Warehouse Management Systems

Amazon's Robot War Keeps Spreading

April 11, 2017

It was Amazon that drove America's warehouse operators into the robot business.

Amazon Wants Cheerios, Oreos and Other Brands to Bypass Wal-Mart

April 5, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. has invited some of the world's biggest brands to its Seattle headquarters in an audacious bid to persuade them that it's time to start shipping products directly to online shoppers and bypass chains like Wal-Mart, Target and Costco.

Improving E-Commerce Fulfillment Through Business Integration

March 29, 2017

FedEx Supply Chain

The Sharing Economy Is Disrupting Traditional Warehousing

March 27, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: The sharing economy has been disrupting and transforming industries, with companies like Uber disrupting the taxi industry and Airbnb disrupting the hospitality industry. Now, even the very mature space of warehousing is in the process of disruption as warehouse-sharing platforms emerge that are providing benefits to both shippers and facility owners. - John Santagate, research manager, IDC

The Benefits of an IoT-Connected Warehouse

March 8, 2017

SuppyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: The Internet of Things (IoT) was originally the concept of "things talking." In the early days we envisioned RFID tags on everything, helping to identify and locate any object in the universe. The RFID tag would uniquely identify the item, determine its location, and put a time stamp to the transaction. It was a straightforward concept. It was either there, or it was not. It was all about identity and location. – Eric Peters, executive vice president, Tompkins International

DHL, Huawei Enter Supply Chain Automation Partnership

February 23, 2017

Air Cargo World

Deutsche Post DHL Group and Chinese technology conglomerate Huawei Technologies are collaborating on a range of supply chain services for customers using "industrial-grade internet-of-things hardware and infrastructure."

Amazon to Increase U.S. Workforce by 50 Percent

February 9, 2017

CFO

Amazon recently confirmed it will add 100,000 full-time jobs in the U.S. over the next 18 months, many of them at the new warehouses it is building to fulfill orders quickly and cheaply.

Industrial Electric & Controls Manufacturer Automates Warehouse and Mobilizes Oracle Data

January 31, 2017

Inovity

Mine or Yours? Should You Use Your Own WMS or Your 3PL's When You Outsource?

January 30, 2017

Port Logistics Group

RFID Saves Man-Hours, Boosts Safety At Middle East Construction Project

January 18, 2017

RFID Journal

Consolidated Contracting Co. (CCC), one of the largest construction and engineering companies in the Middle East, has built and tested an active radio frequency identification-based tool to automatically capture data regarding the comings and goings of thousands of workers at several gas-production plants in the region.

Warehouse Management Systems

The latest news, analysis, services and solutions regarding warehouse management systems (WMS) and their impact on warehousing and distribution centers. 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 are optimizing productivity, increasing efficiency and cutting costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving supply-chain operations through their strategic use of warehouse management systems and softwares.