Avoid Winter Warehouse Woes with Peak Holiday Season Planning

| Chris Anton

In the midst of the dog days of summer are the times to be thinking and planning for the winter holidays. With the right plan and tools in place for your warehouse, you can deliver on growing consumer demands. Here are some important factors to consider when priming your warehouse systems for peak holiday season.

19 Steps to More Efficient DTC Fulfillment Operations

| Brian Barry

Vince Lombardi, the Green Bay Packers’ legendary coach, excelled at winning football games because his teams mastered and executed the fundamentals. When we assess multichannel fulfillment operations, we think Lombardi’s wisdom can be applied to many businesses to gain efficiency. These 19 tactics will help you improve your operational blocking and tackling.

Former Kiva Executives Launch 6 River Systems

| Mike O'Brien

Joining an ever-more-crowded group of robotics providers for ecommerce fulfillment, two former executives of Kiva Systems have built what they believe is a better mousetrap, via 6 River Systems and its Chuck autonomous robot. See what its capabilities are, and how a 6 River co-founder views the future of robotic fulfillment.

Boxed.com Will Send You Detergent When You Need It

| Mike O'Brien

Boxed.com, an ecommerce seller of bulk items at discount – think an online Costco – has created one AI-based tool that alerts customers when items are running low so they can reorder, and another that automatically sends them when it senses they’re nearly depleted.

MCM O+F Advisor 8-9-17

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 8/9/2017 5 Tips for Improving Picking Productivity With so many order picking options to choose from, selecting the best solution … Continue Reading →

Ecommerce Distribution Center Roundup

| Mike O'Brien

Amazon has been busy with distribution center and fulfillment center development in Michigan and California. See what other development is taking place as companies like Home Depot, Dollar Tree, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods expand their fulfillment networks.

8 Things to Know About Voice Picking Technology

| Brian Barry

When it comes to applying voice technology, and in particular voice picking, there are many benefits to a warehouse operation. To help you get there, here are 8 considerations to improve your planning as you look to move up to a voice-driven system.

DHL Supply Chain Growing Use of Augmented Reality Glasses

| Mike O'Brien

Although Google Glass never took off as a cool augmented reality gadget for consumers, it’s having a second life as an enterprise tool in manufacturing and distribution, and DHL Supply Chain is testing it at its operations in Columbus, OH for two customers.