pallet supply and management.