Fulfillment

Kroger introduces first-of-its-kind technology "Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC)" ​in the U.S. developed by Ocado

E-commerce sales are booming and warehouse space is expensive and hard to find. Here’s how creative companies can make the most out of their unused overhead space.

Instead of purchasing large fixed capital, retailers find relief in minimizing both infrastructure changes and other financial burden by choosing an intelligent robot solution.

The six building blocks of customer-centric fulfillment.

Lakeland, Fla.-based 3PL Saddle Creek Logistics Services announced earlier this week that it will be opening up a 544,320 square-foot e-commerce fulfillment distribution center in Walton, Ky. this summer. Company officials said that this facility is the most recent example of its nationwide network of DCs, augmenting its various omnichannel supply chain services capabilities.

Identify voice-enabled technology you can immediately implement that can increase productivity as much as 35% while reducing errors in distribution and fulfillment (D&F) processes by as much as 50%.

Confronted with a surge in online orders, the nation’s leader in fabric and craft supplies leveraged its stores to keep the fabric flowing. The challenges it mastered provide a roadmap for e-fulfillment in the future.

Today’s wholesale warehouses need an efficient, dynamic and flexible system for faster order fulfillment to keep pace with significantly changing customer behaviors.

In this article, we describe a 3 step-by-step guide to help shippers get their house in order and execute a successful ecommerce fulfillment transition to a new third-party logistics provider.

In this white paper, we detail the reasons why personalized fulfillment is mandatory in today's extremely hot ecommerce marketplace, and discusses how Kenco's years of experience and success can help companies achieve their personalization goals.

The business case for collaborative mobile robotics.

In this ebook Embracing Lean Warehousing, we examine seven areas that companies need to embrace lean warehousing philosophies and how to avoid the “three deadly sins” of warehouse operations: travel distance, touches, and processing of paper.

Gap Inc.’s renovated distribution center near Columbus, Ohio, uses automation technologies present in other Gap Inc. facilities, but at a completely new scale.

The retail leader gave new life to an existing facility that sets the standard for e-fulfillment at Gap Inc. What’s more, it brought the 1.2-million-square-foot facility online two months ahead of schedule during a pandemic.

As retailers rebuild their distribution schemes as quickly as possible, they are still behind the curve when it comes to how the role of stores is changing and the enormous surge in e-commerce. A little empathy is actually in order, even when you can’t buy exactly what you want when you want it. Patience remains a virtue.