warehouse automation

Warehouse automation management startup raises $3M in seed funding

Cognitops warehouse

If you’re a warehouse operations manager, Alex Ramirez feels your pain.

A longtime supply chain technology executive, Ramirez has borne witness to a flurry of automation activity, as companies develop new software and hardware products aimed at helping clients speed up manual processes and manage spiraling e-commerce demands and consumer expectations.

As beneficial as these solutions may be, they have also created headaches for warehouse operations managers charged with overseeing multiple...

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Improving fulfillment efficiency during COVID-19

Improving fulfillment efficiency is a goal of virtually all successful warehouse operations. It’s an especially necessary aim now. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt global supply chains. It’s spurring consumers to buy online to avoid spending time in spaces that could increase their likelihood of contracting the virus.

The path to boosting warehouse efficiency starts with facility managers becoming aware of vulnerabilities and working to improve them. Those individuals also...

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COVID-19 expected to accelerate warehouse automation

COVID-19 expected to accelerate warehouse automation (Photo: Shutterstock)

Of the many structural changes that have happened within the logistics industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, strict adherence to social distancing has become one of crucial significance. Social distancing is easier said than done within supply chains, however, as logistics workers tend to work in crowded spaces. But with isolated working conditions becoming necessary, businesses are looking to introduce a variety of measures, including staggered work schedules and greater automation.

Over the...

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Passport Research: The state of warehouse automation

Warehouses and the humans on which they depend are under numerous pressures, from tight labor markets to viral outbreaks. It’s the perfect time to perform a quick check on the state of the warehousing industry, including capacity, rents, employment, automation and use cases for fully automated facilities.

Warehousing markets continue to be very healthy. Major markets like Atlanta and Chicago are building lots of new capacity, and vacancy rates in the most important Southern California markets...

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