Modern Shipper Top 10: Warehouse automation and fulfillment
As fulfilment operations evolve to meet fast-shipping demands of e-commerce, robotics has become the default option to increase throughput.
As fulfilment operations evolve to meet fast-shipping demands of e-commerce, robotics has become the default option to increase throughput.
Maersk is becoming an integrated logistics goliath with the ability to provide freight management, transportation, warehousing and e-commerce fulfillment for big retailers and manufacturers.
The new partnership will offer on-demand, same-day delivery of home goods, electronics, beauty and personal care products.
Walmart announced two new fulfillment centers to help it meet growing e-commerce demand.
Amazon is throwing more freighters into its air logistics operation as online sales soar.
Automation company Berkshire Grey has released the latest generation of its Robotic Product Sortation solution for e-commerce order fulfillment.
Desperate occupiers undeterred by “sticker shock” will lease first and ask questions later, a CBRE report says.
Small facilities are seeing big jumps in demand as e-commerce puts urban logistics in the spotlight, a JLL report says.
Many e-commerce businesses start small, but as sales grow, the challenges of filling orders in-house can stymie growth.
New forms of e-commerce like influencer marketing, live shopping and conversational commerce are taking over the space, and they might take some getting used to.
Cainiao is becoming a bigger logistics giant than Amazon in cross-border trade.
Pure-play e-commerce brands are often saddled with higher shipping costs, but Via.Delivery is hoping to change that by offering consumers the choice to have shipments sent to physical store locations.
Bed Bath & Beyond continues its e-commerce evolution, making its home and baby product lines available for on-demand delivery through the Uber Eats app.
Modern Shipper spoke with several supply chain executives to get their takes on what could be the most chaotic holiday season in recent memory.
The Connecticut-based drop shipping company just completed a huge funding round led by K1 Investment Management.
Saks will leverage GXO’s logistics expertise to fulfill e-commerce orders from a new Pennsylvania fulfillment center.
Amazon is opening a robotics research and development and manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, bringing 200 jobs to the region.
The e-commerce fulfillment and SaaS provider is tapping into Florida’s retail supply chain.
E-commerce fulfillment provider ShipMonk’s facility in Mexico will focus on companies that rely on goods manufactured internationally.
Amazon’s seasonal demand dwarfs its competitors.