Technology can solve for some of the challenges of operating lift truck fleets in cold storage, such as motive power choices like hydrogen fuel cells or lithium batteries that match up well with cold operating conditions, but best practices can also help.
Many companies with cold storage DCs successfully...
Your eCommerce returns policy is critical to convincing consumers to click the Buy button. Online shoppers need to know how easy it will be to return items that don’t meet their expectations, and making returns cheap and easy removes a barrier to sales. However, processing returns can be...
More automation doesn’t necessarily mean better automation. That’s why an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) deployment with an impressive number of bots in the fleet isn’t necessarily more effective than one with just a handful.
While it’s common for AMR deployments to start small and get bigger, success with AMRs...
Rising climate change awareness has led to higher demand for sustainability actions. Consumers have made clear that businesses must demonstrate corporate responsibility for their environmental footprint.The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) says people produce nearly 400 tons of plastic annually — packaging accounts for 36% of all plastics,...
Due to its ability to digitise and simplify the exchange of business documents, electronic data interchange (EDI) has been adopted by 85% of companies, including top names like Amazon.Even as global processes and operations increase in complexity, EDI’s power remains relevant and increasingly necessary to a range of...
Tecsys Inc., a leading supply chain management software company, and SVT Robotics Inc., a leader in enterprise software for the rapid deployment of industrial robotics, have partnered to develop and launch an integrated connection between the Tecsys’ Elite supply chain platform and SVT’s SOFTBOT Platform, Tecsys announced today. The integration...
Toyota Material Handling (TMH) and Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) collaborated to assist Mom’s Pantry in Phoenix with the donation of a new, custom-built electric forklift. This equipment is critical to the day-to-day operations of Mom’s Pantry, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank that distributes essential food and household...
More automation doesn’t necessarily mean better automation. That’s why an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) deployment with an impressive number of bots in the fleet isn’t necessarily more effective than one with just a handful.
While it’s common for AMR deployments to start small and get bigger, success with AMRs...
SME, the professional association committed to advancing manufacturing and developing a skilled workforce, has elected James W. Schlusemann as its 2023 board of directors’ president.
The non-profit organization, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary, announced its 2022 election results and installed its new officers, directors, and council representatives...
There is a good chance of a small, quick economic recession early next year. Combined with usual freight capacity surpluses at that time of year, it should mean a softening of freight demand for early 2023.
That’s the word from Bob Costello, chief economist and senior vice president for...
