Inventory

Starting a company is hard work. We sat down with Cart.com co-founder Remingtom Tonar to discuss his company's early success, growing pains, and more.

New types of third-party software solutions can enhance WMS in many ways, including gains in inventory accuracy, better tools for creating workflows and user interfaces for task execution, and simplified integration with mobile robots and other forms of automation.

Bar coding remains the central technology for data capture, with new wearables and handheld form factors to boost productivity. But RFID momentum is building, and a range of real-time location technologies can complement handheld data collection.

The “just-in-case” era is over, with operations looking to right-size inventory levels while avoiding stock outs. That may call for layers of technology, starting but not ending with WMS and effective data capture.

Bar coding remains the central technology for data capture, with new wearables and handheld form factors to boost productivity. But RFID momentum is building, and a range of real-time location technologies can complement handheld data collection.

Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson is keeping a close eye on the current inventory situation, for the 2023 holiday season, in terms of how it has changed the flow of retail freight and subsequently led to retailers relying more on predictive ETAs (estimated time of arrival). C.H. Robinson Head of Retail Logistics Noah Hoffman provided LM with an overview of how predictive ETAs are helping retail shippers during the busiest time of...

The November PMI came in 0.5% below the 12-month average of 47.2, with September 2023 marking the high for that period, at 49.0, and June 2023, at 46.0, marking the lowest.

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Logistics Management (LM) Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Matt Muenster, Chief Economist for Green Bay, Wisc.-based Breakthrough, an innovator in transportation management, dedicated to creating transparent and fair strategies for the world’s leading shippers. Muenster provided Berman with an overview of the impact of the recently-issued third quarter GDP estimate and its impact on logistics and supply chain strategies.

Yes, warehouse robotics are the biggest thing in automation, but they’re not the only tech to drive efficiencies. Orchestration software, better robot/human collaboration, and the application of computer vision to inventory accuracy all play a role in operational gains.

With a voice-directed picking solution, Baptist Health South Florida gained big on throughput and accuracy, while offering workers an intuitive user interface.

Most holiday inventory is already in place, says NRF’s Matthew Shay, as retailers continue to monitor consumer trends.

This guidebook highlights the top 10 supply chain key performance indicators (KPIs) and provides strategies for optimizing fulfillment operations, whether managed in-house or outsourced.

Technology is helping companies locate lost inventory and get a handle on inventory management.

In this episode, Bill Catania, the CEO and founder of OneRail, joined In Transit host Vishnu Rajamanickam to discuss potential solutions and strategies for retailers to win (and retain) customers.