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Automation
Warehouse Automation: Breaking Down the Implementation Journey
Supply chain experts break down the implementation journey to better realize the whos, whats, wheres, whens and whys.
Cold Storage
Key Cold Storage Trends for 2025 and Beyond
Hiring
Resilinc, CCM, Polar King, Hellmann, Kaleris, Motive: Personnel News
AI/AR
Nextuple Introduces OnePint.ai for Inventory Management, Decision-Making and Simulations
Hiring
Food Lion President Meg Ham to Retire in May 2025
Hiring
Motus Appoints Amanda Bohne as Chief Marketing Officer
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Automation
Warehouse Automation: How Much Automation is Too Much?
When implemented in the right way – and in the right place – warehouse automation can be just right.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
State of Ports & Ocean Carriers
How a new administration combined with nearshoring, inflation, worker strikes and more impact the future of U.S. carriers.
Material Handling Equipment
2025 Top Supply Chain Projects Award: Nominations Open
Nominations are open for Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s 2025 Top Supply Chain Projects award, which profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain.
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Training/Onboarding
Women In Trucking Association Names New Membership Director
Personnel updates sees new appointments and promotions at SpartanNash, RK Logistics and more.
Cold Storage
AutoStore Introduces Multi-Temperature Solution
AutoStore introduces new Grid capabilities: the AutoStore Multi-Temperature Solution, an expanded 18-Level Grid, a Motorized Service Vehicles and enhancements to the cube control software.
Micro-Fulfillment
Automated Micro-Fulfillment Centers Witnessed Series of Challenges to Adoption: Study
The market for automated micro-fulfillment centers has witnessed a series of challenges to adoption, according to the latest report from Interact Analysis. However, the market opportunity still remains high.
Grocery Retail
Warehousing for In-Store and Online Grocery Fulfillment
Given the nature of grocery SKUs, no other sector is more overtly challenged by the rapidly evolving opportunities involved. This is despite the fact that the fulfillment process for e-commerce as a whole is highly refined.
Micro-Fulfillment
Are Automated MFCs Dead?
The grocery retail landscape begins to experience a decline in demand for grocery fulfillment automation solutions, which was particularly true for MFCs. Here's what went wrong.
Foodservice
Synergy Logistics Promotes from Within as Business Ramps Up
Personnel updates sees new hires for FreshRealm, Motiv and more, with memoriam for the founder of BSY Associates.
Risk/Compliance
10 Easy Tips to Increase Warehouse Safety
In order to help facility management professionals, here are 10 tips to improve safety, which can be implemented separately or together for even greater effectiveness.
Grocery Retail
The Future is Omnichannel
Because omnichannel shoppers engage more frequently and through multiple channels, they have a higher lifetime value.
Grocery Retail
How Sustainable Modular Solutions Accelerate Growth in Grocery Omnichannel
What was once an ugly word for grocers resistant to change, omnichannel now represents untapped opportunity for growth. For grocers, the promise of the omnichannel is here to stay.
Micro-Fulfillment
5 Best Practices to Start Successful Micro-Fulfillment Centers
With proper planning, resources, and technology, businesses can service customer needs, achieve profitability, and reduce delivery times at the same time.
Micro-Fulfillment
Why the Ideal Fulfillment Center is in the Back of Your Store
Surprisingly, the ideal fulfillment center might already be right under their noses, tucked away in the back of their stores. By leveraging existing space and automated storage and picking, stores can unlock a multitude of benefits.
Micro-Fulfillment
Micro-Fulfillment – From Warehouse to Grocery Store
The growth of consumers staying at home and buying food/merchandise online is not slowing down. Luckily, grocers have a wide range of technology and suppliers to move forward developing micro-fulfillment operations to satisfy the demand.
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.
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
The tote size and portability allowed a 70% reduction in staging room requirements with no impact on order volume.
Grocery Retail
Crafting a Winning Inventory Management Strategy Amid Changing Consumer Shopping Patterns
The stark reality is that even in efficiently managed companies, 15-20% of inventory is unnecessary, causing capacity and capital constraints, operational challenges, and out of stocks for adjacent items.
Micro-Fulfillment
5 Indicators it's Time to go From In-House to Outsourced Fulfillment
Identifying the moment to pivot from in-house to outsourced order fulfillment isn't just about logistics — it's a strategic move to ensure a business's longevity and prosperity.
Micro-Fulfillment
Ryder to Add Contract Packaging and Manufacturing Capabilities with Impact Fulfillment Services Acquisition
Impact Fulfillment Services specializes in contract packaging, contract manufacturing, and warehousing for some of the largest consumer brands in the United States.
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Maximize Safety, Productivity, and Savings with Smarter Cleaning Solutions
A cleaner warehouse boosts safety, productivity, and cost savings. Download Trends and Insights to see how cleanliness enhances efficiency and operations.
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
Sugarflation and the Future of the Holiday Season: Alexis Asks
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.”
Grocery Retail
Brick-and-Mortar Grocery Retailers Cornerstone of How Consumers Shop
Chris Wilson, VP of business development, TA Services, and Dani Etkin-Spigelman, chief revenue officer, TA Services, detail why brick-and-mortar grocery retailers will continue to be the cornerstone of how consumers shop.
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.
