FourKites Examines How Yard Management Systems Can Provide Increased Value for Shippers
February 9, 2021
The report, entitled “The State of Yard Management: Industry Report 2021,” was based on feedback from 375 respondents in various sectors, including consumer packaged goods (CPG), food & beverage, retail and manufacturing, with...
Automation Helps Create Smarter Loading Docks
January 13, 2021
As automation, robotics and artificial intelligence continue to infiltrate all corners of supply chain management, the warehouse dock is getting a technological facelift of its own.
SDI and Kindred Partner to Automate Retail Fulfillment and Augment Human Labor
January 13, 2021
Partnership will integrate SDI's materials handling systems and technology with Kindred's pick and place robotic solutions.
What’s Next: Implementing ‘Touchless’ DCs Through Advanced Warehouse Systems
January 6, 2021
The ability to automate distribution center operations with AI and convergence of warehouse control, execution, and management systems is coming.
How Mobile Robots Empower the Workforce
December 14, 2020
Office Depot's deployment of collaborative mobile robots improves safety, energizes workforce.
How NFI Industries Is Meeting the Innovation Challenge
November 23, 2020
The 3PL implemented a fleet of eight autonomous mobile robots in one e-commerce fulfillment center. The result is more than double the productivity in that area.
NorthShore Care Supply Applies Autonomous Mobile Robots to New Uses
November 16, 2020
NorthShore Care Supply is using AMRs to automate pick-to-cart processes, while still using the cart.
HP Improves 3D Print Management, Automation
November 5, 2020
New solutions increase control and quality of additive manufacturing processes.
Lift Truck Tech: Trends Converge Around Labor Efficiencies
October 6, 2020
The shiny new technology may be autonomous lift trucks, but the driverless truck is far from the only trend—and may not be the best step for some operations....
NorthShore’s New Application for Autonomous Mobile Robots
September 11, 2020
NorthShore Care Supply is using AMRs to automate pick-to-cart processes, while still using the cart.
Will Robotics Reshape Lift Truck Leasing?
September 2, 2020
The robotics-as-a-service model for automated lift trucks could emerge over time, but for now, leasing remains a popular option.
Amazon’s Drone Delivery Hits Milestone with Federal Aviation Administration Clearance
August 31, 2020
Retail behemoth Amazon.com took a big leap toward delivering goods from the sky by becoming one of only a handful of companies certified by the U.S. government to...
DHL Supply Chain focuses on investing to address ‘The Most Unpredictable Peak Season Ever’
August 25, 2020
The company announced that it will hire 7,000 associates through the end of 2020 to meet demand fueled both by the peak holiday shopping season and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Waypoint Robotics and AHS announce integrator partnership
July 29, 2020
As a select Waypoint Certified Systems Integrator, AHS will be able to offer Waypoint's full fleet of industrial-strength, omnidirectional AMRs to its valued customer base as part of a fully...
UPS Ecommerce Fulfillment Strategy for Creating the Supply Chain Warehouse of the Future
July 22, 2020
UPS, one of the world's largest parcel delivery services, is redesigning its fulfillment processes to meet new challenges, inside and outside the warehouse.
Amazon Acquires Autonomous Technology Company Zoox
June 26, 2020
Amazon.com Inc has agreed to pay over $1 billion to buy self-driving startup Zoox Inc, a move that will expand the e-commerce giant's reach in autonomous-vehicle transportation technology.
NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz to Make Software-Upgradable Vehicles
June 23, 2020
GPU Giant and Automaker Envision Continually Upgradable Software Framework for Vehicles
HP Teams with BASF, Oechsler on Industrial 3D Printing
June 8, 2020
Expanded partnerships will expand use of new PP material for manufacturing applications.
HP Introduces Polypropylene Material to Expand 3D Printing Market
June 4, 2020
Update includes new PP material for final parts, expanded alliance with BASF, new digital manufacturing partnership with Oechsler and new Metal Jet milestone.
Keeping Automated Vehicles on Track with 2D LiDAR Localization
May 4, 2020
LiDAR Localization software uses measurement data from safety laser scanners as a supplement to magnetic and optical tracking guidance technologies.
