According to Gartner, 96% of companies already use automated systems in their logistics warehouses or plan to do so within the next two to three years. For mechanized systems, this...

Order picking is a critical activity in logistics warehouses—and, for that matter, in retail outlets. It can help to boost productivity, reduce or optimize operators’ movements...

For most logistics professionals, innovation is a key priority, whether it’s for making life easier for operators, simplifying logistics tasks, making warehouses safer places to ...

Quality management tools (QMTs) such as PDCA, Pareto chart, 8D, 5S, Poka Yoke, Ishikawa, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5P, FMECA and Kanban have played a fundamental role for industrial compa...

The success of a WMS deployment project depends on a wide range of factors that go beyond the technical aspects. The company’s organizational and operational characteristics must...

The digitalization of commerce, and the resulting omnichannel nature of business, is leading many companies, in both BtoC and BtoC, to initiate projects to reorganize their supply ...

e-commerce is doing well. Providing customers’ demands in terms of quality of service, delivery times and charges are properly met. For logistics professionals, the organizationa...

In the past, stores were envisioned merely as places for advising customers and converting sales. Those days are long gone. Now, stores have to offer an extended suite of services,...

Indicators and dashboards are a way to manage warehouse operations, helping to monitor the progress of operations, continuously improve quality, boost productivity, and gain a deta...