Order Management & Fulfillment

New Amazon Fulfillment Center to Provide Thousand Jobs in Wisconsin City

November 6, 2013

Amazon has announced plans to open a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Kenosha, Wis., that is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time jobs at the fulfillment center when it opens.

Xplore Technologies Corp., Blank-it Develop Customized Tablet

November 5, 2013

Xplore Technologies Corp.

Xplore Technologies Corp. has teamed up with blank-t to create a customized tablet for operators of heavy machinery in warehousing and distribution environments.

Too Many SKUs? How Clorox Avoids Supply-Chain Chaos

November 4, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Life in the laundry room used to be so simple.

POOL4TOOL Forms EDI Unit for Supplier Connections

October 31, 2013

POOL4TOOL

POOL4TOOL has created a subsidiary to connect customers with their suppliers through electronic data interchange (EDI). The unit is known as POOL4TOOL EDI powered by GDP (Global Digit Post).

Descartes Updates Home-Delivery App for Retailers

October 29, 2013

Descartes Systems Group

Descartes Systems Group has launched an updated home-delivery application for retailers.

HighJump Partners With AdvancePro, Unisun Software

October 29, 2013

HighJump Software Inc.

The TrueCommerce EDI Solutions Group of HighJump Software Inc. is partnering with Unisun Software, a provider of produce-inventory management and accounting software for packers, growers and shippers.

UPS Looks for E-commerce to Boost Holiday Shopping Delivery; Takes on Seasonal Workers

October 29, 2013

Business Week

Brick-and-mortar retailers are sweating online competition this holiday season, perhaps more than ever. But it's all upside to UPS. The shipping giant is cashing in both on internet shopping and old-school retailers trying to mimic Amazon.com - shipping inventory around the country in an incessant supply-chain shuffling.

SKU Proliferation: Is There a Cure for the Disease?

October 28, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Retail marketers love complexity. The more variations of a product they can sell, the happier they are. How else can they command all that shelf real estate in big-box stores? How else can they promote innovation? And how else can they drive their supply-chain managers crazy?

Global Supply-Chain Planning: It's Getting Tougher

October 24, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Glen Margolis, chief executive officer of Steelwedge, describes the planning challenges that companies are facing as they cope with increasingly complex demand and supply networks.

DAP Technologies Teams With Omni-ID on New Rugged Tablets

October 23, 2013

DAP Technologies

DAP Technologies has joined with Omni-ID to launch a new series of mobile tablets which incorporate both active and passive radio frequency identification (RFID) capabilities.

Order Management & Fulfillment

The latest news, analysis, services and solutions regarding order fulfillment for warehousing and distribution. Today’s companies are moving goods across more suppliers, vendors and customers than ever before, and warehouses are critical points in the overall supply chain. New technologies in order fulfillment are transforming the way warehouses and distribution centers operate — allowing corporations to stay ahead of competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving supply-chain operations through their strategic use of order fulfillment solutions in the warehouse.