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Automation Top Stories

U.S. Manufacturing is Growing but Employment Not Keeping Pace
While President Biden continues to invest in U.S. manufacturing, job opportunities are simply not keeping up with the industry's growth.
Microsoft Unveils New AI Innovations For Warehouses
Microsoft hopes its new AI innovations are the answer to a new set of challenges facing manufacturers.
Spotlight Startup: Cart.com is Reimagining Logistics
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.
Walmart and Swisslog Expand Partnership with New Texas Facility
Walmart and Swisslog are teaming up for a third time to implement automation at the retail giant's new Texas milk processing facility.

Automation Resources

Efficiency Redefined: The Impact of Hybrid Automation in Warehouses
From workstations to wearables, warehouses are adapting to increasing demands and a changing workforce—one worker and one...
Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Download this whitepaper to learn Unified Control System (UCS), designed to orchestrate automated and human workflows across the...


Automation News

DHL Supply Chain Deploys Cobot to Optimize Picking Process
DHL Supply Chain is deploying cobots from Robust.AI in its warehouses. Carter is able to assist humans in picking activities, but also suggest workflow changes as orders change.

Talking Materials Handling: What will the DC of Tomorrow Look Like?
Listen in as Vanderlande's Andy Lockhart discusses the future of warehouse automation. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Key Considerations to Ponder Before Automating Warehouses
Warehouse efficiency is enhanced by six crucial factors that signal when the time is right to embrace automation.

Combat The Labor Crisis With Automation
Automating your packaging systems can help you combat the labor crisis while staying ahead of your competition and increasing efficiency in the workplace.

Agility Robotics’ 5-foot-9 Robot Digit Starts Work in GXO Logistics Warehouse
GXO Logistics will pilot Digit, a human-centric robot from Agility Robotics, in warehouse operations at a SPANX facility in Georgia.

Packsize - X5® Automated Packaging Solution 2023 Winner
Packsize recognized for advancements in materials handling systems and equipment within manufacturing, distribution centers and warehouses.

Omnichannel Fulfillment Leads to Growth and Profitability for Retailers
Retailer Psycho Bunny has found success with the deployment of an omnichannel inventory management tool from Desposco.

Hybrid Automation Blends Technology and Human Labor for Optimal Efficiency
The push to optimize warehouse operations is most effective when humans continue to work alongside automated tools, a new report from Newcastle Systems has found.

Supply Chain Software for Automated Cold Storage Warehouses
Made4net WMS will manage highly automated, multi-national cold storage 3PL facilities for United Warehouse Automation.

Automation is Filling the Labor Gap Ahead of Peak Season
Automation is being used to upskill and retain the current workforce, but it is also being deployed to fill critical labor gaps that continue to grow, up 30% in 2023.

Transforming the Factory - Part 2
On this episode, Alix Partners’ Kandice Lord and Abhinav Agrawal discuss the NextGen technologies that are transforming today’s factory into tomorrow’s smart factory.

Digital Warehouse Management
In this eBook we explore digital warehouse management which allows one to optimize complex warehouse operations, manage micro-fulfillment centers, maximize labor resources, and streamline task execution for both humans and robotics.

Medline Executives Schwartz, Slattery to Deliver NextGen Keynote
Medline executives Daniel Schwartz and Kate Slattery will kick off the NextGen Supply Chain Conference with an inside look at how the company is reinventing its healthcare supply chain.

Transforming the Factory
On the first of two episodes looking at the smart factory of the future Alix Partners’ Kandice Lord and Abhinav Agrawal discuss the forces driving nearshoring, reshoring and friend shoring and the strategies manufacturers are devising to cope with them.

Unlocking the Benefits of a Microservices Based WMS for Warehouse Automation
Discover Pivotree's WMS solution, a modular, microservices-based WMS that gives organizations the flexibility to automate operations, address business needs and optimize systems one capability at a time.

Perpetual Power Comes for AMRs
Warehouse operators looking to find even more uptime for their mobile robots may have an option as CaPow enters the U.S. market. The perpetual motion power company says its system can provide 100% uptime with on-the-go charging.

Taking Grocery To The Next Level
Listen in as Jeff Bornino, President for North America at TMX Transform, discusses the supply chain challenges facing grocery as well as emerging best practices. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

3PL Innovating at Radial Paving the Path to Automation
Listen in as Deb Williams, Radial’s regional vice president of fulfillment service delivery, discusses why the global 3PL is adopting NextGen technologies. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Sparck Technologies’ Ecommerce Automated Packaging Solution
As the largest ecommerce food service equipment and supplies dealer in the nation, WebstaurantStore’s mission is to offer busy foodservice professionals superior service, fast shipping, and the best selection and prices. Faced with continued growth and an extremely diverse order profile, WebstaurantStore turned to the CVP Impack Automated Packaging Solution for efficient packaging that is 7X faster than manual packing.

CVP Impack Machine for Efficient Fulfilment Orders
Challenges in finding available labor, combined with rising costs, prompted logistics service provider, iForce, and their client, The Works, to re-think their approach to achieving peak for the leading toys and stationery retailer. Ensuring reliable fulfilment would require a commitment to advanced automation including state-of-the-art, right-size packaging technology from Sparck.


Featured Companies

TAKE Supply Chain
TAKE Supply Chain offers manufacturers, logistics providers and their trading partners 360-degree, cloud-based visibility into the performance of their shared supply chain. The tight integration of our OneSCM® and Gemini Series® solutions with customers’ existing business systems creates a single…
Locus Robotics
Leveraging years of direct warehouse operations experience and deep firsthand knowledge of warehouse robotics, Locus Robotics Corporation has engineered a new approach to mission critical fulfillment operations. The Locus solution delivers greater throughput, reduced costs and unparalleled flexibility in moving…
KUKA Systems
KUKA Systems North America LLC. is a leading World-wide supplier of assembly and welding systems, and other related machinery, servicing the Automotive, Aerospace, Alternative Energy and Manufacturing industries.
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics GmbH, headquartered in Constance, Germany, is a leading provider of innovative products and solutions in mail and parcel logistics and automation as well as in airport logistics with baggage and cargo handling. Software solutions…
Bastian Solutions
Bastian Solutions, a Toyota Advanced Logistics company, is a trusted supply chain integration partner committed to providing their clients a competitive advantage by designing and delivering world-class distribution and production solutions.
Berkshire Grey
Berkshire Grey, Inc. helps customers radically change the essential way they do business by delivering game-changing technology that combines AI and robotics to automate fulfillment, supply chain, and logistics operations.
TGW Systems
TGW Logistics Group is a leading systems provider of highly automated, flexible solutions supporting distribution and fulfillment for leading retailers and global brands in ecommerce, apparel, general merchandise and grocery. Since 1969 TGW has been implementing innovative solutions from small material…
Quickbase
Quickbase provides a no-code operational agility platform that enables organizations to improve operations through real-time insights and automation across complex processes and disparate systems. Our goal is to help companies achieve operational agility - to be more responsive to customers,…
Symbotic
A Simpler, Smarter and Better Warehouse Automation Solution Symbotic uses a disruptive and technological superior approach to automating warehouses that enables manufacturers, retailers and distributors to significantly simplify operations and reduce costs while increasing their ability to sort, store and…
BEUMER Group
The BEUMER Group is an international leader in the manufacture of intralogistics for conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, sortation and distribution technology. Together with Crisplant a/s and Enexco Teknologies India Limited the BEUMER Group employs about 3,200 people and achieves an…
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Featured Downloads

Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Download this whitepaper to learn Unified Control System (UCS), designed to orchestrate automated and human workflows across the warehouse, enabling automation technologies...
An Inside Look at Dropshipping
An Inside Look at Dropshipping
Korber Supply Chain’s introduction to the world of dropshipping. While dropshipping is not for every retailer or distributor, it does provide...

C3 Solutions Major Trends for Yard and Dock Management in 2024
C3 Solutions Major Trends for Yard and Dock Management in 2024
What trends you should be focusing on in 2024 depends on how far you are on your yard and dock management journey. This...
Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
In this industry guide, we’ll share some of the challenges manufacturers face and how a Right-Sized Packaging On Demand® solution can...
Streamline Operations with Composable Commerce
Streamline Operations with Composable Commerce
Revamp warehouse operations with composable commerce. Say goodbye to legacy systems and hello to modernization.
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