Beyond Buy: Securing the Post-Purchase Supply Chain As the retail market continues to change and e-commerce becomes more dominant, delivery disruptions have evolved from isolated inconveniences into signs of deeper structural issues across the supply chain. These challenges are no longer confined to the last mile; instead, they often stem from fragmented upstream systems, inventory […]

Why Logistics Leaders are Turning to Goods-to-Person Automation In an era where speed, accuracy, and efficiency are the lifeblood of retail, the logistics industry is undergoing significant change. At the heart of this is goods-to-person (GTP) automation, a technology that could change not just the warehouse floor, but the economics and possibilities of fulfillment itself. […]

Five Reasons to Take Your Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Process to the Next Level Many integrated business planning processes fall short of delivering the full value they can provide. Too often, companies enter into IBP with the wrong vision and intent, seeing it mainly as a way to generate a plan — and dust it […]

Warehouse Labor: A Delicate Balancing Act Four years after COVID-19, labor disruption continues. To be fair, labor shortages and dislocation predate the pandemic and have more to do with the tectonic shift in supply chain operations from traditional business-to-business fulfilment to direct-to-consumer e-commerce. The differences are most dramatic in the warehouse. B2B demand focuses on […]

Building a Specialization in Parcel & Logistics Highlights Importance of Customer Experience Today’s consumers and businesses anticipate a seamless, transparent and personalized delivery journey, mirroring the convenience found in other on-demand services. Based on this trend, customer experience is increasingly a topic for discussion due to its strategic importance for any parcel and logistics provider […]

Sweating Your Assets With ASRS In this special report sponsored by Hai Robotics, you’ll find out how warehouse and fulfillment center operators can avoid relocations and major facility expansion by utilizing current facilities more effectively, via automation. Most non-automated warehouses have an obvious opportunity when it comes to utilizing the space between the highest rack […]