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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

From a simple place to stock goods, warehouses have developed in many ways—function and form included. Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has continually been pushed and pulled in different directions. Where to Do Your Warehousing. Who Will Do Your Warehousing?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

He changed the course of the 2013 playoffs with his game-tying grand slam against the Tigers that sent Tori Hunter tumbling over the right field wall and into the Red Sox bullpen. Imports are tumbling at the nation’s busiest container port complex even as the backup of ships waiting to unload breaks records.

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Top 2016 Supply Chain Strategy Posts from the Supply Chain Link Blog

Arkieva

10 Warehouse Productivity Tips for Reducing Downtime Today! View the full post or view the snippet below: If you are a warehouse manager, you would know that handling warehouse operations is not an easy task. Minimizing downtime and increasing productivity are two things that rank high on a warehouse manager’s to-do list.

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Optimising the Manufacturing Supply Chain

Unleashed

Being able to get traceability on the material, understand when the available dates are and whether it’s in the warehouse, whether it’s due or not … these are all the big things for us that create bottlenecks.” He offers this example: “[One of our clients has] a sizable warehouse, lots of SKUs, and a very good warehouse manager.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. While not outrightly linked to this release, Maersk, now a shipping line and forwarder, terminated its key account status.