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Warehouse automation surging ahead despite predicted slowdown

Freight Waves

Warehouse automation appears to be gaining traction despite prior forecasts of a dip in market growth for autonomous mobile robots. However, advances in technology paired with significant supply chain partnerships and increasing affordability for robotics may be reasons to reevaluate.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

A transformation that is based on the idea that by putting in new applications the company will automate a process, or processes, and provide more and better data to make decisions, is a poor foundation for a true transformation. GEON Embarks on a Digital Transformation GEON Performance Solutions is embarking on a supply chain transformation.

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The FreightTech Dilemma with Brad Wheeler

The Logistics of Logistics

Brad Wheeler and Joe Lynch discuss the freight-tech dilemma. Brad serves as the Senior Director of Customer Strategy at Emerge , the leading freight procurement platform. in Sports & Business Leadership from the University of Kentucky. Freight technology has often required a sizeable investment and the ROI is not guaranteed.

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Rail 101 with Ian Jefferies

The Logistics of Logistics

Ian is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) which is the world’s leading railroad policy, research, standard setting, and technology organization that focuses on the safety and productivity of the U.S. freight rail industry. freight rail industry. About Ian Jefferies.

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The Pain of Picking the Wrong 3PL with Esther Kestenbaum Prozan

The Logistics of Logistics

Its best-in-class automation and integration technologies have catapulted Ruby Has to one of the top fulfillment providers in the industry. Esther has also held SVP and VP roles with retail marketing technology companies specializing in mobile, ad tech and data analytics. About Ruby Has Fulfillment. Locations across the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 27 – May 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

in push for freight decarbonization China e-commerce exports, unreliable Red Sea shipping boost air cargo Sephora is expanding its take-back and refillables programs Amazon announced that it delivered to Prime subscribers at its “fastest speed ever” in its quarterly earnings on Tuesday. The initiative is allocating nearly $1.5

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.