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5 warehousing sustainability trends for 2021

Warehousing trends include sustainability and automation.

Warehouse and logistics companies are trying to shore up their sustainability efforts as they struggle to change their inventory strategies from just in time to just in case during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five trends in sustainable warehousing to look for when the dust settles.

Automation

As warehouse labor gets progressively tougher to find and the pandemic continues, warehouses are shifting to technology and automation to do some of the work. Wearable devices, such as those provided by...

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Boosting efficiency on both sides of the warehouse door (with video)

Robotics startups Third Wave Automation and Outrider are taking on forklifts and yard trucks in a way that is advancing automation and zero-emission technology on both sides of the warehouse wall.

Participating in a fireside chat during FreightWaves’ Future of Logistics Real Estate Summit on Tuesday, Third Wave Automation CEO and co-founder Arshan Poursohi and Outrider founder and CEO Andrew Smith spoke of their common goal of automating freight and cargo movement inside and outside the...

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This autonomous forklift isn’t afraid to ask for help

Third Wave forklift

Robotics startup Third Wave Automation has raised $15 million in Series A funding to scale its technology aimed at bringing shared autonomy to forklifts.

Innovation Endeavors led the round, joined by seed investors from Eclipse Ventures, Homebrew VC and Toyota AI Ventures. Heartland VC also joined as a new Series A investor. 

Third Wave’s approach means the forklifts the company modifies operate autonomously most of the time, but when they encounter a new situation, they signal a need for human...

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