Warehouse management

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...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/how-stord-is-building-an-amazon-for-everyone-else

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

Truck parked at facility door

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...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/capstone-logistics-returns-to-hig-capital

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...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/warehouse-automation-management-startup-raises-$3m-in-seed-funding

Warehousing: Maersk’s New Digital Transformation

  • The focus on digital technologies that simplify customers’ complex supply chains has made Maersk boost its global warehousing and distribution services.
  • The services are to be boosted by the deployment of JDA Software Inc.’s Warehouse Management solutions.
  • The addition of JDA’s cloud-based solutions will expand the range and flexibility of its delivery services from existing “strategically located” warehouses by improving efficiency while lowering inventory costs.
  • Maersk will initially deploy...

http://mfame.guru/warehousing-maersks-new-digital-transformation/

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