Warehouse management

Navigating the Post-Launch Landscape: Key Strategies for Automation Success

When businesses dive into automation, the journey doesn’t end with the initial purchase. As Warren Arnold and Joe Shaw from Dematic point out,achieving lasting success hinges on proactive planning,equipping your team,and maintaining adaptability. In this casual chat, they share insights on common pitfalls in automation projects and what companies shoudl keep in mind as they […]

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Flexibility crucial for warehouse management tech, expert says

Global e-commerce sales are projected to reach $6.09 trillion in 2024, an 8.4% increase from $5.62 trillion in 2023, according to Shopify. This marks a transformative shift, as businesses and consumers adopted digital-first behaviors rapidly during the pandemic, compressing a decade of digital adoption into just a few years.

Smitha Raphael, chief product and delivery officer at warehouse management platform SnapFulfil, said in an interview that 2024 has seen a major influx of requests from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flexibility-crucial-for-warehouse-management-tech-expert-says

ArcBest launches autonomous, remote-controlled forklift technology

ArcBest announced Tuesday the launch of autonomous forklifts and reach trucks that can also be operated remotely. Vaux Smart Autonomy is an extension of the company’s other warehouse freight management technologies.

The autonomous mobile robot units are paired with software, allowing human operators to control them remotely. Mode settings for the units also allow autonomous and manual operations. Sensors and cameras allow the units to navigate a warehouse floor to load and stack pallets and to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/arcbest-launches-autonomous-remote-controlled-forklift-technology

Could warehouse software help overcome the rental price hike?

While global logistics sectors grapple with rising fuel costs and increased warehouse rent, nowhere is the market for warehousing more heated than in Canada, where the national vacancy rate for warehouse space is a record low 1.6%, according to commercial real estate services and investment firm CBRE Group Inc. 

Those hit the hardest have been small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) logistics operators, which are feeling the impact of rising operational costs as they gear up for the peak...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/could-warehouse-software-help-overcome-the-rental-price-hike

Blue Yonder introduces pair of warehouse and fulfillment solutions

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Scottsdale, Arizona-based supply chain technology company Blue Yonder on Tuesday released not one but two new solutions geared toward quick and easy fulfillment.

The first, Warehouse Execution System, is designed to help warehouse operators onboard and orchestrate workflows for their staff, whether human or robot. The other, Adaptive Fulfillment & Warehousing, is built to enable automated inventory management and omnichannel fulfillment, including options like curbside and same-day delivery.

Both...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/blue-yonder-introduces-pair-of-warehouse-and-fulfillment-solutions

Overcoming warehouse labor shortages through alternative management solutions

Managing a warehouse isn’t easy, and current labor challenges have increased the complexity. After all, the warehouse can be a tough place to work.

Today’s warehouses and distribution centers are lucky if they can find qualified workers, let alone keep them from jumping ship before they gain the necessary expertise to efficiently operate in a building. In 2021, the turnover rate for warehousing was 49%, an improvement from nearly 60% in 2020 but nonetheless a continual challenge.

“Consumer demand...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/overcoming-warehouse-labor-shortages-through-alternative-management-solutions

Atlanta startup builds an Amazon ‘for everyone else’

Helping small businesses compete with the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce juggernaut has become more than a cottage industry, as dozens of technology companies create platforms aimed at helping retailers and direct-to-consumer sellers put in place reliable, easy-to-use inventory, transportation and delivery management systems.

One member of that club is Stord, an Atlanta-based startup that closed a $31 million Series B funding round this week to continue building out its cloud-based supply...

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On-demand warehousing startup raises $70M Series C

The money spigot keeps on flowing for supply chain technology companies, with the latest beneficiary, FLEXE, an on-demand warehousing and fulfillment company, announcing the close of its $70 million Series C funding. 

The round, revealed Tuesday, was led by T. Rowe Price, and includes follow-on investments from Activate Capital, Tiger Global, Madrona Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Prologis Ventures. 

FLEXE will use the new funding to invest in its team and technology, expanding solutions that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/on-demand-warehousing-startup-raises-70m-series-c

Capstone Logistics returns to H.I.G. Capital

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Alternative investment firm H.I.G. Capital announced that an affiliate company has entered into an agreement to acquire Capstone Logistics from an affiliate company of private equity firm The Jordan Co.

Based in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Capstone was formed by H.I.G. Capital in 2011, when it merged portfolio company Progressive Logistics Services with LMS Intellibound. H.I.G. sold Capstone to The Jordan Company in 2014.

Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in...

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