Logistics

EBay Enterprise Expands Operations in Canada With New Automated Fulfillment Center

April 1, 2014

An automated, 150,000-square-foot fulfillment center is planned for Ontario in the second quarter, according to eBay Enterprise.

Switching On the Lights-Out Warehouse

April 1, 2014

Kevin Ambrose, CEO & President, Wynright Corporation

The "lights-out warehouse" is a little like Bigfoot: a mythical idea everyone in the material handling industry has heard about but few have actually seen. It's been a buzzword for years, yet just a handful of companies have made the leap to a fully automated distribution center, despite abundant indications that it would increase efficiency and profit margins.

Men's Apparel Retailer Debuts Omnichannel Inventory Program, Including In-store Pick-up

April 1, 2014

Men's Wearhouse

Ongoing innovation at Men's Wearhouse has led to the launch of its omni-channel inventory program, which gives customers visibility and access to all merchandise within the company's distribution center and its 900-plus retail locations from one location. Now, regardless of whether a customer is shopping in a single store or online, they can see all merchandise available to them throughout the company and pick up any item at the store of their choosing.

How to Integrate Fulfillment Across the Omni-Channel

April 1, 2014

Austin Power, Business Development Manager/OFS, Retrotech

The Supply Chain Meets the Omni-Channel

April 1, 2014

Piyush Sampat, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Crisis in Venezuela: How Shippers Are Coping

April 1, 2014

Nelson R. Cabrera, Director, Business Development, Lilly and Associates

Fleet Managers Must Balance Regulation, Costs and Customer Demands

March 31, 2014

Food Logistics

Today's fleet managers are confronted with multiple challenges, from ongoing driver shortages to complex and oftentimes restrictive state and federal regulations, and that's just for starters. Add to that the specific concerns of food shippers, and the picture becomes even more complicated.

Ottawa's Rail Grain Transportation Legislation 'Heavy-handed'

March 31, 2014

CN expressed disappointment with Canadian government legislation tabled by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transportation Minister Lisa Raitt to increase regulatory intrusion and oversight for rail grain transportation, and to introduce new rules for the extension of interswitching limits in the rail industry.

Chicago, Miami and L.A. Top List of U.S. Airports Fighting for Air Cargo Business

March 31, 2014

Jones Lang LaSalle

Top U.S. airports are engaged in a fight for a larger share of the challenged U.S. air cargo market, according to JLL's annual Airport Outlook Report. With world trade growing faster than demand for air cargo, both airports and air carriers face a significant challenge – how can they attract airfreight and fend off competition from other cheaper modes of transport such as intermodal and trucks?

The Air-Cargo Freighter as Endangered Species

March 31, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It's getting harder and harder to keep air-cargo freighters profitably aloft.

Logistics

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