Distribution Center

LEGACY Supply Chain Services receives Sam's Club 2016 Import Distribution Center of the Year Award for warehousing operations excellence.

The newest white paper from Swisslog, provides an in-depth review of five automated goods-to-person solutions to help you make the right choice.

Whether for new warehouses or expansions, several key preparation steps can ensure warehouse labels and signs meet needs and go-live date.

Today’s distribution centers are under increasing pressure to reduce costs and increase margins. But higher productivity and lower errors cannot be achieved by simply layering new software and hardware on top of inefficient processes

Today’s distribution centers are under increasing pressure to reduce costs and increase margins. But higher productivity and lower errors cannot be achieved by simply layering new software and hardware on top of inefficient processes

Rapidly evolving customer preferences have a substantial impact on supply chain operations.

Inventors challenged to create solutions for the ever-increasing volume of material in warehouses and distribution centers.

Lawson Products built a new distribution center to optimize its network, package and kit products, and deliver better customer service to its branch DCs and customers.

Distribution center and warehouse managers who think they’re not in the center of the supply chain are kidding themselves. We talked to managers, consultants and academics about the supply chain processes most likely to impact DCs today.

Mathematical modeling is used to create realistic, data-supported warehouse designs that build confidence in MHE system expectations and sizing recommendations.

It should be clear that the list of potential underlying causes for inefficiencies in a DC at a growing company is long and many of the issues are interrelated.

Many of today’s retail distribution professionals have experienced a major shift in the fulfillment requirements that need to be efficiently supported through their distribution center (DC).

The decisions surrounding whether a SKU should be stocked and where, and in what status it is to be held in the supply chain, impact the profitability of your company.

Third biennial report shows 25% increase in consumers receiving an incorrect item for a second time after returning an incorrect order.

The industrial real estate firm pointed to myriad factors for better than good market conditions in 2016, which it said are likely to continue in 2017, including: low interest rates, strong consumer spending, and e-commerce activity continuing to heat up. And on top of that JLL cited how potential future infrastructure investment, coupled with continued company expansion, could serve as demand drivers for future warehouse and distribution center development, too.