Distribution Center

The significant increase in direct-to-consumer shipments has negatively impacted warehouse labor efficiency and throughput. This report examines warehouse management strategies to help address these impacts.

Growing sales, more e-commerce orders, and an increasingly tight labor market are spurring business investment at distribution centers large and small; software investments lead the way, while some operators are building all-new DCs or investing in material handling automation.

An article in the New York Times put a spotlight on the growing demand for warehouse and distribution center workers in US e-fulfillment hubs.

The average DC spends 6-8 weeks getting new employees trained and up to standard, representing thousands of dollars in training costs per new hire.

Manual distribution and fulfillment processes need to be re-evaluated, in order for retailers to keep up with the modern omni-channel demands of consumers.

This white paper addresses ways to reimagine existing obsolete warehouse space, and in an uncertain future, one thing’s for sure: the era of the vast, single-use, single storey, plain-vanilla warehouse is over.

How automation like goods-to-person solutions and loop sortation can keep pace with growth using current staffing levels.

Distribution network optimization is essentially a balancing act between operating expenses and working capital, as opposed to service level requirements, and if a cost-benefit analysis sounds expensive and time-consuming, simplify the question.

The warehouse of the future will be shaped by trends in society, technology, and consumer behavior, this post, along with the Future Perspectives paper, Planning for the Warehouse of the Future, shows you what it could look like.

Logistyx played an essential role with assisting in implenting Grove Medical's shipping solution.

You Can Eliminate the Omni-Channel Shipping Gap with Mobile Technology.

This white paper shows why creating the best transport and logistics plan for your depot distribution is one challenge and being able to accomplish this quickly is another.

Detailed visibility replaces shrugging and finger-pointing with improvement and efficiency.

Report details a strong 2017, zeroing in on industrial vacancy rate and rents.

The proliferation of connected devices has transformed DCs from opaque boxes with insufficient visibility of inventory to a transparent hub that offers detailed updates of order status.